Bluewater Charter Fishing

19/08/2026

Theres wonderful stuff happening the last week or so. Huge bird activity and plenty of blubber as well. Thousands of Gannets, Shearwaters, Skuas, Petrels ,Gulls and hundreds of Common Dolphins. Last Sat Achill Sea Safaris found a Humback Whale off Keem. We found him off Inishboffin on Monday in poor conditions. In spite of our poor pics Pádraig Whooley of Irish Whale and Dolphin Group confirmed that it was HBIRL118. SO EXCITING!

16/09/2025

What is the point of the Tuna Chart Data Collection Programme in Irish waters when Irish fishermen are prevented by the EU and European fishing nations from catching Bluefin in Irish waters.
Analysis by the MARINE TIMES September edition. See also Tom MacSweeney's Seascapes on Substack.

24/08/2025

Is there anything better?

20/08/2025

Simon Berrow of the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group surveying the West Connemara SAC for Bottlenose Dolphins. His dedication and persistence have rubbed off on all his team making the long days a pleasure. The Dolphins help as well, when we find them!

17/08/2025

I took this pics two days ago North of Inishboffin. Two incredible birds. The great Shearwater nests in the southern ocean, it them circles the entire Atlantic passing our coast about now on its way back to nest.
The Corys nests in Canaries Cape Verde and suddenly in 2023 arrived of our coast in big numbers in late summer.
The pics show both with their wing tips skimming the water. How can they do that without crashing. ?

11/08/2025

We actually got 2 Blue Sharks yesterday and saw a couple more. Giles was delighted with his fish even it was slightly smaller than Pete’s . What are the chances of that feisty little shark growing to the size of its companion?

10/08/2025

This guy is long lining for Blue Sharks.

10/08/2025

Almost beat me.! Havnt been shark fishing in a long time and we caught this magnificent fish today. 183 cm f length female blue shark 10 miles west of high island. A truly wild place. Back in the day these were easy for me but today I struggled to get her in and out of the boat safely. We were both too old and too heavy, she was fine. Hope she lasts longer than me her world is far more dangerous and my odds far better. Congratulations to Pete McCambridge she gave you a good fight.

30/07/2025

Do all these strandings have the ping of military active sonar?

Deep-Diving True’s Beaked Whale Dies After Live Stranding at Killcummin Back Strand (Lacken/Castlelacken), Co. Mayo with her calf on the evening of the 27th July 2025. This is a shy deep-diving species whose home habitat is the deep waters and canyons beyond the shelf edge off our west coast. Its sad death follows a cluster of beaked whale strandings across northwest Europe in July.

⚠ Please be advised there are graphic photos of a dead whale in this post.

https://iwdg.ie/trues-live-stranding/

📸 Angela Kelly, Cathy

24/07/2025

Wonderful Bottlenose Dolphins showing off at Killary today.