Sightings

The extra hour of light meant we could run a trip at the end of the day. The sun shone though that easterly wind is making itself felt. There were a few seals around the island and we had a good view of a harbour porpoise which surfaced nearby. There were lots of guillemots and…

We had fantastic sailing conditions on our tour today. We saw grey seals on the island and watched large numbers of gannets, Manx shearwaters and auks feeding. We headed out west and sailed home on the building south westerly wind.

We had a fantastic start to the season on this morning’s trip with not a breath of wind, mirror calm seas and wonderful sightings. After watching the hauled out seals on the island, we headed to where there seemed to be an awful lot of activity further out. After a couple of tantalising glimpses of…

The sun came out for a rather mild last Ocean Discovery trip of the 2024 season. We were pleased to squeeze this in. We were treated to a large group of common dolphins feeding with bluefin tuna just south of Mousehole. They were feeding under a mixture of gulls and gannets. The sun kept shinning…

Today was definitely the busiest November day we have ever had, with two Ocean Discovery trips. It was a grey gloomy day but the fog stayed away and we had some great sightings. On boat trips we saw lots of grey seals, bluefin tuna feeding and leaping and absolutely loads of common dolphins again. These…

We had an Ocean Discovery trip this morning, and then took out a few local teens this afternoon for a half term sail and to see what wildlife they could spot. Conditions were perfect all day and we had some lovely sightings. Lots of seabirds showed us where bluefin tuna were feeding this morning, and…

We had an Ocean Discovery trip this afternoon with a mixture of locals and some late season visitors. It was a very similar day to yesterday with lots of common dolphins and bluefin tuna feeding inshore, along with all sorts of seabirds. These included gannets and gulls of course, and four species of shearwaters again….

It’s all still going on out there. This afternoon there was so much life in the bay and we had a wonderful trip, with some very happy people aboard. There were multiple areas where bluefin tuna were busting up at the surface, accompanied by screaming seabirds taking advantage of the fleeing fish – gannets, herring…

It was a beautiful autumn day today with sunshine and calm blue seas, with enough breeze to have a lovely sail. We had a mixture of local families and visitors on board for our Ocean Discovery trip this afternoon. Heading southwards we picked up a very interactive group of common dolphins who kept us company…

We had a three hour trip with eleven passengers this morning in an increasing southerly wind. The wildlife was a bit awkward to photograph today as it was unpredictable and the waves were a bit choppy but we managed to spot harbour porpoises (who were hunting deep so only surfacing intermittently), bluefin tuna and some…