When it comes to unique wildlife encounters there are few things as breath-taking and humbling as coming face to face with the world's largest creatures. Whale watching is one of those activities …

Whales, dolphins and marine wildlife tours in West Cork, Ireland
We provide dedicated, year-round whale watching trips out of Reen Pier, near Union Hall, West Cork, subject to weather conditions and demand. Our trips are a minimum of 4 hours duration, often …
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Cork Whale Watch believes passionately in the power of evidence based scientific research to inform and enhance whale and dolphin conservation in Ireland. Colin Barnes has worked closely with the …
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The number of common dolphins washing up dead is serious and most worrying. I'd be 99% sure they are being drowned in pelagic trawls, especially after looking closely at the skin damage on Tony Wheelan's video clip of recent days (link below). Mick …
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As our August 2017 came to a close, cetacean activity was at very low levels in West Cork's coastal waters. Somewhat surprising after a fantastic spring and early summer season, with hundreds of common dolphins, dozens of minke whales, humpbacks …
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Skipper’s log, March 2017. As the spring of 2017 begins, it must be said that the 2016/17 winter was generally a gentle, benign period of weather, compared to the record breaking rain and flooding of 2015, or the terrible storms of the 2014 …
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