Monday 16th September

After a murky start this morning it turned into a beautiful atmospheric day. There was no wind at all, and banks of mist hanging around which slowly cleared. This morning we were really pleased to find large numbers of common dolphins around again, after a quiet few days. There was a large group of about thirty or so to start, and then a smaller group slightly later. We also had great views of breaching tuna, some grey seals hauled out on the rocks, and a late ocean sunfish. During the afternoon the last of the mist cleared and the sun came out, and we had lovely views of loads of harbour porpoises after none at all this morning. We had one which did a full breach very close to the boat. As well as jumping porpoises and dolphins we also saw jumping bluefin tuna, but they were too unpredictable for photos. At the island we watched a young seal playing with a lobster pot buoy – very cute!