Captain Perkins of Nantucket Has the Knowledge and Experience
to Guarantee Your Family a Safe and Exciting Nantucket Adventure

Shearwater Excursions provides a memorable and educational experience that has many people returning to Nantucket each season for a “refresher". We have close ties with many nationally recognized research organizations which ensures our passengers are provided with exceptionally educational tours. Read more>>

Captain Blair Perkins, certified by the United States Coast Guard, welcomes you aboard the vessel Shearwater. Having grown up on Nantucket, he brings 30 years of experience as a Nantucket naturalist, boat captain and commercial fisherman on Nantucket Island. He compliments each tour with extensive knowledge and his own brand of local Nantucket flavor. Read More >>

Reviews for Shearwater Excursions on Nantucket Island

The Inquirer and Mirror January 2008
Cision Media Endless Vacation Nov. 2007
Palm Beach Daily News April 23, 2006
Chronicle October 2006
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Recent sightings from the Shearwater
• Basking Shark - 1
• Species of Whales - 3
• Shearwaters - 2500
• Albino Shearwater - 1

Shearwater is a US Coast Guard certified twin-hulled power catamaran with eco-friendly, clean-burning diesel engines. The double hulled design provides a very safe and stable platform from which one can easily observe and photograph the exciting Nantucket wildlife in and around the waters of Nantucket Island. Read more>>