Sightings Blog

We had a five hour Discovery Adventure trip today in sometimes blustery conditions, and it was definitely a wildlife filled, windy adventure. The northwesterly was due to build so the early start was useful and we were able top head out a long way to the south before everything got a bit too exciting. The…

We had a great day today despite the foggy conditions. This morning in particular was very dense, but the wildlife has been so abundant lately that we knew where to go looking, and things turned up where we thought they would be. Lots and lots of common dolphins of course, with some hunting bluefin tuna…

We were really lucky with the weather today which was forecast to be murky and misty all day; as it was, we even saw the odd bit of sunshine. On both the morning Ocean Discovery and the afternoon Bay Discovery trips there was so much cetacean activity to be seen – hundreds of common dolphins…

On this morning’s Bay Discovery I remarked it was feeling quite whaley based on nothing more than just how I felt. Not particularly scientific I know, but it can be quite accurate 😁. Soon after that a big patch of floating weed made everyone sit up and get excited, but no joy. What we did…

There was a chunky swell running this morning on our five hour trip which made for a couple of green faces, however the wildlife was worth it. Straightaway we watched some very interesting behaviour from some grey seals on the island – a group of three were hauled out who were joined by a couple…

We are having an amazing September so far. Despite the heavy rain overnight and the strong northerly breeze which lasted all day, sightings were fantastic today. After watching a few seals first thing we then hoisted the mainsail and sailed parallel with the shore, not intending to go too far out to sea. However an…

Common dolphin Yesterday’s blog post is a little delayed because we are having problems with an sd card. Apologies to the passengers who joined us we are trying to extract the photos and will post them if we can. Today we had two Ocean Discoveries today and they were full of wildlife. This morning we…

This morning we did the postponed Ocean Discovery after Wednesday’s cancellation. I think it’s fair to say it was a wise decision to go today rather than in the wind on Wednesday, because there was stacks of wildlife pretty much everywhere we went. It was one of those days when all the dolphins in the…

Strong wind overnight meant the swell was quite big today. When we get big south westerly winds at this time of year it often brings in the pelagic seabirds and we saw some brilliant ones today. It’s always pretty cool to see these amazing ocean wanderers on just a three hour trip from Penzance –…

There was thick mist first thing this morning which shortened the four hour to a three hour trip, and it drifted in and out all day. It didn’t affect the sightings adversely though, with plenty seen on the morning trip. Amid the waves we were found by a couple of pods of common dolphins who…

We had two fabulous Ocean Discovery trips today, with enormous numbers of dolphins on both. It was completely calm first thing so we motored south to an area where we calculated would be good feeding conditions and we were rewarded with the first dolphins of the day. They were feeding with bluefin tuna and hundreds…

The last day of August – why does August always feel like far longer than 31 days!? We had extremely windy weather over the Bank Holiday weekend, so we cancelled trips and headed back out today, and the scheduled five hour trip became a three hour instead. Wise decision, as there was still some really…