shearwater

safaris

Steve Lewis, Ben Peach, Dave Reynolds, Alan Oakley, Howard Davies, Dennis James, Andy Bowen, Matthew Lowe

www.boatrides.co.uk

01646 602941 or

01437 781427

Operating from Brunel Quay, Neyland in the heart of Milford Haven, Shearwater Safaris offer a variety of trips aboard a fleet of licensed fast RIBs. Offshore trips are available to the islands of Skomer, Skokholm and Grassholm where there is always the chance of spotting the fabulous marine wildlife and seabirds. How about a fast ride down the Haven to St Anns Head or a more leisurely trip exploring the unspoilt upper reaches of Milford Haven which is one of the finest natural harbours in the world, over 18 miles long.

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celtic

diving

Mark and Cathy Deane, Howard Bancroft

www.celticdiving.co.uk

01348 874752

Celtic Diving is a fully certified PADI diving centre offering snorkeling, scuba diving courses and equipment hire & sales. The Centre offers a range of activity holidays and a range of boat trips aboard their dive charter boat all round the Pembrokeshire coastline.

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voyages

of

discovery

John Price, Ieuan Jenkins, David Canby-Lewis, Ffion Rees, Ian Gray, Ben Richardson, Anna Mullarkey, Dafydd Price, Malcolm Gray, Claire Butler

www.ramseyisland.co.uk

01437 720285

0800 854367 (FREEPHONE)

john@ramseyisland.co.uk

We are proud to offer some of the finest marine guided tours on the coast. Our experience is second to none and the business is owned, managed and run by local Pembrokeshire people most of whom have centuries of ancestry back to Ramsey Island and the local coast.

We provide fully guided and interactive tours around the North Pembrokeshire Islands including our Offshore Islands Voyage, which includes Whale and Dolphin Watching. Voyages Of Discovery is the only company offering dedicated sailings to these spectacular waters. Our fleet of RIBS operate from St Justinians, just outside St Davids.

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dale

sailing

company

John Reynolds, Karl Wannacott, Ken Gainfort, Crispen Cuttins, Jane Boulden, Nigel Anderton, Mal Orton

www.dale-sailing.co.uk

01646 603123

Welcome to 'Dale Sailing' one of Wales Leading Companies in the Marine Industry. We offer adventure trips aboard our specialist RIB or cruises aboard our steady dayboat, the Dale Princess. A whole variety of trips are available, including Grassholm Safari, Skomer Island Landing Trip, Skomer & Skokholm Safari, Round Island Cruises, Shearwater Spectacular, Evening Seabird Spectaculars and specialist Safari Trips to Grassholm. Our departure points are at Dale and Martins Haven.

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thousand island expeditions

Clive Hayes, Padrig Rees, Cindy Pearce, Steve Morgan, Lyndon Lomax, Gray Dove, Janet Baxter, Dave Hill, Michelle Metcalfe, Z. McCreadie

www.thousandislands.co.uk

01437 721721

email Thousand Island Expeditions

Come with us and experience some of the finest the natural world has to offer. Discover a magical island wilderness coupled with the fun and excitement of a true marine expedition. If you want a relaxing day on an unspoilt island nature reserve, or a guided cruise around Ramsey Island in a fast, comfortable, modern traditional vessel, or cruise into the Irish Sea in search of a whale or dolphin, or an evening cruise to watch the puffins and hundreds of shearwaters as they return home for the evening or an exhilarating ride in a rigid hull inflatable through swirling currents and sea caves - we can take you!!

