Blue Sharks Cornwall

25/04/2026

Do you have a spare £5 for Shark Conservation? The Shark Trust (I am Chairman) has a double up scheme running. This means your £5 will be worth £10 to us! Please donate if you can: https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00000BsP37YAF.
Donations over £5 also qualify! If you put Blue Sharks Cornwall after your name some is in for a nice surprise!

The Shark Trust’s Great Eggcase Hunt engages people around the world to find and record shark and skate eggcases. Over half a million records now reveal where these species reproduce. With your support, we can unlock patterns in this data to better reveal and protect vital egg-laying habitats.…

23/08/2024

https://www.facebook.com/CaptainJohnBoats/videos/1005035504435513/?mibextid=WC7FNe

15/03/2023

My blue at night - highly commended at the British Wildlife Photography Awards https://www.bwpawards.org/2023-winners

16/11/2022

Chasing tuna instead of blues proved more difficult than envisaged but at least I managed to briefly film them underwater.

02/08/2022

Thanks for all the calls, but the snorkeler who was bitten was NOT on my boat

The swimmer suffered a leg injury and was left in the care of paramedics

11/04/2022

Blue sharks with Steve Backshall filmed last year from RIB Logan on BBC iPlayer - Deadly Predators

Steve uncovers the secrets of sharks, the world’s most infamous predators.

20/12/2021

Make this Christmas an educational one by learning more about sharks with our FREE downloadable resources.

From freshening up your creature knowledge using our shark, ray and skate ID guides to helping your little ones learn their A-Zs using our shark alphabet poster. There’s something for everyone!

Head on over to our website to download a range of free guides, activities to keep everyone entertained and learning this Christmas.

https://www.sharktrust.org/pages/category/shark-trust-resources

📸 Jeff Milisen

09/12/2021

14/10/2021

Perfect conditions yesterday for our end-of-season blue shark encounters.

11/10/2021

Today we saw our estimated 1000th blue shark - here she is with Sam!

25/09/2021

Amazing conditions today for late September and plenty of close encounters! This particular lady initailly appeared to have a deep cut topside but after closer examination I deduced it was probably antifoul from a fishing vessel.