Puffin in a burrow - © Joshua Copping
Visiting Skomer Island
The Official Guide To Your Island Adventure
The Ultimate Wildlife Adventure
With nearly 350,000 breeding pairs of Manx Shearwaters, over 41,500 Puffins, thousands of Guillemots, Razorbills and Kittiwakes and hundreds of Fulmars, Skomer is an internationally important seabird island.
It is also located less than a mile off the beautiful Pembrokeshire coast making it a great place to visit for the day or stay overnight.
Discover the wildlife and history of Skomer
Book A 2025 Overnight Stay
*Update 09/10/24 16:00pm - Due to high demand, we now only have availability in the hostel in 2025 in April and from 15th July onwards. There are no beds left in peak Puffin season.*
2025 hostel bookings open to members on Monday 7th October, and non-members on Monday 21st October 2024.
Please call the booking office on 01656 724100, Monday-Thursday, 9am-12pm and 1pm-4pm.
When you call the booking line, you may be added to the queue, where you will hear hold music. If this is the case, please continue to wait until you can book. If the queue is full, a recorded message will tell you to please try again later and end the call. If this happens, please keep redialling until you can join the queue. Please only continue to try this number as no other number will be able to book you in. We thank you for your patience.
Book A 2025 Day Trip (book from December)
2025 day visits will be available to book online from December 2024.
© Beth Thompson
Atlantic grey seal pup in Pigstone Bay © Beth Thompson
Short-eared owl on Skomer © Beth Thompson
Common dolphins off Garland Stone © Tom Malpas
Common lizard basking in the sun © Beth Thompson
Other Ways To Visit
Want to explore Skomer on one of our events? From bird migration tours to arts events and yoga, we have something for everyone. 2025 events will be announced soon.
Keen to land your own boat? You are able to land on Skomer 10:00am - 12:30pm and 14:30pm - 17:00pm, Tuesday - Sunday in August. Please note that in September we are closed to all day visitors and private landers on Fridays.
Instructions for private landings
Want to join a private trip? Commercial Operators are external businesses which have signed up to run trips on Skomer Island. These range from wildlife watching day trips to overnight photography workshops.
Find out how to book on to a Commercial Operator trip
Planning a school or university trip? We have amazing discounts available to help your students to discover this amazing habitat and the creatures that live here.
How Can I Watch Skomer Live?
You can watch videos of Skomer, including 'Skomer Live' and an exclusive interview with Sir David Attenborough here:
Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales YouTube
Accessibility & Inclusivity on Skomer
Progress Pride Flag - © Wikipedia
We are working to make our islands as inclusive as we can so that everyone can enjoy the wildlife that lives there. Find out how below.
