Puffin & Seabird Cruise

Captain Robertson is fully licensed and has years of experience on the coastal waters of Maine. He also has spent the last 17 years as a commercial fishermen, scuba diver and is a life long enthusiast of Maine’s rocky coast and natural beauty.

Captain Robertson’s
Certifications:

100 ton U.S. Coast Guard Captain License

Certified Advanced & Rescue Diver with over 2000 dives logged

CPR & First Aid

Notary of the Public

From Milbridge
Cruise time 3 hours

Adults $70 per person
Children $55 (12 & under)
$200 boat minimum

Bird watchers may enjoy a cruise to Petit Manan Island a national wildlife refuge and home to Petit Manan Lighthouse. For more than a century Petit Manan light has ensured the safe travel for passing vessels. The lighthouse now provides a safe sanctuary for hundreds of seabirds including our favorite Atlantic Puffin during the months of June through August. Other birds that can be seen on the island are Common, Artic, and endangered Roseate terns; Razorbills; Black guillemots; Common eiders; Leach’s storm petrel; and of course Laughing, Herring, & Black back gulls.

Now Petit Manan Island and its light provide safe maritime travel for vessels as well as safe sanctuary for seabirds. Thanks in large part to the PETIT MANAN WILDLIFE REFUGE the island is now a natural seabird colony site. The light tower is now fully automated and maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard. The island is managed by the Wildlife Refuge responsible protecting the nesting habitat for seabirds.

Enjoy viewing Puffins from the Mairi Leigh while they dart from their nests among the granite boulders of the shoreline to the ocean and around the boat while they dive for fish. The shallow draft of the boat allows us to get in close where the big tourist boats can’t so you can enjoy a “First Class” viewing of Maine’s most popular seabird. Puffins come from offshore in June and migrate out in late August.

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