Our 8th 4hr evening pelagic for 2016 was one of those spectacular evenings…
As we headed north there was very little swell, but the sea was quite choppy and dark which doesn’t make for the best observing conditions. After a brief encounter on the northward journey, when Tim spotted a single dolphin, we headed towards the shore. As we entered Newbiggin Bay I told our youngest participant (just 8 years old) that he would have the sharpest eyesight on the boat and the best chance of finding any dolphins that were around…just as his mum looked out of the wheelhouse and spotted White-beaked Dolphins less than 50m away from us 🙂 After an entertaining half hour with that group around the boat we headed south and it wasn’t long before I received a text message to let me know that were dolphins breaching off Seaton Sluice…just as we reached there! This time the group was bigger, at least 10 animals, and they entertained us against the backdrop of a spectacular sunset over St Mary’s Island 🙂
