Dolphins

There’s some ugly weather coming in over the next few days – well it is August Bank Holiday after all. For today though, all was well and we had an Ocean Discovery and two Bay Discovery trips. This morning there were lots of common dolphins to the south quite near Mousehole, and the sea state…

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…

It was a squally August day today with everything the weather could throw at us. This morning on the Discovery Voyage we had great sightings of several Risso’s dolphins, including mums with calves and also some males who were more boisterous. There were also lots of common dolphins, some grey seals and some tuna spotted….

We had three fantastic trips today. The first one was a private charter organised by Dr Tom Horton of Exeter University, who used to be a Marine Discovery guide in another life! His recent research has investigated the stomach contents of landed tuna to see what they are eating – really important stuff if we…

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…

We had some phenomenal sightings today. This morning’s three hour trip saw certainly the most common dolphins I have seen all year (though I haven’t been on a couple of the other very dolphiny trips). But what made it special was seeing them doing so many different things. The group we found first in the…

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…

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…

It was a cooler windier day today than we have had for ages. It was a northerly breeze though so it wasn’t rough and there was no incoming swell, so everything was quite comfortable. This morning we once again had great views of harbour porpoises, numbering about fifty. They swam very close to the boat….

It was another morning filled with cetaceans today, with two groups of porpoises and a big pod of about thirty common dolphins spotted. This was a four hour Discovery Voyage so we had plenty of time to explore over a wide area. The good thing about Penzance is, as soon as you leave the harbour…