Gower Coast Adventures

Sunset after another stunning day on the seas around Gower

August 2012, off Oxwich

Spectcular gannet sighted taking off from the water

May 2013, Oxwich Bay.

A tiddler from the lobster pot - one to throw back!

July 2011, secret location

A real favourite with all our passengers, the legendary Worms Head

Summer 2010

Great shot of a puffin taking off from the water

June 2009, West of Worm's Head

Common Dolphins

June, 2009 Camarthen Bay

Taking a closer look at a beautiful spider crab

Summer 2004, from our lobster pot.

Common Dolphins off Worms Head - amazing!

June 2013, off Worms Head.

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Gower Coast Adventures have been running wildlife boat trips along the Gower Coast for over 13 years. During this time our most popular trip has been the 2 Hour trip from Oxwich to Worms Head with many customers coming back year after year for another fantastic experience. The trip offers the most impressive views of Gower and the best opportunities for spotting wildlife around Worms Head in an ideal length of trip.

Boat trips are also available from Mumbles, Swansea and Port Eynon for group charters. Ideal for special occasions as you can hire the whole boat (12 seats) with experienced skipper and crew, we can tailor the trip to your needs.

Oxwich to Worms Head, Round Trip (April - Sept only)
2hrs approx / Adult £ 45 / Child (15 & under) £25

Advance booking is essential click here to book online

Experience fantastic wildlife encounters on our round trip from beautiful Oxwich Bay to magnificent Worms Head, the tidal island at the western tip of Gower.

Along the way we hug the coastline taking in Gower’s stunning scenery from a unique perspective. Listen to stories about historic caves and smugglers haunts. Keep an eye out for the regularly seen harbour porpoise and playful common dolphins amongst diving gannets.

At Worms Head delight in the sights and sounds of hundreds of seabirds during nesting season, seals basking on the rocks or dozing in the water and the chance to experience the spectacular blowhole at high tide.

Oxwich Bay

Oxwich bay is a beautiful and sheltered sandy beach, it’s a great place to spend the day. There is a large car park charging £5 per day upon entry.

Facilities include bird watching hides, nature walks, Oxwich Watersports, toilets, cafés, restaurants, Oxwich Bay Hotel and Oxwich castle.

What to expect when you arrive:

Sign in at our booking office at least 30 mins before your departure time. Our staff will use this time to kit up passengers with waterproofs and lifejackets.

Please ensure that warm clothing is worn underneath waterproofs and bring footwear that can get wet (beach shoes, crocs, sandles etc).

Passengers will be lead to the waters edge by a member of crew where they will walk into the sea to knee depth and then step up to board the boat. Please note, at low tide it is a longer walk, the step up to the boat is knee height and crew are there to assist passengers.

The sea birds of the Sea Serpent

Discover the huge variety of sea birds we see on our trips to Worms Head

Saturday 19th August 2017

Besides the ‘Big 3’ marine mammals we see on our trips to Worms Head (seals, porpoises and dolphins) we also get to see a huge variety of sea birds.

Some of them nest on the Worm every year, others we regularly see fishing in our rich waters, and a few are just passing migrants which we only see at certain times of year.

Several of the bird species we see aren’t even sea birds.

Some will be well known among most people, others are less well known. But all of our local bird species are incredibly interesting and fascinating in their own way.

Here is an overview of all of the species we encounter on our trips:

The seals of Worms Head

You've helped us name more of our seals this week - find out which names we've picked and learn more about some seals behaviours that we see on our trips

Saturday 5th August 2017

If you've been out on a trip with us to Worms Head you'll know that our star attractions are the Atlantic grey seals which bask on the rocks or snooze in the water there.

There is a resident group of seals here. Even though they can travel long distances alone and hunt for food on their own, seals tend to haul out on to land in groups. This is probably because they are more vulnerable on land, as they are far less mobile than in the water, and feel safer among others of their kind.

Gower Coast Adventures is blogging!

Meet the crew and see what we'll be getting up to this season

Wednesday 26th July 2017

Welcome!

Welcome to Gower Coast Adventures' first blog post (of many!). We will be blogging often throughout the season to bring you up-to-date news, stories, and photos of Gower's wealth of wildlife and insights into other features along the beautiful coastline that we encounter on our boat trips.

We've got so much to share with you, from legends of sea caves, shipwrecks, and smugglers, to sunbathing seals, spectacular sea birds, and spirited cetaceans. We're keen to show you what creatures we haul up in our lobster pot too, and enthuse about the more unusual marine life that visits our coasts.

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