Name: Gower Coast Adventures
Rating: 5.0

Gower Coast Adventures

Gower Coast Adventures, Oxwich Car Park, Oxwich Bay , Swansea, Glamorgan and Cardiff, SA3 1LS, Wales

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Gower Coast Adventures offers exciting wildlife boat tours along the stunning south Gower coastline. Departing from Oxwich Bay, the trips combine breathtaking scenery, marine wildlife spotting, and fascinating local history. With over 20 years of experience, the team shares expert knowledge of the peninsula’s caves, coves, and sea life.

The 2-hour tour travels from Oxwich Bay to the tidal island of Worms Head, hugging the coastline and passing historic caves and smugglers’ haunts. Wildlife sightings can include grey seals, harbour porpoises, puffins, guillemots, razorbills, kittiwakes, gannets, peregrine falcons, and sometimes even dolphins. Trips depart directly from the beach (boarding in shallow water), with parking and toilet facilities available at Oxwich Bay.

Prices for the Oxwich Bay to Worms Head return trip are £60 per adult and £35 per child (3–15 years). Private hire of the whole boat (up to 12 passengers) costs £600.

Overall, Gower Coast Adventures delivers a thrilling yet responsible wildlife experience on one of Wales’ most beautiful coastlines. It’s ideal for nature lovers, photographers, and anyone wanting to explore the Gower Peninsula from the sea.

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Experience fantastic wildlife and incredible views of the beautiful south Gower coast on this 2 hour boat tour from Oxwich Bay beach to the tidal island of Worms Head at the western tip of the Gower peninsula.
We depart from Oxwich Bay beach (wading into the sea to knee height to board the boat) and hug the coastline of the south Gower coast on the way to Worms Head, the magnificent tidal island at the end of the Gower Peninsula where we see most of our wildlife.
Listen to stories of historic caves and smugglers haunts along the way. On the return journey, if conditions allow, we travel further out to sea in search of different sea birds and marine mammals.
Watch seals basking on the rocks at low tide or snoozing in the water at high tide. Keep an eye out for the regularly seen harbour porpoises beneath diving gannets.
At Worms Head experience the sights, sounds (and smells!) of nesting sea birds between April and July, such as kittiwakes, guillemots and razorbills. If we're lucky we sometimes encounter common dolphins in the warmer months of the year, May to September.
On some trips we get to see Manx shearwaters, fulmars, and peregrine falcons. We also see a variety of different jellyfish, occasionally sunfish and rarely even turtles!

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Parking: There is a large car park right next to the beach at Oxwich Bay (post code: SA3 1LS).
Toilets: There are toilet facilities at Oxwich beach near to where our departure point is. There is no toilet on the boat.

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Oxwich Bay to Worms Head (and back)

£60 per adult
£35 per child (aged 3-15)

Book the whole boat for up to 12 passengers for £600.

Pricing URL: https://www.gowercoastadventures.co.uk/info/trips

Birthday Parties

Offer Birthday Parties: No

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Address: Gower Coast Adventures, Oxwich Car Park, Oxwich Bay , Swansea, Glamorgan and Cardiff, SA3 1LS, Wales

Post Code: SA3 1LS

Council: Swansea

County: Glamorgan and Cardif

By Car: The post code for Oxwich Bay beach car park is SA3 1LS. There is a large carpark at Oxwich owned and run by Penrice estates. There is a parking charge of about £6 for cars and £15 for medium / large vans and motorhomes to park all day. Once you have parked head towards the beach and then round to the right. Our small white and yellow booking office and trip meeting point is situated here at the top of the beach next to Oxwich Watersports.
By Bus: There are buses that run from Swansea city centre all the way to Rhossili at the end of the Gower peninsular, some of these go via Oxwich. The bus stop just outside Oxwich beach car park is Oxwich Cross.
By Train: The nearest train station to Oxwich Bay is Gowerton (10.5 miles) or Swansea (12.5 miles).