Blasket Island Eco Tour with Wildlife Watching

About

This is a roughly three-hour boat tour out of Dingle Harbour run by Dingle Boat Tours, heading along the coast and out around the Blasket Islands to look for seals, dolphins, seabirds and, in season, whales and basking sharks. It is a wildlife and scenery trip rather than the old dolphin-spotting outings: Fungie, the harbour's resident dolphin for nearly forty years, disappeared in 2020 and is presumed dead, and the operators have built genuine eco tours around the islands and the open coast instead. The boat leaves from the pontoon near the marina; book ahead and dress for the wind.

Highlights

• ✓Out around the Blasket Islands by boat from Dingle Harbour
• ✓Seals, dolphins and seabirds, with whales and basking sharks in season
• ✓A genuine eco and scenery tour, not a Fungie dolphin trip
• ✓Departs from the pontoon near the marina

Tips

• →Book ahead, especially in good summer weather.
• →Dress warmly; it is colder and windier on the water.
• →Trips are weather-dependent and can be cancelled on rough days.

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