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rudders

boatyard

Alastair Pollard

www.ruddersboatyard.co.uk

01646 600288

info@ruddersboatyard.co.uk

Rudders is a picturesque, family run boatyard and harbour in Burton on the Milford Haven, South West Wales. Various vessels are available for charter or hire depending on the kind of boat trip you would like to experience. We can provide suitable vessels, including fully qualified skippers, for sightseeing trips within the Haven, along the coast and out to the fabulous islands off the coast of West Wales. Each can be provided with/without instructor/skipper/crew at Rudders Boatyard discretion. Also planned for 2005 are regular trips for up to 12 people on a 38ft Pembrokeshire Atlantic Challenge Gig. This will also be a fun, participatory, learning learning experience, as the gig is both rowed and sailed by YOU, the crew!

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pembrokeshire

boat charters

Dr John Beer

pembrokeshire boat charters web site

email for details

01437 729256

07974 946578

Pembrokeshire Boat Charters offers you the exclusive opportunity to experience Pembrokeshire's spectacular coastline, cruising aboard the stylish Motor Cruiser ‘Magic'. Whether you reserve ‘Magic' for the morning, afternoon or a full day out. Packages have been developed to suit the wishes of corporate clients, nature lovers, sightseers, or those who simply want to spoil themselves - all of whom are guaranteed a day with a difference they will remember forever. On board catering can be tailored to suit your own tastes, from simple local organic fare through to the more exotic gourmet experience. All you have to do is arrive with your party of friends or corporate clients, sit back and enjoy!

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pembrokeshire

dive charter

Steve Lewis, Dale Morgan, Greg James, Ben Wright

email for details

01646 602941/942

08081 445529

Operating from Neyland Marina in the heart of Milford Haven Pembrokeshire Dive Charter are able to offer a whole variety of trips aboards a whole variety of fully licensed boats - from fast RIBs to luxury live aboard - whatever your taste or requirements. Book a scenic boat trip to explore the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. Explore sea caves & galleries created by the sea over thousands of years. Our 1400hrs daily trip goes to the island of Grassholm (weather permitting), the largest single Gannet colony in the world!. As a contrast you can explore the inland waterway with its quiet inlets and waterside pubs and restaurants, most with pontoon landings, stopping if you wish to do so. We also offer a comprehensive range of diving and boating courses.

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celtic

charter

Nick O'Sullivan & Tracy Smith

www.celticwildcat.com

email celtic charter

01646 600313

07970 540940

Being located on the beautiful Milford Haven Watereway in the Heart of Pembrokeshire, Celtic Wildcat is the perfect way for you to see what the Pembrokeshire coast has to offer. We can offer a gentle cruise up the tranquil reaches of the Cleddau or down to Milford Haven. View the ships berthed at the oil terminals close up and pass onto the forts that dominate the entrance to the harbour. Or travel down the Haven past the Port of Milford and on to the Islands of Skomer and Skokholm to view the bird life, seals and porpoises that enjoy the good life around the Pembrokeshire coast. Here you will see the dramatic coastline and birds such as Puffins and Razorbills. Or explore the spectacular Pembrokeshire coast and Islands. If possible, Celtic Wildcat will anchor off in one of the beautiful bays for a picnic lunch or maybe catch some Mackerel for tea.

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dive in 2

pembrokeshire

brian dilly

email dive in 2 pembrokeshire

01646 636684

Our aim is to be as flexible as possible and make your diving visit to Pembrokeshire memorable for all the right reasons. The Pembrokeshire coast and islands offer a great diversity of marine wildlife. There's also plenty of wrecks - around 500 at the last count. The underwater habitats support a rich and varied fauna and flora - this is due to the warm Atlantic Drift current bathing the western coast of the UK. It's a diver's paradise - once experienced, never forgotten. It's very rare for a boat to be unable to launch and diving to take place. Sheltered coves and inlets are abundant and relatively unexplored. There are a multitude of wrecks, reefs, drop-offs and exhilarating drift dives - diving to suit every experience and taste. We operate a variety of RIBs and hardboats (new this year - lift on the Llanstadwell). All boats are fully compliant with MCA codes of practice. Our skippers are all qualified and experienced.

