Sightings

There was a fresh northwesterly wind today which made spotting conditions quite difficult even though there was stuff out there to see. On the morning Bay Discovery we sailed south – pretty quickly! – and found some circling and diving gannets near Lamorna, along with big tuna splashes. Common dolphins sporadically appeared and teased us,…

A busy day today with a four hour followed by a three hour tour. This morning we went back out to the area where we saw all the activity yesterday morning. Sailing south, we saw fin whale blows 😮. This is an area where hundreds of dolphins and tuna have been feeding, as well as…

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…