Nov 01 2021
The weather in the Hebrides was very odd this summer with continuous settled weather and calm seas offshore. This allowed outstanding spotting conditions and we started to see strange wakes across the calm ocean. This …
Feb 02 2021
If you haven’t already seen some of the amazing footage of our amazing day with the two humpback whales off Coll last summer then check out the video below! Since then over winter 20/21, our …
Sep 30 2020
It has been a really great basking shark season for us with perhaps our strongest-ever summer in terms of numbers and consistency. The weather is the weather in the Hebrides and as usual, it did …
Aug 27 2020
This could have been one of our most memorable days at sea! There had been several humpback sightings since we arrived on the Isle of Coll for the season and we even saw them feeding …
May 20 2020
The Carsaig Arches are a wonderfully remote hidden gem on the Isle of Mull, one of our favorite coastlines to explore! The coastline has amazing geology, cliffs over 300m high, seabirds flying, as well as …
May 18 2020
John Coe! The Last King of the Hebrides! Mention the name to anyone with an interest in marine wildlife on the west coast and it’s usually met with, ‘oooooh’ or ‘legend!’. Of course, there are …
May 12 2020
What’s in a name – how the basking shark was given its name! Our old friend the basking shark has a lot of history surrounding its name which changes over many areas and nations. Shane spent …
Apr 27 2020
The elusive basking shark is not an easy one to predict, there are certain patterns we see in their summer aggregations, with the peak of sightings being around late July – August. Their arrival in the spring …
Mar 13 2020
Finally we can announce that the next episode of our podcast, Shark Cast, has been released Although in this episode we have some sad news that Luke has headed off overseas and won’t be with us …
Jan 24 2020
What is Burns Day? Scotland’s National Bard, Rabbie Burns is celebrated on his birthday, the 25th of January each year. It has been celebrated since 1801, five years after his death. Who is Rabbie Burns? …
Jan 15 2020
Whilst writing our Cetacean blog recently, we realised that we hadn’t ever written one about our unusual Oban humpback whale sightings from the last couple of years! Before the first sighting, if someone had told …
Jan 06 2020
Top 5 Cetaceans around Oban & The Hebrides We’re lucky to operate in an area with a high number of whales, dolphins and porpoises. Some are resident in our waters year round, others migrate here for …