whale watching Cornwall

What a whaley brilliant trip we had this afternoon (sorry, couldn’t resist). Despite occasional thick mist we had some wonderful wildlife encounters. These started with a handful of common dolphins and some breaching tuna, followed a little further on by hundreds of dolphins. They emerged in the mist as it thinned – very atmospheric. Out…

We had a great day today despite the foggy conditions. This morning in particular was very dense, but the wildlife has been so abundant lately that we knew where to go looking, and things turned up where we thought they would be. Lots and lots of common dolphins of course, with some hunting bluefin tuna…

On this morning’s Bay Discovery I remarked it was feeling quite whaley based on nothing more than just how I felt. Not particularly scientific I know, but it can be quite accurate 😁. Soon after that a big patch of floating weed made everyone sit up and get excited, but no joy. What we did…

Autumn days like this feel like a gift from the gods, especially in the aftermath of wind and swell like we had at the weekend. On this morning’s Bay Discovery trip, we had an awesome encounter with a massive fin whale – this was feeding with what looked like over a thousand gannets, plus countless…

It was a sunny breezy day today and we had two Ocean Discovery trips. While the swell was reasonably chunky again, the south westerly breeze gave us a great windy for sailing especially in the afternoon. On both trips we saw several grey seals around the island, both in the water and hauled out on…

We had a long day today with an Ocean Discovery trip followed by two Bay Discovery trips. This morning we had fantastic views (and smells!) of a minke whale as it surfaced repeatedly close to the boat, sharing with us all its unforgettable perfume of dead fish and rotting cabbage. They were the best views…

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…

It was a beautiful morning today for our Ocean Discovery trip, and we saw loads of wildlife – porposies, lots of common dolphins and grey seals. We also saw some tuna breaching and managed to get a photo – never a foregone conclusion with tuna! On the afternoon Discovery Voyage the sun disappered but the…

It was a mega busy day yesterday, with an Ocean Discovery followed by two Bay Discovery trips. Lots to see out there in the morning with common dolphins, porpoises, a minke whale and grey seals as well as lots of diving gannets (where have the sheawaters gone? Offshore meeting the incoming tuna? Time will tell)….

Today was a trickier to find wildlife but we had a really good variety. On the morning four hour, we had some great encounters with harbour porpoises, and some more elusive dolphins (had they swapped personalities?). On the afternoon trip we sailed well south, watching individual gannets plunging in from very high up, but no…