Sightings

It was a dark, dingy morning but the rain held off for our Bay Discovery trip. There was a small juvenile seal tucked away on a rock on the island, and some big bluefin tuna jumping near Lamorna. Autumn is really the time to be seeing their antics from the shore – all along the…

We had a lovely Ocean Discovery trip today in the autumn sunshine. It was quiet for the first half and hour or so, then we started spotting fins, and lots of them! We found seven pods of common dolphins in the end , and most appeared to be adults this time. They were doing a…

We had an Ocean Discovery trip this morning before the wind built too much. There was a bit of a swell running from the onshore wind this week, but it was fine for a trip. We had great views of common dolphins who kept us company as we sailed. There were also some lovely views…

We had a three hour Ocean Discovery trip this morning in sunny breezy conditions, with ten keen interested passengers on board. It was a little choppy, but we had a great trip. There are still Cory’s shearwaters around, along with lots of feeding gannets and kittiwakes. There were several seals hauled out on the island,…

We had a Discovery Voyage today and conditions were pretty good. There were cetaceans around though they were fairly tricky to photograph – a small group of common dolphins then a group of porpoises at the end. There were plenty of seals hauled out on the island. It was the seabirds who were most spectacular…

There was a bit of a northerly breeze for this afternoon’s trip, but the swell height has dropped astonishingly given that 48 hours ago Mount’s Bay was getting absolutely battered from Storm No Name. We headed out with 12 well wrapped up passengers but it wasn’t actually that cold. We found five seals hauled out…

We had what might be our last long day of the season today with a four hour followed by a three hour trip. There was some rolling swell, but wind conditions were nice and calm which meant we could easily see the wildlife around. There were astonishing numbers of porpoises around all day, in large…

What a four hour trip we had this morning. Spotting conditions were more or less perfect and we saw more or less everything. There were three groups of common dolphins in all, who gave us some great views as they swam beside the boat. There were very large numbers of harbour porpoises seen, hunting quickly,…

We had a great day today with some of the Master’s students from Exeter University, who came out on the boat to try to spot some marine vertebrates. They certainly did that. We started off with some amazing views of bluefin tuna – real whoppers were breaching close inshore near some fishing boats. We also…

It was really gloomy today for our Ocean Discovery and Bay Discovery trips, but all things considered we were really lucky not to get wet, especially after yesterday’s thunderstorms. We had a couple of excellent trips with some really good wildlife sightings. This morning we very quickly spotted something round jumping repeatedly out of the…