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It grew increasingly windy today, as forecast, so the second trip was shortened from three hours to two. This morning’s Ocean Discovery started calm enough, and there were a couple of really big feeding events spotted involving common dolphins, gannets, shearwaters and a few little storm petrels too. There was some big swell leftover from…

Today was a trickier to find wildlife but we had a really good variety. On the morning four hour, we had some great encounters with harbour porpoises, and some more elusive dolphins (had they swapped personalities?). On the afternoon trip we sailed well south, watching individual gannets plunging in from very high up, but no…

Another great variety of wildlife spotted today with grey seals, loads of common dolphins, several groups of harbour porpoises and some Risso’s dolphins on the morning four hour trip. Seabirds again included lots of storm petrels and diving gannets. This afternoon’s three hour trip was really chilled – we watched some common dolphins feeding with…

After a few days off due to strong wind we were back out on the water today. It was calmer though  it rained almost all day. However after a westerly blow like that, if you are prepared to put on your waterproofs and maybe get wet, there is often so much wildlife to be seen…

It was still hot today but here we had a refreshing easterly breeze – in fact by the afternoon we could have done with slightly less refreshing breeze, but it made for some great sailing conditions. This morning while it was still calmer we found plenty of common dolphins and some grey seals hauled out…

What can I say? Calm sea, hot sunshine, loads of common dolphins, loads of Risso’s dolphins, loads of harbour porpoises, loads of beautiful jellyfish, and some very hot grey seals! Now I need an ice lolly 🍡🍧🥵

We’re having an amazing week, though it did feel very different out there today with wildlife not nearly as obvious. All the more rewarding when seek and then you find! This morning there was a large pod of common dolphins spotted further out, while closer inshore it was harbour porpoises that were found in the…

We had an extraordinary day on the water today on our Discovery Voyage and Ocean Discovery trips – the bay was absolutely thick with wildlife. From the outset we saw loads of harbour porpoises, followed by lots of small pods of common dolphins everywhere we went. We also caught sight of our first bluefin tuna…

We had a lovely couple of trips today as the day steadily got warmer and sunnier. This morning’s Discovery Voyage passengers saw common dolphins further out after a few seals round and on the island. With the commons there were plenty of seabirds, including more variety than we have seen so far this summer: Manx…

The strong northerly wind meant we postponed the Discovery Voyage trip this morning, but it was ok for the Ocean Discovery at 2pm. We had a great trip despite the wind, with some very enthusiastic friendly passengers. They were rewarded with a fantastic Risso’s dolphin encounter – a  pod of at least 12 animals. They…