Oceanus, run by Christopher Swann, excels in whale watching holidays. “Swanny” as he is known to absolutely everyone, is long established and very experienced in the cetacean world.

His years and years of experience running whale and dolphin watching holidays around the world is what gives you such an advantage. For the last 18 years he has run hundreds of trips, from the South Pacific to the Arctic. Ever alive to the romance and poetry of the sea, it is that depth of experience combined with his unrivalled enthusiasm and passion that leads to so many intimate whale encounters, so many spectacular dolphin sightings.

The sea has been his domain for 30 years, be it sailing square riggers or travelling by dog sled across sea ice. As much at home beneath the water as above it, he has been a diver in the Royal Navy and in the oil and gas fields of the North Sea and he has assisted in making whale and dolphin films in various parts of the world including killer whales in the sub Antarctic. In his own boat (a traditional 70ft gaff ketch) he covered over 10,000 miles on cetacean surveys in the UK as well as helping with assorted research projects.

As one guest put it “The sea is his bath, his zoo, his gymnasium and his playground.”