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Dingle Bay / Blasket Islands Boat Tours & Charters

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Summary of Tours & Prices 2026

Name Duration Fare per passenger Enquiry
Blasket Islands Tours (Main Tour) Includes 3 hrs landing on Great Blasket Island 7 hrs €100 × 20 pax max.
Pelagic 1 (pelagic bird-watching tour) 30 miles track × 10 miles SW, W and/or NW of the Blaskets 7 hrs €100 × 20 pax max.
Pelagic 2 (pelagic whale-watching tour) 50 miles track × 10 miles W of Sybil Head, Blasket Islands and Skellig Rock 9 hrs €125 × 15 pax max.
Pelagic 3 (offshore 50 miles) Shelf edge, 500+ metre depth contour 12 hrs €150 × 12 pax max.

Private/Group Pelagic Boat Charter Rate Options - available and preferred.

Minimum Daily Charter rate: €1,800 No minimum number of passengers; Maximum 12 pax (Pelagic 3); Maximum 15 pax, (Pelagic 2); Maximum 20 pax (Pelagic 1 and Blasket lslands Tours).

Bluewater Charters (Special arrangement only) - Contact us

Name Duration Fare per passenger Enquiry
Pelagic 4 (offshore 50 miles+) Shelf edge, 1,000 metre / 1km depth contour 14 hrs €200 × 10 pax max.
Pelagic 5 (offshore 50 miles+) Porcupine Seabight, 1,300 metre / 1km+ depth contour 16 hrs €250 × 10 pax max.
Pelagic 6 (offshore 50 miles+) Porcupine Seabight, 1,700 metre / 1 mile+ depth contour 18 hrs €300 × 10 pax max.

Private / Group Pelagic Bluewater Charter Rate Options

By special arrangement only. No minimum number of passengers. Maximum 10 passengers.

Pelagic 4: €2,000   |   Pelagic 5: €2,500   |   Pelagic 6: €3,000

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Ph: Mick at +353 (0)86 3353805

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40 ft. Lochin with twin 425hp - click to read more
  • Cruise speed 12 kts @ half-throttle
  • Inside seating lor 12 pax, outside deck seating tor 24 pax
  • Flying bridge for wildlife spotting (crew)
  • Dive / boarding platform c/w door at stern
  • Marine toilet accessible from deck
  • Fore cabin with 2 berths
  • All safety, navigation and statutory communication and lifesaving equipment including approved lifejackets for all pax. and 2 x 25-person life rafts.

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Location:

From Ventry Pier, Dingle Peninsula, Co. Kerry, Ireland
Ventry Pier is 4 miles west of Dingle town, on the Slea Head drive.
WAW [Wild Atlantic Way], road R559

  • Minimum charter: 3 hrs.
6-7 hour trips for up to 25 PAX

Charter Activities

1. Walking / school groups to Great Blasket island from Ventry Pier.
2. Valentia lsland charter from Ventry Pier, incl. landing at Knightstown.
3. Pelagic bird watching trips, adults only
4. Pelagic whale watching trips, adults only

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Commercial and Governmental work

Pro charters

5. Marine wildlife Charters
6. Marine survey / research Charters
7. Filming / documentary Charters
8. Photography Charters

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Family / Private

9. Family group Charters
10. Private Charters
11. Outer Blasket lslands and / or Skellig Charter (no landing)
12. Tearaght Lighthouse Charter (no landing)
13. (Well-behaved) Hen and Stag parties.

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Departure Location Blasket lslands Boat Tours & Charters

Blasket Island Ferry Location Departure

Location:

Ventry pier is 4 miles - 6 km west of Dingle town, Co Kerry, Ireland S.W.

Follow the Slea Head drive, road R559.

Find Ventry village on Google map - V92XK65

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Why book with us...

We take time to actively look for and spot (common) dolphins; (Minke) whales; basking shark ( April / May); seals and sea birds along the way, and stop for a while if / when we encounter marine wildlife in Dingle Bay and the Blaskets.

We observe all the best environmental practices as regards:

  • “Leave no trace” – This applies to both our customers and ourselves
  • No rubbish discarded, all rubbish is recycled, from plastic water bottles to used
    engine oil and filters
  • We have a company signed environmental policy
  • Holding tank on board for on shore sewerage disposal.
  • Absolutely no rubbish overboard (or customers go with it!).
  • Our customers can be satisfied that we / they leave as small a footprint as possible due to low emissions; efficient and well maintained engines with low fuel consumption and maximum efficiency at cruise speed (10 kts.)
  • We pay all our team a living wage.
  • We are a community based, local, community-aware and resourced company and we are socially and environmentally responsible.

When you travel with Dingle Bay / Blasket lslands Boat Tours & Charters you contribute not only to the success of a locally based and resourced local provider, but you also contribute to the success of our local Gaeltacht community by staying local; dining / shopping local and enjoying local activities, amenities and entertainment around Ventry Harbour and the beautiful seaside village of Ventry – Ceann Trá

“Ar scath a chéile a mhaireann na daoine”

An old Irish sean – fhocal (proverb) meaning “By supporting each other the people prosper”

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