ecotourism

We had a wonderful Ocean Discovery trip in this morning’s sunshine (no trip this afternoon due to scheduled boat servicing). On leaving the harbour the first thing we spotted was a seal out in the bay, lying casually at the surface before doing a slow dive down. The in the distance a few fins appeared …

It was great to welcome back crew member Georgi today, who returned to Marine Discovery after having her baby boy in March. It was a fabulous – and very hot 🥵 – day with more fins than you could shake a stick at. On this morning’s Ocean Discovery we saw common dolphins from the start…

Such calm silky water, chockablock with plankton, jellyfish and – this afternoon at least – dolphins. Our four hour trip this morning was actually quite quiet until we found a group of common dolphins, though conditions were beautifully calm and clear. We did see a few seals bottling round the island, including a big male….

The day started off murky but the wildlife this morning was fantastic. We had great views of harbour porpoises (between 30 and 40) feeding under diving gannets, followed by a terrific encounter with some common dolphins who were in a very showy offy mood. As we came back into the bay we found a group…

July already – blimey. Is it me or are the seasons racing by? We had a four hour followed by a two hour trip today. For long periods this morning it was rather quiet, even though we sailed several miles south. There were some nice gannet, shearwater and kittiwake sightings, but it was only when…

The heatwave had a break in west Cornwall today, with a dip in temperatures and a fresh westerly wind blowing. Coupled with the wind of yesterday, this created some big rolling swell, making it tricky to search for wildlife. On both trips we found some seals round the island, both in the water and hauled…

It was very windy with the thunderstorm last night until morning, so the sea was in a bit of a confused today. On this morning’s three hour trip we motored slowly up the coast into the incoming waves, stopping at the island to sea the sleeping seals. Then we hoisted the sails and headed out,…

We had a lovely couple of trips today – a four hour followed by a two hour. The weather here currently is warm but not too hot with a bit of breeze, so perfect. This morning we had several encounters with different pods of common dolphins, including some calves and juveniles. We had lovely views…

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…

We have been plagued by fog this week. It can happen when we get a southerly airflow that sucks up a load of moisture from the Bay of Biscay, when the rest of the country is basking in sunshine and it’s incredibly annoying. But that’s part and parcel of living on a peninsular sticking out…