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Boat Trips
Visitor Centre Opening Times: Open 7 days a week, 9am-5pm from Easter until the end of October (9am-6pm during the summer holidays).
General Telephone: 01545 560224 / Boat Trip enquiries (available by phone only): 01545 560032
E-mail: Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre Team
About Us
Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre is a great place to visit when you are in New Quay; learn how to spot marine wildlife such as dolphin, porpoise and Atlantic grey seals from our brilliant team of volunteers.
In 2016 we celebrated our 20th year of working in marine conservation and held a special event in New Quay with our World Record Attempt!
BBC star Iolo Williams joined us and 335 volunteers to create the world’s largest human superpod in the shape of a dolphin! #Superpod.
Our staff team are dedicated and work with the local community to raise awareness of our fantastic marine wildlife.
We operate a popular visitor centre and work with Dolphin Survey Boat Trips to collect data on the bottlenose dolphins of Cardigan Bay and other marine mammals that are regularly spotted, such as harbour porpoise and Atlantic grey seals and more unusual species such as basking sharks and sunfish.
As well as conducting our own research, we can support university students with their own research.
You can hire out our Discovery Room – another great way of supporting our work. You can read more about our visitor centre here.
As a charity we rely on donations, find out how you can support our work
Please Support Us
Our work is reliant on donations, external funding and our brilliant team of volunteers.
You can support us in a number of ways, your donation will help our important research, awareness and conservation work. If you would like to fundraise for us then please contact the CBMWC team. You can read more about our visitor centre here.
Adopt a Dolphin
Buy a Boat Trip Voucher
Please Donate
What’s Happening?
CBMWC Events
| Date/Time | Event |
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| 06/02/2019 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm |
Volunteer Open Evening
Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre, New Quay |
| 13/02/2019 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm |
Dolphin Watch Picnic
Aberystwth Castle, Aberystwyth |
| 27/02/2019 10:00 am - 12:00 pm |
Dip Your Toe in the Water! (Volunteer taster for age 14-25)
Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre, New Quay |
CBMWC Sightings
Sightings Update 21/01/2019: Bottlenose dolphins
Sightings Update 17/12/2018: Bottlenose dolphins
Sightings Update 12/12/2018: Bottlenose dolphins
Sightings Update 11/12/2018: bottlenose dolphins
Sightings Update 10/12/2018: Bottlenose dolphins
Sightings Update 04/12/2018: Bottlenose dolphins and a black redstart
See all sightings
Latest News from CBMWC
Join our Living Seas Volunteer Team!
The Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre (CBMWC) is looking for dedicated and enthusiastic individuals to join our Living Seas Volunteer Team for the 2019 field season (25th March – 4th November 2019). Volunteers will assist…
Calling All Marine Enthusiasts!
Do you live in the south or west Wales area? Are you interested in marine conservation or the heritage/history of the Welsh coast? We’re looking for passionate volunteers to join our Living Seas team and…
Read more Cardigan Bay news
Where We Are
CBMWC is located on the slipway just off Glanmor Terrace (the main road down into New Quay) next to the RNLI lifeboat station, so if in doubt, head towards the sea and from there, look out for our sign with the CBMWC logo at the top of our slipway directing you to the centre. Here you can also book onto a boat trip with our colleagues at Dolphin Survey Boat Trips.
How to get here:
Car:
New Quay is off the A487 (the main coast road between Cardigan in the south and Aberystwyth in the north) on the A486 (from Synod Inn) or the B4342 (from Llanarth).
Train:
The nearest train station is Aberystwyth
The following website has good local travel information and can help in planning routes:
Traveline Cymru – Journey Planning Wales
Traveline Cymru is the public transport information service in Wales
Parking:
There are no car park facilities at CBMWC but there are several public car parks in New Quay which are signposted from the roads leading into town and they cost approximately £4/day.