common dolphins

We had a Discovery Voyage trip this morning which is quite late in the year for us to be running this four hour trip. It was a cracker of a morning, starting clear and calm with a hint of low sunshine. Quite soon after leaving the harbour we started picking up fins in the distance,…

We had another lovely day today. Bright sunshine and calm seas allowed us to search offshore. In the morning we found lots of different groups of harbour porpoises and had some lovely interactions in the calm conditions. We also saw a variety of seabirds including many arctic skuas, who were harassing kittiwakes for their catch….

Though grey and choppy, conditions were far better than expected today and we had a great couple of trips. This morning there were eight seals hauled out – it’s been a popular spot for them there lately. We then headed a long way south and found two groups of common dolphins feeding with just a…

It was a sunny breezy day today and we had two Ocean Discovery trips. While the swell was reasonably chunky again, the south westerly breeze gave us a great windy for sailing especially in the afternoon. On both trips we saw several grey seals around the island, both in the water and hauled out on…

What a fantastic day we had today. There was still a hefty swell running, but otherwise conditions were good. This morning we found fifteen seals on the island; they were mainly adult females but there was two males and a couple of juveniles as well. We then headed south, finding bluefin tuna and, rather unusually,…

It was breezier than expected today, with a southeasterly wind chopping up the sea nicely. This does mean a good wind angle for sailing away to the south though – everything seemed rather quiet inshore so off we went, and on both trips we found lots of common dolphins and feeding seabirds. There were a…

We had a three followed by a four hour trip scheduled for today, but the weather forecast for today looked really dubious and unsure. Strong easterly wind coupled with heavy showers didn’t look like too much fun, however this morning the wind was still light and it was dry so we set off on the…

It was a full on day today with three full trips in beautiful conditions. We found common dolphins and harbour porpoises on the three hour Ocean Discovery trip this morning, along with lots of seabirds including storm petrels. At the end of the trip we found several seals hauled out, who were still there at…

We had a four hour trip this morning in the early calm, which was very welcome after the strong breeze of yesterday. There were plenty of common dolphins and harbour porpoises about and the clear calm water allowed us some lovely clear views. Lots of shearwaters included a sooty among all the Manxes. On the…

We had a proper mixture of weather today with sunshine, breeze and drizzle. The wildlife sightings were great though. On the morning Bay Discovery a big mass of gannet feeding showed us where there were scores of porpoises feeding in the bay. The fish shoals were very mobile and the porpoises were in an incredible…