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We had a really varied five hour Discovery Adventure this morning with lots of wildlife spotted. There was also a refreshing northwesterly breeze meaning we could sail a long way offshore and then back towards the coast. We spotted a total of four sunfish, three of them in one small stretch. The fourth one breached…

It’s Eclipse Day. We are not running evening trips to go and see the eclipse because frankly, we want to see it ourselves 😁. And unlike the last one, it’s clear and sunny, though sadly there has been a big fire out west this afternoon. Hopefully this has been contained. This morning was really quiet…

We had three fantastic trips today. The first one was a private charter organised by Dr Tom Horton of Exeter University, who used to be a Marine Discovery guide in another life! His recent research has investigated the stomach contents of landed tuna to see what they are eating – really important stuff if we…

There were a beautiful couple of trips today in calm seas and warm sunshine. On the morning Bay Discovery there were hundreds – and I mean hundreds – of common dolphins feeding well inshore.  We saw three dolphins engaged in behaviour which was clearly “courtship” i.e. two males hounding a female. There were also large…

This morning was one of our 5 hour Discovery Adventure trips and it certainly was a bit of an adventure. We ended up going about 14 miles south of Penzance in a choppy south easterly sea and building wind which created some exciting sailing conditions. On the way we picked up pod after small pod…

This mornings 4 hour trip was a treat. The light wind conditions were lousy for sailing but a spotter’s delight; at times the water was like glass. We headed straight out to the island, hoping to spot a few seals still hauled out after the early morning low tide, but instead they were having a…

Another day with masses of wildlife. This morning’s Discovery Voyage passengers had great encounters with loads of common dolphins and some close up views of some really massive breaching bluefin tuna. They were all feeding again under hundreds possibly thousands of gannets, and underneath the gannets there were Manx shearwaters and lots of screaming gulls…

It was a full on day today with a morning Ocean Discovery followed by two Bay Discovery trips. All three of them had great sightings. This morning there were plunging gannets as far as you could see, and masses of common dolphins with them. These stretched from right in the inner part of the bay…

Two very draughty Ocean Discovery trips today as we were reminded what Cornwall’s prevailing wind direction is and what it can bring (showers!). However it can also bring great wildlife into the bay and so it was today, this morning at least. There were very large numbers of dolphins in the bay feeding with masses…

We ran one of our Discovery Adventure trips this morning, which is the new 5 hour trip for 2026. With tales of fin whales around Land’s End yesterday (our day off!), all eyes were peeled. We soon found our first common dolphins feeding with gannets, which then led us on a merry dance looking for…