"This past week, no boat trips were run. That means that everything we saw was confined to the area directly in front of the pier.

This was a confusing week, with dolphins appearing out of nowhere, jumping around for a bit, and disappearing.

But it sure was entertaining. They were jumping metres out of the water, tail slapping, and just generally having fun.

A lot of seals popped up too. They would just poke their heads out for a breather.

On an extremely sad note, this is our final weekly sightings update for the year 2009. If this was a real letter, like on paper, there would be tear stains all over it. Instead, I had to settle for short-circuiting not one, but two keyboards, in the process of writing this final instalment."

Article written by Sam Ferdman

Totals for the weeks:165 Bottlenose Dolphins, 14 Atlantic Grey Seals, 0 Harbour Porpoise.