Sep 30 2022
Recently our drone footage of a basking shark approaching our boat casued a bit of a stir on the internet! This short video went unexpectedly viral on TikTok, gaining 16.5 million views at the time …
Aug 26 2022
For the summer peak season, we’re based out on the Isle of Coll in the Scottish Inner Hebrides islands. The islands are exposed to the North East Atlantic and although the ocean can be a …
Aug 02 2022
One of the biggest mysteries with basking sharks is reproduction, where and how do they breed? Where are their pupping grounds? There are many unanswered questions, but we are seeing small pieces of the jigsaw …
May 25 2022
Where are the best places to snorkel in Argyll? We’ve been running snorkel & swimming trips around the coastline of Oban and the islands of Argyll for 10 years. Here are our top picks of places …
Apr 15 2022
As basking shark experts we love answering your questions about our favourite giant fish, and today we are diving in to one of the top searched questions about basking sharks – can they close their …
Here at Basking Shark Scotland we love answering your questions on all things basking shark, and one of the top searched questions about our favourite filter feeders is – ‘can a basking shark eat a human?’. …
Mar 19 2022
Is Oban the most instagrammable place in Scotland? Where is the most Instagrammable place in Scotland? Research this week reveals that Oban is the No. 1 Instagrammable place in Scotland, along with sitting at No.6 …
Mar 15 2022
If you are thinking of taking the plunge into the wild Atlantic, you may be wondering how cold is the water? Though the Hebrides can look tropical on a summer’s day, we are still in …
Jan 25 2022
Freshwater basking shark! We came across this image (left) on social media recently and couldn’t help but be fascinated by it! Some we had never seen before, was it some kind of weird basking shark …
Nov 30 2021
Oban Top 5 What can I do during my stay in Oban is one of the questions we are asked the most. We run tours based from Oban, and being the gateway to the Isles, …
Nov 03 2021
The 2021 summer for us in the Hebrides was one of contrast. Normally, it’s the standing joke that summer bypasses us and we have the full brunt of the Atlantic ocean & weather. However, this …
Nov 02 2021
We’ve long looked out at Barra & the Southern Isles from our summer base of Coll. Just another hop over from the Inner Hebrides that has so much allure of new coastlines to explore. The …