Ballycastle Harbour Photos | Kintra Boat Tours

A crew member in a red cap speaks on the radio by the cabin door inside Selkie, rows of blue seats beside her and the harbour through the windows in Ballycastle harbour. — On the radio in SELKIE's cabin.

A crew member in a red cap and CREW hoodie, seen from behind at the bow rail, with fishing boats, the pontoon and seafront houses of Ballycastle ahead in Ballycastle harbour. — Crew at the bow, coming back into Ballycastle.

A crew member in a red cap and harness coils a heavy black mooring rope at the bow, with Ballycastle's seafront behind in Ballycastle harbour. — Coiling the mooring rope back in the harbour.

A small yellow fishing boat on flat blue water beside the harbour wall, with a long headland on the horizon under a bright sky in Ballycastle harbour. — A little yellow boat heading out of Ballycastle harbour.

Two pigeons standing close together on a stone ledge, with a blurred rusty background behind them. — Two pigeons standing on the harbour wall.

A close-up portrait of a feral pigeon's head and iridescent neck against a blurred blue water background, off Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland. — A pigeon's head and neck, close up.

A crew member in a red cap and black lifejacket walking along a harbour pontoon, with white harbour buildings and a gangway behind her, off Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland. — One of the crew heading down the pontoon, Ballycastle harbour.

A crew member seen from behind, wearing a black beanie with a red pompom and a jacket printed CREW on the back, against a pale sky, off Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland. — One of the crew, seen from behind.

An otter sitting among rocks and seaweed at the shoreline, head raised and alert. — An otter sitting alert among the shoreline rocks.

An otter swimming through calm water, its head and back visible above the surface. — An otter swimming through calm water.

An otter swimming through open water, head and back visible above the surface. — An otter swimming through open water.

An otter swimming across the water, head raised, near the shoreline. — An otter swimming near the shoreline.

The boat Selkie photographed from the water, a crew member standing on the top deck, under a bright blue sky with scattered cloud. — Selkie under way, seen from the water, a crew member on deck.

Two small Kintra Penny rubber puffin toys sitting either side of the compass on the wheelhouse dashboard, with a harbour village and green hills visible across the water. — Two Penny puffin mascots flank the compass on the wheelhouse dashboard.

A crew member seen from behind in a CREW jacket, walking along a sandy beach towards a harbour village with hills behind. — A crew member walking along the beach towards the harbour village.

Four crew members in matching Kintra jackets standing in a line on the pontoon, with the boat Selkie moored behind them under a blue sky. — The Kintra crew lined up on the pontoon in front of Selkie.

A symmetrical wake trails behind the boat toward the horizon, under a dramatic sky of streaked clouds with a coastline faintly visible in the distance, off Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland. — The boat's wake trailing behind under a moody streaked sky.

Two guests and their golden retriever on deck below the puffin logo.

Penny, the small Kintra rubber puffin toy, perched on a rock above Ballycastle beach at dusk, with the town and headland faintly visible behind. — Penny the puffin mascot on a rock above Ballycastle beach at dusk.

A crew member seen from behind in a CREW jacket and bobble hat, standing by empty blue seats on the top deck with the sea and coastline ahead. — A crew member looking out over the empty top-deck seats underway.

A crew member washing the puffin logo on the boat's cabin at harbour.

A crew member kneeling outside the harbour office, writing Friday's Carrick-a-Rede departures on a chalkboard sign, with the Kintra Boat Tours sign behind, on our Carrick-a-Rede boat tour from Ballycastle. — A crew member chalking up Friday's sailings outside the harbour office.

A border collie sitting on the pier looking up and panting, with the boat Selkie moored behind showing its name and coiled ropes, on our Carrick-a-Rede boat tour from Ballycastle. — A border collie standing on the pier in front of Selkie.

A crew member in a red cap standing by the wheelhouse, gesturing out to sea while guests seated on deck look on, hills visible across the water. — A crew member gesturing towards the coastline while guests look on.

A crew member hosing down the side deck, looking down as they work, with the SELKIE lifebuoy and harbour wall visible behind. — A crew member hosing down Selkie's side deck at the harbour.

A crew member standing at the bow in a CREW jacket, looking out at green coastal cliffs rising from the sea, with an orange lifebuoy on the rail. — A crew member at the bow scanning coastal cliffs from the boat.

The boat Selkie moored at the dock before dawn, its name lit up, with warm harbour lights reflecting on the dark water and other boats visible behind. — SELKIE moored in the harbour before dawn, lights on the water.

A crew member in a Kintra jacket standing in front of the boat's cabin, holding the small Penny rubber puffin mascot. — A crew member holding Penny the puffin mascot by the boat's cabin.

Two crew members washing down the empty blue top-deck seats after a sailing, with a hose trailing between the rows and the harbour and beach visible behind. — Crew hosing down the empty top-deck seats after the day's sailing.

A crew member standing on the bow at the harbour holding a long pole, with the boat's cabin and marina wall visible behind. — A crew member working on the bow at the harbour.

The boat's wheelhouse door marked 'mind your head', with an orange lifebuoy on the rail and rocky cliffs running alongside calm blue water. — The wheelhouse door and cliffs alongside, a lifebuoy on the rail.

SELKIE's puffin crest and Maighdeann Mhara name, coastline behind.

Penny, the small Kintra rubber puffin toy, perched on the rail above the mind your head sign, with sunlight and hazy hillside behind. — Penny the puffin mascot perched above the 'mind your head' sign.

An earlier Kintra Boat Tours vessel underway close to a stone harbour breakwater, with green cliffs and a village behind. — An earlier Kintra boat underway near the harbour breakwater.

A border collie enjoying the breeze on deck, cliffs behind.

The boat Selkie moored alongside a pier with mooring lines and fenders out, two distant figures visible on the gangway under a partly cloudy sky. — SELKIE moored alongside the pier, lines and fenders set.

Two guests standing together beside Selkie, one of them holding the small Penny puffin mascot, with an orange lifebuoy and the boat's cabin behind. — Two guests beside Selkie, one holding the Penny mascot.

A large group of guests standing together on the bow of Selkie, moored at the pontoon, with the boat's name and Maighdeann Mhara lettering visible above. — A group of guests posing together on Selkie at the pontoon.

A red-hulled schooner under full sail with Ballycastle harbour visible in the distance behind it, off Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland. — The schooner under sail, Ballycastle harbour in the distance.

An otter swims low in flat grey water, mostly submerged with just its head above the surface, looking directly at the camera with wet whiskers, Ballycastle Harbour, Northern Ireland. — An otter looking straight at us, just its head above the water.

An otter swims low in flat grey water, head up, looking directly at the camera with wet whiskers, nothing visible in its mouth, Ballycastle Harbour, Northern Ireland. — An otter looking up at us, whiskers dripping.

An otter swims low in flat grey water, its shoulders and back visible above the surface, looking directly at the camera with wet whiskers, Ballycastle Harbour, Northern Ireland. — An otter looking straight at us, shoulders and back above the water.

An otter's face close up at night, wet whiskers fanned out and lit by flash, eyes with a catchlight, in Ballycastle harbour, Northern Ireland. — An otter's face close up at the water's surface, whiskers catching the light.

An otter swims low in flat grey water, its body stretched out to one side, looking directly at the camera with wet whiskers, in Ballycastle Harbour, Northern Ireland. — An otter looking straight at us, its body stretched out alongside it.

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