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solva sailboats

Piers Beckett

www.solva.net/solvasailboats/

01437 720972

sailboats@solva.net

An RYA recognised dinghy and powerboat school where you can learn to sail or drive a boat in beautiful surroundings.  Our powerboat courses frequently take you into caves and around offlying islands and our Dinghy and Keelboat courses offer real open sea sailing overlooked by breathtaking scenery.  Courses run from Solva Harbour and are routinely inspected by Buzzards, Cormorants, Shags, Gannetts,  Black-backed gulls and many more.

You can also explore the whole of St Bride’s Bay in an Achilles 24 keelboat, gliding silently by with minimal interference to Seals, Porpoise, and the occasional Dolphin. No experience is required - navigation is in the hands of our Yachtmaster skipper who will let you do exactly as much or as little of the sailing as you want.

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Tony Barber

www.baytoremember.co.uk

01239 810482,

0845 2261552,

07803 037633

tony@baytoremember.co.uk

Bottlenose Dolphins, Atlantic Grey Seals and a variety of bird life, together with a stunningly beautiful coastline and spectacular sea caves all add together to make Cardigan Bay truly "A Bay to Remember".

Our fully guided marine tours offer a safe and exhilarating experience suitable for all ages, using a modern purpose built vessel.

1 - 1 1/2 hour trips exploring Cardigan Island, Mwnt, Cemaes Head and Ceibwr Bay are a firm family favourite and are available all year round, with offshore trips exploring deeper waters in search of other dolphin species, whales and gannets also available during the summer months.

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Dave Thom

www.oceanrock.co.uk

01437 891787

07971 587462

kayak@oceanrock.co.uk

Oceanrock specialises in coastal kayak day trips, weekend overnighters and multi-day expeditions around the Pembrokeshire coast. The Pembrokeshire coastline and the Cleddau river and estuary are teeming with wildlife, just perfect for special interest groups like photographers, painters and bird watchers.

Each kayak is equipped with its own inventory of gear, all you need is a sleeping bag. Our fully inclusive holidays inclue gentle coastal cruising in "state of the art" single and double kayaks, under expert and mature guides. Groups sizes between 6-16.

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venture jet

(prop free zone!)

Tim Brooke and Beth Swan

www.venturejet.co.uk

08000 854786

01348 837764

info@venturejet.co.uk

We offer first class outdoor adventure, spectacular water level views of caves, canyons, the highest sea cliffs in Wales, a seal's eye view of the world, a safe and relaxing way to explore Pembrokeshire, the UK's only coastal National Park.

Our approach is flexible to enable you to make the most of your time with us. We aim to make our passengers as comfortable as possible. We can tailor trips to provide a soft and civilised outdoor adventure or something more challenging for those who like their outdoors rugged.

We try to offer a unique perspective and experience, operating the only jet RIB in Pembrokeshire; jet powered for that added excitement; no possibility of wildlife being injured by propellers.

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west wales diving school

Bruce Jones

Jen Jones

email West Wales Diving School

01348 831526

westwds@aol.com

We are a diving shcool based in north Pembrokeshire, departures primarily out of Abercastle. We run PADI and BSAC diving courses, and offer guided dives.

We have a 5.8m RIB, a fully MCA brown-coded vessel.

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TYF adventure

Martin Leonard

Dave Hughes

www.tyf.com

01437 721611

sales@tyf.com

As part of the St Davids-based TYF Group, well known for leadership and action within the field of environmental and sustainable tourism, we have been practitioners, industry leaders of change, good practice, facilitators and consultants as well as respected commentators for over two decades. We take 12,000 people a year on environmental adventures in Wales, run the country's first organic hotel, were Wales' first zero carbon business, were Wales' first member of 1% for the Planet, and much, much more, including having been founder members of the Pembrokeshire Outdoor Charter.

