Sightings

Groundhog day! The easterly wind today meant that we cancelled the afternoon trip and shortened the morning to a three hour. However we had a really good trip, with some fun friendly passengers who didn’t mind getting a bit wet! It was worth it, because we found a group of about twenty common dolphins who…

Yet more strong easterly breeze today which made spotting conditions challenging. We stuck to more sheltered waters and had two great Ocean Discovery trips in the strong June sunshine. This morning we went eastwards past the Mount to Cudden point and then went sailing across the bay. We found grey seals in three locations, though…

Back out on the water today after a much needed day off yesterday and we had a good one! We sailed south with this morning’s three hour trip passengers and spotted just a few gannets circling in the distance. Coming down to the area, we were gradually joined by a group of up to thirty…

We had to cancel yesterday unfortunately because of the strong easterly wind. Today it had dropped a lot though and we had two trips. This morning we saw several grey seals, lots of feeding seabirds and to finish the trip we had good views of some more Risso’s dolphins! These made us pretty late back…

We had a great (and very long!) day today, with two Ocean Discovery trips first. We met some great people who enjoyed seeing all the seals and seabirds, and the sea conditions, while windy, were fun. It certainly felt as though there was more life about, with lots of seals spotted on the low tide…

It started off grey and cold today, but the sun appeared midway through the afternoon. The wind was a bit lighter so we headed west to check the areas towards Gwennap Head, but all was quiet down there. It must be this persistent easterly wind. We had some good views of some seals hauled out…

There was such a lot of easterly wind this morning we had to cancel our two hour trip, which was a pity. It dropped for the afternoon a bit, though the four hour trip became a three hour. It was a beautiful sunny afternoon though wildlife sightings were probably the quietest we have had so…

It was a sunny breezy bank holiday Monday, but at least the wind wasn’t as strong as yesterday. On the three hour first thing we went east to try and stay in a bit of shelter and we found some seals in a couple of places. Sailing across the bay we were found by a…

Risso’s dolphins Unbroken sunshine all day today, but with an easterly wind which properly chopped up the sea by this afternoon. As soon as we left the harbour this morning we found the remains of a recently preyed upon cuttlefish – sure signs of recent Risso’s dolphin activity. We later found a group spread out…