Dolphins

We had two 3 hour Ocean Discovery trips today with lots of excited families and their kids on. With justification – once again we found multiple pods of common dolphins everywhere we sailed. It was quite a windy day (what else?) and we had lots of people keen to sit on the net so there…

It was a long day today with a four hour followed by a three hour trip. This morning we had some good sailing conditions and we were able to get a long way offshore. However we didn’t need to before we found both common and Risso’s dolphins inshore. The common dolphins bowrode with us for…

We had a couple of amazing trips today – a two hour private charter for a family this morning, and a four hour Discovery Voyage this afternoon. This morning we saw some fascinating behaviour from the Risso’s dolphins: huge splashes and leaps as well as the more usual sedate surfacing. The birds were very interested…

After a fairly good run of weather, June has finished on rather a miserable note with a lumpy westerly sea state and some soggy drizzle! As has been the case the last few days though, the wildlife made up for it this morning, with lots of Risso’s dolphins spotted, a couple of which came over…

We had a great day today with Risso’s dolphins spotted on the morning trip and hundreds of common dolphins on both the morning and the afternoon trips. The Risso’s were moving quietly down the coast and would have been easy to miss, but we spotted them. The common dolphins we saw on both trips were…

We had a fabulous day on the water today with wildlife in great abundance. The morning was hot, calm and (mostly) sunny for our Discovery Voyage trip, and we found common dolphins in five places further offshore. They gave us wonderful views in the silky calm water. Coming inshore we saw loads of Manx shearwaters…

We had a Ocean Discovery followed by a Bay Discovery today in flat calm conditions and bright sunshine. This morning we saw a pod of dolphins “flying” -always a spectacular sight. They were heading offshore at great speed so we sat and watched them go. We also had great views of grey seals, a couple…

It was a sunny breezy bank holiday Monday, but at least the wind wasn’t as strong as yesterday. On the three hour first thing we went east to try and stay in a bit of shelter and we found some seals in a couple of places. Sailing across the bay we were found by a…

Risso’s dolphins Unbroken sunshine all day today, but with an easterly wind which properly chopped up the sea by this afternoon. As soon as we left the harbour this morning we found the remains of a recently preyed upon cuttlefish – sure signs of recent Risso’s dolphin activity. We later found a group spread out…