Puffin Season on Rathlin

Puffin flying low over blue water off Rathlin

The puffins are still here


On the water around Rathlin from April to the middle of August

Nobody tells the puffins the date. One week in August they are bobbing beside the boat, and the next they are gone to the open sea until spring. Right now they are still here, and these are the two daily tours that take you to them.

Puffin standing among sea thrift flowers on Rathlin

Puffins, Seals & Lighthouses


About 2 hours · Adults £35 · Under 16s £27.50 · sails most days

The classic wildlife run and the quickest way to puffin water. Two hours into Rathlin Sound past Rue Point, where the seals bask, and along the cliffs where a hundred thousand seabirds nest. Puffins on the water in season, and the season is now.

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Puffin taking off across the water off Rathlin

Wild Rathlin: Puffins, Seals & Lighthouses Experience


About 3.5 hours · Adults £42 · Under 16s £27.50

The big island day. Puffins and seals along the way, the towering cliffs, then a full hour ashore at Church Bay to explore, visit the Boathouse and grab a bite before the sail home. Wildlife plus landfall.

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We can't promise wildlife, but the crew will always help you look.
Arrive 15 minutes before departure · layers and flat shoes · toilets onboard · Weather dependent.

Puffin flying low over calm grey water

Still here today. Come soon.

A few weeks at most, and only the puffins know the number. If seeing them this year is on your list, this is the moment.

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