Puffin Cruises

Puffin Cruises

Boat trips from the harbour out to Coquet Island, with excellent chances of seeing puffins (in season), seals and other seabirds, and knowledgeable commentary throughout.

Address:

Pod 12, Amble Harbour Village, Leazes Street, Amble, NE65 0FD
Call:
07752 861914

Hours:

Daily: 9am - 5pm

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Good to Know

Dave Gray's Puffin Cruises is a family-run boat company that has sailed from Amble Harbour around Coquet Island since 1969. The island is an RSPB seabird sanctuary about a mile offshore, with a white lighthouse whose first keeper was Grace Darling's brother.

Why it's on our list: Coquet is home to one of England's biggest puffin colonies, with tens of thousands of birds in season, and to almost all of the UK's nesting roseate terns. You'll also see Arctic, common and Sandwich terns, eider ducks and grey seals hauled out on the rocks. The trip around the island takes about an hour.

Worth knowing: no one is allowed to land on the island. Puffins arrive in spring and are best seen from around April to July, when Amble also holds its Puffin Festival. Sailings depend on the weather.

A Little Note From Heather & Sand

We haven't quite made it here ourselves yet, but it's on our list!

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