Cornwall boat trips

A five hour trip this morning and it was another cracker. There was just enough of a south easterly to have a great sail without it being choppy and uncomfortable, though a bit of splash never harmed anyone 😄. First we had a lovely view of a pair of seals on the rocks on the…

A minke whale! Conditions reverted to normal Cornish summer fare today with a brisk westerly wind and intermittent rain and drizzle. The four hour trip this morning had some really great sightings despite the wet weather. During August, Risso’s dolphins become more unpredictable as they venture offshore then back again, feeding on squid as well…

Back out on the water after a day off yesterday when it was very windy. Conditions had not changed much, with loads of dolphin and tuna feeding inshore on this morning’s Discovery Voyage trip, and hundreds of gannets and gulls hunting with them. We also spotted several sunfish including one breacher. There were a few…

There were a beautiful couple of trips today in calm seas and warm sunshine. On the morning Bay Discovery there were hundreds – and I mean hundreds – of common dolphins feeding well inshore.  We saw three dolphins engaged in behaviour which was clearly “courtship” i.e. two males hounding a female. There were also large…

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…