So Far So Good

We departed Cork City as planned at 1500 and sailed down a very calm and bird-ful River Lee, past Cobh and out past Roches Point towards open sea. The only cetacean sighting was of 4 bottlenose dolphins right on cue where they usually hang out - between Roches and Weaver Points in the mouth of Cork Harbour. One of the animals had a well-maked dorsal fin which I recognised as one of the Cork Harbour resident group.

The visual survey was finished at 1730 due to darkness, about 9 miles south of Cork Harbour. The hydrophone was deployed just before darkness and so far there have been two acoustic detections, probably of  Common Dolphins arouind 1930 off Galley Head, Co. Cork.
The weather forecast looks good for the next two days, but we're likely to hit some strong winds on Monday evening. Fingers crossed for some detections over the shelf break tomorrow.