Seal smooches… Sunday brought us one of our most intimate snorkel encounters. About 10 minutes after we had dropped the lovely Matt and Becky in the water this curious grey seal came to have a look. Becky ended up befriending this individual to the point where she received 3 kisses on her head. What

Stinky Minke! Sunday’s trip brought along our first minke whales of the year. The first animal was around 20ft long and popped up directly in front of myself and Captain Keith to say hello. Once we invited all of our lovely clients up onto the bow of the boat, this rather friendly individual surface

For the birds… Yesterday’s trip gave us a full display of the incredible birds we get just out of Falmouth Bay. For the first half an hour all seemed quiet, aside from a little egret showing off his fishing skills. Then once we got out over the reef the auks and shearwaters started filtering through

The trip on Friday was the start of a magical weekend, with the weather warming up and the sun starting to shine we were hopeful that hidden in the Cornish water was some majestic marine wildlife. Once out on the water on the 4-hour trip, we had a pod of common dolphins join us out in the deeper wat

We were lucky to have a break in the weather and got a few hours of sun, which only meant one thing, time for a trip! This 3-hour cruise was action-packed, we saw Sandwich terns and nesting fulmar. But what really took our breath away were the peregrine falcons, hunting with precision and grace as t

This weekend's excursions included some incredible wildlife. We started by heading offshore over some local reefs which introduced us to some incredible marine seabirds such as the Manx shearwater which we saw over 20 and several members of the Auk family in the four hours. We then began searching a

Rare Risso’s Yesterday’s 2 hour snorkel trip brought our first Risso’s dolphins of the year! We had just brought our two lovely clients back on Free Spirit after their gorgeous seal encounter and were heading out from Towan beach when several fins popped up directly in front of us. The tall, thin

Seven hour stars… We had two glorious seven hour trips on Friday and Saturday. On Friday we welcomed aboard a very keen group of MarineWatch Society members. The trip began straight away with a first for us. One of our resident grey seals was splashing about at the surface with a large catch. As we

Hold onto your hats, because the coronation weekend is already off to an electrifying start! Our first four-hour trip of the weekend was nothing short of spectacular, as we set out to sea and were immediately greeted by a menagerie of awe-inspiring marine life. From seals basking in the sun to fulma

Yesterday’s once in a lifetime encounter! We were joined on the boat by the lovely Brenda Tregunna who spotted a work up way out on the horizon by dodman point. As we made our way over, gannets started pouring into the water and we saw fins below them. When we got close we noticed there were around

Seal extravaganza on our 7-hour trip! During all our trips recently, we have been treated to some spectacular seal encounters, however one on our 7-hour trip stood out especially! The trip started with some lovely wildlife as soon as we entered Falmouth Bay, with some greater black backed gulls figh

Bit of a northerly breeze yesterday but the sun was out all day and it’s definitely starting to warm up. We had good seabirds offshore and large numbers of gulls all feeding on small fry just under the sea surface including quite a few Med gulls and kittiwakes. The auk colony was active with several

Lovely day out today and great to see a Black Guillemot!!

Bottoms up! Over the weekend we saw lots of auk activity. This included over 35 puffins. The smaller cousin of the guillemot, these colourful little birds flood through Falmouth waters this time of year, often leading groups of other auks flying through on their migration. Living for 25 years or mor

Bank Holiday Monday continued the weekend's excitement, we saw the “ Super Pod “ of offshore bottlenose dolphins! We usually only get to see these on very rare and special occasions and last season we only interacted with them twice! However, on one of those magical and special interactions last yea

Our trip with the Cornish Wildlife Trust was nothing short of magical! The April sun shone bright as we embarked on an adventure to explore the rich marine life of Cornwall. And boy, were we blessed with a diverse range of wildlife! From the seals hauled out on the rocks to the graceful Great Northe

Last Saturday, we had a superb, extensive sea trial with Spirit of our Seas and got to see the outstanding biodiversity of marine life that Falmouth has to offer! The trial started with some incredibly interesting plankton and micro-plastic tows throughout Falmouth Bay, producing some very intriguin