dolphin watching Cornwall

Another wildlife packed day with a three hour followed by a four hour trip We saw four species of cetacean altogether along with some more mega tuna hunting this afternoon. The morning passengers found common dolphins, harbour porpoises and a minke whale, along with some sooty shearwaters and plenty of Manxies. After watching the seals…

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…

August is the month when we could see anything, so it’s exciting to look forward to what could turn up this year. We had a brisk northerly wind blowing today which chopped the sea up a lot, but the wildlife was all there to be found. Again the porpoise sightings were amazing – we could…

It was a damp, windy day today but definitely could have been worse. The bluefin tuna are here with a vengeance now, accompanied by huge numbers of seabirds including thousands of shearwaters, gannets, kittiwakes and other gulls. Common dolphins are hunting with them and the pace is very frenetic. The seals and porpoises are far…

A busy day today with three trips, and the wildlife in the bay is still pumping! Today we have seen so many porpoises again, common dolphins here there and everywhere including some mums with very young calves, bluefin tuna busting at the surface and grey seals lazing around enjoying the summer. Seabirds have included gannets,…

It was all rather grey and choppy today but the wildlife sightings were extraordinary. On the four hour trip this morning we headed south into the murk which thankfully lifted and it wasn’t long before we found our first group of harbour porpoises. After stopping to reef the sail, we then sailed westwards across 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…

It was another lovely day with a perfect sailing breeze.  We saw a group of harbour porpoises early on this morning followed by a few small groups of common dolphins . There were a couple of seals bottling round the island at the end of the trip. This morning everything was a bit more lively…