Our main activities involve us being in, or on the sea, providing unique and intensely personal conditions in which to encounter wildlife. We use kayaking in particular as a vehicle for watching wildlife around the coastline of the National Park, with regular sightings of Seals, Harbour Porpoise, and Seabirds. As a WiSe operator, this is done with the welfare of the animals and birds being paramount; where the gentle approach of kayaks often leads to some special encounters.

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Glynis Moore and Jethro Moore

www.adventurebeyond.co.uk

01239 858852

07787 123761

fun@adventurebeyond.co.uk

Adventure education from in, on and by the water. Canoe, kayak, climb, coastering, walking, surfing, etc.

Education in the real outdoors: south Wales, west Wales and south-west England.

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Ben Phillips

www.cardiganbayactive.co.uk

07814 724633

ben171181@hotmail.com

Enjoy the beauty, tranquillity and magnificence of the River Teifi as it flows through the Cilgerran Gorge and alongside the Teifi marshes nature reserve.

Our informed guides tell the story of the gorge and help to identify the wildlife. 3 guided trips per day on open canoes for all ages and experience.

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Philip Hughes

01970 832654

PJHugs@onetel.com

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Tim Harrison

www.sea-bass-safaris.co.uk

01545 561681

07790 971540

seabasssafaris@aol.com

Sea Bass Safaris is based in the stunning county of Ceredigion and is Wales's first bespoke bass guiding service.

Husband and wife team Tim and Corrine Harrison specialise in guiding adventure fishermen and women to find and catch bass. They only guide fly and lure fishers and fishing is on a catch and release basis. They could be your short cut to catching the best of British bass. For some of the most exciting fishing that the UK has to offer, why not join Tim and Corrine in their seaside home accomodation www.craig-y-wig.co.uk and hunt the elusive and spectacular bass.

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solva boat trips

Kelvin Jenkins, Bob Davies and Lyn Hunter

www.solva.net/boattrips

01437 721725

01437 721697

boattrips@solva.net

M.V. Swift, a traditional Offshore 105 licensed to carry 12 passengers with 2 crew operates out of picturesque Solva Harbour in Pembrokeshire.

Our unique trip is a leisurely one and a half hour cruise discovering the delights of the North side of St. Bride's Bay, from the spectacular beach at Newgale to the delightful harbour at Porthclais.  The history, geology and archaeology will unfold as well as finding out what gets into a lobster pot!

Also on offer are Wildlife Seafaris, one around Ramsey Island to the outlying islands to view the marine and wild life and another to enjoy the sensational return of thousands of shearwaters from Cardigan Bay to their nests on Skomer Island. Fishing trips to catch mackerel and pollack are also very popular.

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Mike Mayberry

www.mikemayberry kayaking.co.uk

Tel: 01348 874699

(mob: 07773 770225)

Email Mike

Mike has been operating since 2005, taking local young people and visitors to explore the wonderful Pembrokeshire coast. He has over 20yrs of watersports experience, 15 of which have been in coaching and teaching kayaking. Mike's specialities range from teaching bargain "come and try" taster sessions, right up to BCU award courses (1-3 star) and even white water kayaking!

Daytrips and tours along the coast can also be arranged, as can courses and trips elsewhere in the UK - just get in touch. Operates out of Fishguard.

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Andy Truelove

www.broadsidedale.co.uk

Tel: 01646 636492

Mob: 07768 935681

boats@broadsidedale.co.uk

Broadside Boat Charter operates a modern well appointed vessel licensed to carry up to 12 passengers. We operate out of Dale, which is perfectly positioned for cruises up the tranquil Cleddau Estuary or out to the islands of Skomer, Skokholm and Grassholm.

The offshore islands offer a wild variety of habitats for anyone interested in wildlife. Marine birds such as puffins and shearwaters are common place and Grassholm is home to arround 65,000 breeding gannets. Porpoises and dolphins are also frequently seen in the faster moving currents around the islands. Pleasure trips can include a spot of fishing and a stop off in a secluded bay for a picnic lunch or perhaps barbequed mackerel.

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