Mar 02 2026
Great news this weekend – guide Evan has won the British Waters Wide Angle category of the prestigious photography competition, Underwater Photographer of the Year 2026! His image was captured during some of the incredible …
Nov 06 2025
During our Autumn tours we hosted researchers from Staffs Uni forensics department who are developing a citizen science microplastics testing system. Currently microplastics testing has been reserved for very strict laboratory proceeds and sampling. However …
Plastic found in stranded Basking Sharks Stomach You might have seen all the media today around plastic found in the stranded basking sharks stomach. A good time to highlight the issue of plastics and microplastics …
Nov 03 2025
Exclusive for World Basking Shark Day! It’s great to share some of our footage from the 2025 season on world basking shark day. After so many years, the sharks still have some surprises for us! …
Jul 29 2025
Orca John Coe, back in the Hebrides We have great news that John Coe has been spotted around the Hebrides after a long absence. The last confirmed sightings was at Rathlin Island in Northern Ireland …
Basking Sharks in Big Numbers in the Hebrides Great news in our season has started with a big bang with fantastic basking shark sightings around the islands. Our first shark week tour of the year …
Jan 31 2025
Our home base is Oban, only 5 miles from the Isle of Mull by boat. Most of our tours either go to or go round the Isle of Mull. So even though we are not …
Jan 30 2025
To touch or not to touch! We’re now in a time where people are the least connected to nature, have the least access to natural spaces and are addicted to the internet, influenced by what …
Jan 26 2025
Fancy joining our team for the 2026 peak season? We’re recruiting one guide to join our small crew. Check out our video social post (note it’s from 2025) for an idea of the good the …
Jan 15 2025
Lying in just a few metres of water off the coast of Eriskay lies one of Scotland’s most famous wrecks, the SS Politician; an 8000 tonne cargo ship bound for Kingston that ran aground following …
Jan 01 2025
Seals have a long cultural history in Scotland from mythological tales of Selkies – the shapeshifting seals who shed their skin and take on a human form, to the days of Saint Columba on Iona …
Dec 19 2024
It was great to receive a new marine life guide in the mail this week, just before Christmas! Our friend Lawson Wood’s has written this new guide, Marine life of the North Sea and …
