Welcome to St Ives Boats

St Ives Boats offer daily boat trips leaving from St Ives harbour, when seal watching along the magnificent Cornish coast at Seal Island or across the bay at the famous Godrevy lighthouse we explore one of the UK’s most stunning areas.

St Ives Bay in Cornwall has been recognised by The Most Beautiful Bays Club as one of only 32 bays in the world and one of only 2 in the UK to meet the stringent requirements of outstanding natural beauty and interesting wildlife including dolphins, seals, sharks, whales and more.

Dolly P at Porthmeor Beach, St Ives, Cornwall

St Ives Boats daily trips along the Cornish Coast

Seal Island Boat Trip

Seal Island, (Western Carracks), lies 3½ miles (4.8km) West of St Ives, along the rocky Cornish coastline. This rocky outcrop, near Zennor, is home to a colony of Grey Atlantic Seals, where they feel safe, protected from predators and the forces of the Atlantic Ocean.

Seal Island trip is suitable for all ages
The trip is one hour
£15 for adults,
£10 for under 16s
Babies under 12 months go free. You don`t need to book them in, just bring them along
Dog friendly boat trip and go free!

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Godrevy Lighthouse

Built in 1859 to warn mariners of the dangers of the Stones Reef, Godrevy Lighthouse stands 26 meters on a small island just off the shoreline near the North Cliffs. Godrevy has been a familiar and welcoming sight for generations of St Ives seafarers.

Lighthouse trip is suitable for all ages
The trip is one hour
£15 for adults,
£10 for under 16s
Babies under 12 months go free. You don`t need to book them in, just bring them along
Dog friendly boat trip and go free!

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Private Charter

Our boat, Dolly P, is fully licensed to carry 12 passengers and we are pleased to accept private boat charters to fulfil your preferred requirements. As well as the advertised trips, we are happy to accommodate your exact excursion wishes. Starting from just 1-hour bookings we aim to fulfil your requirements. Contact us to discuss your needs.

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Ruud Brink

06:40 18 Jun 19

I've had a great tíme visiting Seal Island on the Dolly P! The Dolly P is the name of the Boat that takes me to an hour long trip to see the seals. It's approx. 20 min ride to seal Island, and we take about 20 min. with the seals who are Just lying around on the rocks, chilling. And they are big! The best parts are the smooth ride on a fast(but not too fast) boat that's done by Mike the skipper. And then there's Mike the speaker who tells me all about the seals when we are at Seal Island And Theory background. This really adds tot the experience, making it a fun and exciting trip!read more

Alex Birkett

19:33 14 Jun 19

Great trip to seal island! Takes about an hour and the guide seemed very knowledgeable, friendly and informative. Spotting a seal on returning to st ives harbour was a big bonus!!!read more

Sarah Scardini

16:56 10 May 19

Fantastic crew, wonderful boat trip, highly recommended & well worth every penny...!!!!

Roy Doyle

20:44 07 Sep 18

Absolutely outstanding boat trip ! They really tanked it out to Seal Island to ensure that we got as much time watching the seals as we could - the bonus being that I got a lot of action shots of the spray flying past us from the front of the boat, the wake, the birds following us, and us overtaking the boat that left 5 mins or so before us. Awesome photo ops throughout! If you’re not into photography and you don’t have sea legs you might end up feeling a bit green, but of course that depends entirely on the weather, the state of the sea, and how happy you are a boat in the first place... ⚓️Once we got to Seal Island they backed us in good and close and there was plenty to see & 📷 ... there were half a dozen or so seals in the waves and one up on the rocks with the seabirds, it was pretty spectacular altogether. One of the crew was telling us all about the seals behaviour as it happened, which was very interesting too. Judging from what we saw of the other boats that eventually showed up we had by far the best & most adventurous crew.Would love to come back and have another trip when there are basking sharks and dolphins in the area.Thoroughly recommended!read more

tracey axford

22:01 07 Jul 18

Visited St Ives a couple of day's ago and while we were there we walked up to the museum and while looking out to sea we saw a large pod of Dolphins feeding. We then booked a boat trip to Seal Island. Before we left St Ives bay we saw 2 seals swimming in the Harbour. It was amazing. We then went on our boat trip towards Seal Island and was hoping to see the Dolphins again but they had moved up the coast. The boat driver got a call to say that the Dolphins were just passed the Seal Island and he had permission to take use pass Seal Island to see the Dolphins first, if we all wanted to and the answer to that question was a Massive Yes. We caught up with the Dolphins and it was absolutely amazing seeing them going about what Dolphins do naturally . We took loads of photo's and enjoyed every moment of it. We then left the Dolphins and returned to Seal Island of which was amazing too. Sadly our time out at sea had come to an end and we returned to St Ives Bay, when we arrived back to the bay the 2 seals were still in bay. We had a fantastic day and would highly recommend it to everyone that visits St Ives Cornwall. :)read more