If you visit Cornwall and only explore sights and attractions on the land you are seriously missing out. To experience the dramatic Cornish coastline and get under the skin of the rugged Cornish character, you really need to see Cornwall from the sea on a sea safari or boat trip. It’s only when you get [...]
Dolphins and Gannets video on our youtube channel Is it the chicken or the egg that came first? Do gannets feed where there are lots of fish and so coincidentally we see dolphins or do the dolphins bring the fish to the surface so that’s why we always find dolphins when we see gannets feeding? [...]
Another great trip with Cornish Sea Tours. Hugo (picture below) was down for his summer holidays and very kindly agreed to come out and crew with us on SeaXplorer. The condition’s were perfect; beautiful flat sea, blue skies, white fluffy clouds and a gentle rolling ocean swell. Hugo fired the twin 175hp suzukis up, helped [...]
Bottlenose dolphin video This footage (link above) was taken last summer whilst returning from a power coasteering trip with Cornish Rock Tors. The dolphins followed us back into the Camel Estuary and performed a few jumps before returning to sea. You can make out their quite distinctive sickle shaped dorsal fins and darker colouring. [...]
Today we had an incredible time with the dolphins. A massive pod including some tiny juveniles stayed with us for 30 mins. Lots of rising, blowhole noises and jumping ensued. The you tube video is 12mins long but worth watching in full as the surprises just keep coming. Click on the link [...]
2011 has really been the best year ever for dolphins we’ve ever known. They arrived earlier than usual (mid May) and have stayed in force all summer with sightings nearly ever trip. Since my day off on Sunday all but one trip has encountered our cetacean friends. Large pods of dolphins have been experienced hunting [...]
We absolutely love this guys images in the office. If you go to the gallery section of his site and go to the ‘Marine Life UK’ section and prepare to be amazed, who would have thought such amazing and colourful creatures lived in our slightly grey seas. Just a couple of my favourites below. Click [...]
My day off was well and truly sabotaged by Richard Cook the unofficial Harbour Master of Port Gaverne asking me to skipper SeaXplorer as a safety boat for this years 1 mile ‘Big Swim‘ from Port Gaverne to Port Isaac. Wild sea met us as we left the estuary, 7ft swell and strong south westerly [...]
Bumped into this little chap on the 1130 trip with the Birts. Their eyes are as large as humans which is a little spooky in a fish. Wikipedia extract: ‘The ocean sunfish, Mola mola, or common mola, is the heaviest known bony fish in the world. It has an average adult weight of 1,000 kg. The [...]
Last night whilst I was returning from Port Isaac at 8.45pm I came across the Padstow Lifeboat ‘Spirit of Padstow’ towing a vessel back to harbour. The sea was flat calm and reflecting the pearly clouds so got a good photo. The following is from their website: ‘The crew of the Padstow Tamar class all-weather [...]
