whale watching

A busy day today with a four hour followed by a three hour tour. This morning we went back out to the area where we saw all the activity yesterday morning. Sailing south, we saw fin whale blows 😮. This is an area where hundreds of dolphins and tuna have been feeding, as well as…

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…

We had a Ocean Discovery and a Bay Discovery trip today in breezy southwesterly conditions, which gave us some exciting sailing. This morning among the gannets, shearwaters and auks, we had a brief but clear view of a minke whale as it surfaced. Conditions were against us a bit to try and pick it up…

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…

On today’s boat tour, we had a surprise on leaving the harbour this afternoon when a very small minke whale popped up just in front of us, then behind us then was gone! People are often concerned when they see little whales on their own, but minkes wean and are independent when they are quite…

We  had a four hour followed by a three hour trip today in windy northerly conditions. Even so, we had some great sightings – during the morning we initially found some common dolphins then sailed southwards where we found two minke whales feeding among the bluefin tuna and shearwaters. As we sailed back towards the…

We had a couple of awesome trips today. The morning Discovery Voyage passengers saw lots and lots of porpoises again, as well as grey seals and a couple of groups of common dolphins. Conditions were sunnier in the morning, and it clouded over and the wind built for the afternoon. After watching the seals bobbing…

What a day we had on the water today. It started so calm that the sea’s surface was like a mirror. This gave us awesome through-the-water views of not only the hundreds of common dolphins, but also harbour porpoises. It seems that by this stage of the summer, the porpoises are feeding more efficiently which…

Another long day today with a four hour trip followed by a three hour. This morning the weather was better, and the sun even peeped through at times. A few very tricky dolphins and a porpoise were spotted at the start of the trip, as well  as a couple of seals. We got much better…

We had a really varied day today.This morning we had our annual visit from a freediving club who like to combine a bit of a sail and wildlife watch with some underwater exploration. While we were looking for wildlife before the dive we found lots of common dolphins with feeding seabirds, harbour porpoises and glimpsed…