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Fingal’s Cave is a large sea cave on the south east side of the Isle of Staffa, which itself is located around 5 nautical miles off the west side of the Isle of Mull.  Fingal’s …

We asked Evan for a run down of day in the life during our peak season out in the islands when we are based on Coll. Have a read below of what it’s like as …

The weird and the wonderful! Spending our summers in offshore areas for the last 10+ years means we’ve had our fair share of amazing big animal encounters along with a number of oddities too.    …

Although we talk a lot about basking sharks and marine life, seabird watching does take up a big part of our trips. They give us a good indicator of where feeding is happening which can …

That’s not a headline you were expecting to read I bet! One of our longer term scientific projects is looking at fish piloting with basking sharks. Our records have dated back to 2013 where a …

We are no longer based at Dunstaffnage Marina. Our Oban based trips now depart from town centre transit marina next to the north pier. Please see our FAQ’s for more info on parking and arriving …

Do basking sharks breach?  The basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus, is the second largest shark in the world – and the largest to breach fully out of the water. You may have seen the iconic footage …

Are basking sharks endangered? Basking sharks are listed as endangered species on the IUCN red list. There is still no definitive population number for this species due to the difficulties of studying such a wide …

The basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus, is the second largest shark in the world, and the largest found in temperate seas! So big that its common name in some languages is actually ‘giant shark’, but exactly how …

Its been a great year for basking sharks in both conservation and research! New research published this year unveils some fascinating insights to basking shark behaviour, and we were so happy to have been able …

It’s unusual to see a humpback whale in Scotland, and over the last ten years this is our third sighting of these magical creatures here in the Hebrides. On this flat calm day we had …

This is a very common question we are asked on tours, scientific voyages, and online. Until relatively recently (say a decade ago) it was very misunderstood. Go back a little further the opinion was that …