Ashes Scattering At Sea

Our ashes scattering at sea service is a celebration of life and a fitting send-off for those with an affinity with the sea or those that had a special love of St Ives, or Cornwall. This page outlines our Ashes Scattering Service.

How We Scatter Ashes at Sea

We first cruise along to a suitable spot chosen by yourselves or the skipper. After the chosen ceremony, Which can be religious or non religious, the ashes are scattered into the Atlantic Ocean, to be dispersed in a natural manner by the actions of the tides and currents.

The St Ives Boats Ashes Scattering Service is fast becoming a popular choice both for Cornish people and with those who love St Ives and your loved one’s remains will be treated with dignity and compassion.

Starting from just 1 hour at just £225.00.

Biodegradable Urns

We are partnered with Urns for Ashes who provide a wide range of urns specifically designed for water based ashes scattering. These urns prevent ashes blown around and are environmentally friendly and will disolve in water.

Urnsforashes.co.uk biodegradable water urns . In addition to these handy urns, they have also have also produced a guide that details everything you need to know before scattering ashes at sea

Book Now for Ashes Scattering

When life’s journey is over, St Ives Boats offer an extra special way to say goodbye, Ashes scattering at sea in St Ives Bay.

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East London G.

We had a one hour boat ride with St Ives Boats ‘Dolly P’ which was £20. You must be at the departure point 20 minutes before the allocated time and depending on the tide you may have to get a small boat to the larger boat.The larger boat has enough space outside for around 10 guests. The hosts are friendly and provide information about the seals, their habitat and how they use the tides to lift up onto the rocks! The trip to the ‘seal island’ takes 20 minutes each way so you get around 20 minutes viewing the seals.

Martin M.

We went on the seal island boat trip. Very interesting trip - Mike was very knowledgeable and entertaining. Trip overall was fun and saw lots of seals, what more could you ask for!

Fee J.

Friendly people and helpful

Hayden T.

Mike 1 (Captain) and Mike 2 (tour guide) were great. Mike 2 was full of information and passionate about the role they do and fun too. He clearly loves his job.
Mike 1 got us there super quick, before the other boats, and bagged us the best spot. We managed to see 5 seals that were out of the water and just chilling. Plenty of others in the sea too. It was fun, informative and a great trip. Thanks Mike 1 and Mike 2. 100% recommend this trip.

Rachel L.

Philip K.

Catherine T.

Amazing experience with the two Mikes - informative and wonderful experience, up close and personal to some very large seals.

Jarlath R.

Trip started really well with a super friendly seal in the harbour and just got better.Can really tell this is more then a business with the two Mikes as they care about the seals greatly!

Stuart M.

we cant recommend the staff and crew from the Dolly P enough, we needed to get to a stranded yacht in the bay this morning and conditions were not good! the professional boat handling shown not only to get us on the boat but then off again in worsening conditions was amazing, we can't thankyou enough

Lisa A.

Had a lovely boat trip very friendly and professional , my daughter was scared beforehand but once On she loved it and stood up the whole way ..loved it ! Even though it was rainy and grey it was still a great boat trip to see the seals !

Louise T.

From start to finish we had a brilliant time on our boat tour to seal island last week. Thanks Mike & Mike! you were friendly, professional and extremely knowledgable. We will definitely be back for another tour in the future.

Evie R.

Really good boat trip! Really good addition to our holiday. Would do it again :)