Scilly Rockpool Safaris

Name: Scilly Rockpool Safaris
Address: St. Mary’s, Isles of Scilly, TR210JX, GB
Telephone: +447530304374
Rating: 5

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As a family we run guided rockpool safaris on St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly. We can’t wait to welcome you on to one of our safaris �

Come and join us as we follow the tide out to discover the wonderful creatures that can be found.

12/08/2025

We only have three summer holiday dates left that aren’t yet fully booked. If you want to see some amazing marine life, then come out with us.

Today’s highlights included a beautiful small cuttlefish and a tiny Atlantic ancula (a first for us!!). What will we find next?

27/07/2025

Violet sea snail shell washed up on Little Porth. Keep your eyes peeled as a few have been found in the last few days 💜

24/07/2025

Today was the first of our summer holiday rockpool safaris and what a fantastic group of people we had out with us.

We still have availability on tomorrow’s safari (Friday 25th) at 11:15am.

If you want to see all the amazing marine life that lives in the inter-tidal zone, come and join us 🦀

29/05/2025

We have added a new half term date - Friday 30th at 13:30pm.

You guys have kept us busy this week and it has been amazing, so many familiar faces and lots of new ones and most importantly lots of amazing wildlife

Limited spaces available. Just send me a message if you want to book on.

Sea you soon 🌊

📸: Will Marlow

26/05/2025

**edit- spaces now filled**

**LAST MINUTE AVAILABILITY**

We have some unexpected spaces on tomorrow’s 10:45am rockpool safari due to people’s travel over to the island being cancelled.

We now have 3 spaces. If you would like one please just send me a message 🦀🐚

02/01/2025

Happy New Year rockpoolers 🦀

We cannot wait for more rockpool safaris this year, this will be our fourth season 🤯

Just a reminder that we are dog friendly, so if your furry friend would like to join us, they are more than welcome and will be given lots of attention from our dog obsessed small people 🐕

We wanted to give a gift to say HNY and to thank you all for your support. So, whoever makes the first booking after this post will get to choose a Scilly rockpool safari T-shirt from our clothing section on our website 🫶

The lucky person will receive an email from us and you can let us know which tee you have chosen and we will have it sent straight to you.

Sea you soon 🌊

30/11/2024

It’s the last day of November and our girl is rockpooling barefooted in her Christmas jumper 🎄

No matter the time of year, rockpooling is an activity that can be enjoyed 🦀

24/11/2024

Unsure about what to get someone you love for Christmas.

Do they love marine life and being outdoors and more importantly are they planning a holiday to Scilly?

If so, why not purchase a gift voucher for a Scilly rockpool safari, a truly unique gift for an unforgettable experience.

If you would like to purchase one just pop across a message to us 🎄

09/11/2024

On Wednesday we were walking across Porthcressa beach and our dog ran ahead and was sniffing something and I realised it was some washed up goose barnacles.

So the kids and I of course ran over to them to have a look. It was a big wooden beam with a few hundred goosies attached but I noticed that some of them were a lot more orange.

It turns out the orange ones are a species we haven’t seen before- Lepas hillii. The common ones we normally see are Lepas anatifera.

Lepas hillii is identified by a bright orange collar at the base of the capitulum and deeper orange colour to the plate edges.

Amongst the L. anatifera I counted 60+ L. hillii (approximately 1:5 hillii to anatifera).

L. hillii is a tropical / sub-tropical species which is very rarely found in Britain but when they do occur it’s usually only odd ones amongst L. anatifera colonies.

Discussing with Martin Gray on the Orkney Isles, it is thought that this colony in Porthcressa could be one of the largest aggregations of L. hillii ever washed ashore in Europe which is pretty epic stuff!

Keep an eye out for any washed up and please let me know if you spot any 🧡

03/11/2024

Wow! We cannot believe how many bookings we have had these last few days- the summer holiday dates are booking quickly!

You guys rock! We cannot wait for another season of rockpooling with you all.

Much love, The Scilly Rockpool safari family 🦀

02/11/2024

Exciting news 💥

Our dates for 2025 are now live on our website 🦀

Head over to secure your Rockpool safari 🌊

We look forward to seeing seeing you all next year for our 4th year of guided rockpool safaris 💙

10/10/2024

Goose barnacles!

A friend messaged me yesterday to tell me that a huge log had washed up on Shark’s pit absolutely covered in goose barnacles. So, this morning that’s where we headed.

The log was absolutely enormous, around 10 metres in length and was so tightly compacted with goose barnacles, there must be hundreds of thousands on there.

Lots of people came throughout the morning to come and admire them and take photos. So beautiful, yet so sad that this has ended up being their fate. They will all slowly die as even if they were put back in the ocean, they wouldn’t survive as the water temperature is too cold.

At least they are being appreciated and admired - I wish I could know where the log has travelled from and all the things it has seen 🌊

Address

St. Mary’s
Isles Of Scilly
TR210JX

Telephone

+447530304374

Website

http://scillyrockpoolsafaris.co.uk/

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