Cornwall boat trips

Another day with masses of wildlife. This morning’s Discovery Voyage passengers had great encounters with loads of common dolphins and some close up views of some really massive breaching bluefin tuna. They were all feeding again under hundreds possibly thousands of gannets, and underneath the gannets there were Manx shearwaters and lots of screaming gulls…

Most unusually this year, this morning was like a typical Cornish summer’s day with murk and mizzle! It didn’t actually last long though, and by lunchtime the northerly breeze had blown the rain away and the sun was back out. This morning’s Ocean Discovery saw HUNDREDS of common dolphins. They were feeding with a mad…

It was warm today but cloudy, with a light westerly breeze. On this morning’s Ocean Discovery we went looking for bluefin tuna further offshore, and they were there but extremely mobile. They were accompanied by fast moving groups of feeding seabirds, including gannets, Manx shearwaters, kittiwakes and other species of gulls. We also found two…

We did two Ocean Discovery trips today after moving Sunday’s people to Saturday due to the incoming strong wind. It was a great day with a sunny start and lots of harbour porpoises and some grey seals. Sailing conditions were better than they have been for some time with a steady northwesterly wind. This afternoon…

We had a our first five hour Discovery Adventure today and it was awesome! Conditions could not have been better for wildlife spotting. We hadn’t been going twenty minutes when the sightings started and at one point we didn’t know where to look – Risso’s dolphins to starboard, porpoises to port and common dolphins straight…

There was loads to see on this morning’s Discovery Voyage trip. There was a large pod of bottlenose dolphins first of all, numbering about forty animals. Again, theses are not what used to be described as “the inshore pod” which used to be seen regularly in Cornwall, who now seem to have disappeared as a…

It was a gorgeous day out on the water, and we had a three hour Ocean Discovery followed by a two hour Bay Discovery. We had great sightings on both. This morning we very quickly found some fins over to the east – Risso’s dolphins. It was one of those times when it looked like…

It was another very breezy day, with a westerly wind and choppy waves. That didn’t deter the wildlife though, especially on the four hour trip this morning. Sailing south of Mousehole we picked up some feeding gannets who showed us where common dolphins were milling around. They swam with us as we headed southwards to…

We were so lucky with the weather today – it was forecast to be wet, and we didn’t get a single drop out at sea, though the hills inland looked really misty and rainy. The moral of this tale is – ignore BBC weather. There are far more accurate forecasts. The seabirds are amazing at…

We had a freezing but fabulous trip this morning in the April sunshine. The wind was blowing steadily from the northwest, making perfect, fun sailing conditions and coupled with the long westerly swell it made an exciting ride. There were eight seals hauled out on the island made up of males, females and juveniles. We…