Dog boss enjoying sunset at Whitesands beach
Seal Pup Relaxing on Pembrokeshire Beach (Wales, UK)
Something for those of you missing the sights and sounds of the sea. We had a fabulous walk on the coastal path yesterday (dog boss is still snoozing it off!). This young pup was a huge bonus. S/he has moulted and given the size is likely to be independent. S/he was clearly enjoying the stream, snoozing with head in and out of the water and apparently enjoying the softness of the weed. It's a good sheltered spot so this youngster is enjoying a good start in life. Apologies for the quality of the zoom but seals need more than 2 metres social distancing :-) . Have a good week guys.
St David's Head (Pembrokeshire, UK)
A fabulous bit of coast path. Have a great weekend everyone.
Common Dolphins (off Ramsey & Grassholm islands, Pembrokeshire, UK)
Dolphins are powerful predators but they're also beautiful and uplifting to watch. I doubt that the dolphins miss us as much as we miss them :-) but they're very sociable so I'm sure that when we get back out to sea they'll come and say hello.
Exploring Ramsey Island's Caves by Jet Boat
Ramsey Island has a number of caves to explore. This is one of Tim's favourites. It's also a lovely space to go swimming from the main cave through the sunlit second entrance and its jade coloured water. The second entrance closes up completely around high tide or in the right bit of swell but at lower states of tide in calm water you can sneak a 9m Ribworker jet boat in there :-) .
Dolphins en route to Grassholm (Pembrokeshire Wales, UK)
One of the (many) brilliant things about being at sea is that you never quite know what you're going to see. While heading out to collect scientists from Grassholm we saw dolphins leaping in the distance. Fortunately for us one or two came close to us and then disappeared as quickly as they'd arrived.
Common Dolphins joining us around Ramsey Island
An Adult Wet and Wild became a dolphin watching trip for a while this afternoon :-) . We usually have to head a few miles offshore to find dolphins but when they decide to visit Ramsey no-one complains!
Wet, Grey Trip to Grassholm Island (Pembrokeshire, Wales)
Last time we had to go out to Grassholm we had heavy rain, a bit of swell & a decent breeze. 8 miles of grey, wet loveliness. Even without passengers we were only doing 6 knots at times & a trip that can take 25 minutes took an hour. 2 layers of waterproofs failed :-) . The forecast looks rather less brutal this week :-) .
Lively Sea off Ramsey Island (St Davids, Pembrokeshire)
Northerly winds against northerly tides bring overfalls (waves). They can develop quite quickly, can be pretty steep and have some guts to them. Shearwater's jet enables us to dig down into the water when facing a steep wave and her open transom self-drains in seconds. We still treat Ramsey Sound with considerable respect even when we're having fun on our own :-)
Porpoise Leaping Clear of the Water
Today was warm but as the mist descended Ramsey had a rather etheral quality to it. Usually when we have great porpoise sightings they disappear the second I get my phone out (I have lots of footage of sea...) . I thought I'd sneak my phone out to see if I could catch them but I wasn't expecting to capture this. Clearly porpoise have the ability to leap out of the water but it's rare for us to see it & I've never been able to film it before. So thank you, little porpoise, you really made my day :-) .
Dolphins Again
I couldn't work out which video from yesterday to post so I'll post both for those of you who are missing Pembrokeshire wildlife. We have sunshine today :-), no dolphins but lots of seals and good sightings of seal pups.
Common Dolphins visit Ramsey Island
Yesterday was an extremely changeable mix of mist & mizzle one minute & sunshine the next but no-one noticed as dolphins came alongside. They have a tendency to steal the show :-) . We have no idea why they've been seen inshore so often this year but no-one is complaining!
Jellyfish visit Ramsey Island
A random download from Tim's phone. It's amazing what he has on there :-) .
