Tuesday 30th July

On this morning’s three hour Ocean Discovery tour we saw our first big feeding frenzies of bluefin tuna of the summer. This is an amazing sight (and sound!), as the tuna rush around hunting prey, and making the water look as though it is boiling. Occasionally they launch themselves out of the water and you see the open mouths, shining scales and fins. From now on the challenge is getting the photo! We also saw lots of common dolphins, and among the seabirds were some Cory’s shearwaters! They come in with the tuna, feeding on the same prey.

This was followed by two Bay Discovery trips, and both were awesome. On the first we saw a couple of small groups of common dolphins which included some small calves, and later on we saw an another amazing feeding frenzy, this time involving the dolphins rather than tuna. They pinned the baitballs of fish up against the coast and the gulls were going nuts – from a photo, it looks  as though they were feeding on anchovies. For the late afternoon trip, everything had calmed down somewhat, and we had a lovely peaceful sail with the dolphins and also saw a couple of grey seals.