CHANNEL ISLES
WiSe-Certified Operators in the Channel Isles
Before booking, we strongly recommend checking which individuals within each company are WiSe certified, to ensure your experience follows wildlife-safe best practice.
Boat Operators
Certified: Richard Hollick, Mark Tucker 2026 - 2029
Boat trips with the opportunity to drive the vessel. Clientele is primarily children and adults with a disability. Vessel is wheelchair capable. Cheetah 11.5m motor catamaran. Home base St. Helier, Jersey.
Certified operators: Mario Setubal, Mick Robbins, Colin Masterman, Maleka Mansouri-Robbins, Robert Viney 2023 - 2026
Certified operators: David Luce, Thomas Norman, Martin Perkins, Patrick Newton, Chris Mollet 2023 - 2026
Jersey Seafaris was established in 2011. It quickly established itself as the largest RIB operator in the Channel Islands. We run regular RIB boat trips, tours and charters around Jersey’s magnificent coastline and offshore islands. We are the number 1 boat tour in Jersey on Trip Advisor! We also provide Private Charters for a bespoke experience – zip across to France for dinner or enjoy a picnic on a sandbank miles from land, with just your friends or even the odd dolphin for company! We look forward to welcoming you on a Seafari soon! All of our trips are carbon neutral, we offset each litre of fuel through the Durrell Re-Wild programme, planting trees in the Atlantic forest in Brazil.
Certified operators: Dave Herschel, Matt Holland 2025 - 2028
isle Maritime provides training afloat and offers trips under sail and power from Guernsey, including amongst the stunning, RAMSAR-designated Humps reefs, at the centre of our beautiful archipelago.
This area is home to a thriving population of grey seals, and is visited by common, bottlenose and Risso’s dolphins, along with basking shark and tuna. The islands’ rich fisheries are exploited by native and migratory bird species including puffin, cormorant, shag, tern, guillemot, fulmar, razorbill, oystercatcher, gannet, skua, and shearwater.
Note that landing is prohibited from January to July, to allow the tern populations to breed and nest undisturbed.
Certified operator: Dale Acton 2025 - 2028
Bespoke RIB charters enabling you to escape the humdrum of life and replace it with exploring Guernsey and its neighbouring islands, dramatic coastlines, stunning beaches and abundant wildlife (including seals, puffins and dolphins). Feel the wind in your hair and the sun and sea spray on your face onboard Ivy, our 10mtr Humber RIB. With no scheduled tour times to adhere to and helpful guidance from the Seascape team available, your're free to decide what your perfect charter experience looks like. We can't wait to welcome you onboard!
Adventure Operators
Certified operators: Jacques Amy, Toyah Tomkins, Adam West 2023 - 2026
Diving and snorkelling site seeing trips from our home port of Bouley Bay, covering the north coast and the Ecrehous from our RIB
Certified operators: Derek Hairon (Master), 2026 - 2029
Explore an island shaped by the sea where some of the most astonishing tides in the world circle the coast. Kayak with local guides whose knowledge makes this more than just a paddle around the bay. Or, join us for a walk on the seabed. Enter a world where the ocean disappears to the horizon, and we are all visitors. Explore rock pools on a guided walk into Europe's largest rocky inter-tidal zone. Walks to Seymour Tower are also called “moonwalks”. Our expert staff will get you out exploring and having fun.
Certified operators: John Fox 2023 - 2026
Certified operators: Sean Kinsella 2023 - 2025
Certified operators: Antony Ford Parker 2026 - 2029
We offer kayaking, paddleboarding and coasteering explorations on the islands of Guernsey, Herm and Sark. Favourite wildlife trips include: Puffin patrols small groups are led by expert kayak instructors and puffin watchers who know the movements and routines of the puffins intimately, as well as the waters around Herm and outlying islets. Humps trips – kayak to the incredible Humps archipelago teaming with wildlife, including our local seal colony, who often to say hello! Circumnavigation – unique 2hr circular trip around fascinating Herm with views out to other islands, a chance to spot seals, dolphins, peregrines and more.
Certified operators: David Priddis 2026 - 2029
Providing kayak tours, day trips, coaching and training based in the island of Jersey, Channel Islands. We often sea a wide range of sea birds, plus occasionally Dolphins and Seals.
Outdoor Operators
Certified operators: Trudie Hairon-Trox 2023 - 2026
Certified operators: Joe Mourant, Alain Baudains 2023 - 2026
Certified operators: Laura Fry. Amy Critchlow 2023 - 2026
Multi-sport coaching and events for adults and children operating in Guernsey helping inspire and challenge people to engage with their environment through swim, bike and run activities.
Certified operators: Lou Wagstaffe 2025 - 2028
www.seaharephotography.com/intertidal.walks
Offering beach safaris by day and at night, changing perspectives one walk at a time. Explore the intertidal zone around Jersey that is exposed by one of the largest tidal ranges in the world. Venture out to where the wild things are and discover some of the amazing and supremely adapted creatures that live in this harsh and fragile environment.
Certified: Gareth Jeffreys, Kevin McIlwee 2023 - 2026
Seasearch surveys and coastal clean-ups. Jersey Marine Conservation is a voluntary group carrying out seabed surveys of local species and habitats.
Certified: Louise Bennett-Jones, Francis Binney, Dave Yettram 2023 - 2026
Fisheries Protection Vessel/Marine Environmental Protection.
Certified: Julia Henney 2023 - 2026
Educating marine operators and the wider public.
Certified: Brian Aplin 2023 - 2026
Elizabeth College provide a wide variety of LOTC and follow and ecological approach to sport, whilst retaining a highly successful competitive sports programme for all students. This enables us to maximise our use of the marvellous marine environment on our doorstep.
Certified: Kevin McIlwee 2023 - 2026