- Sea Watch Director, Peter Evans, received the European Cetacean Society Conservation Award, 2012
- Sea Watch Foundation was recipient of the UNEP/ASCOBANS “Outreach and Education Award”, 2009
- Sea Watch Foundation was voted best UK animal adoption scheme by BBC Wildlife, December 2008
- A Status Review, commissioned to Sea Watch Foundation by the UK Nature Conservancy in 1986, provided the harbour porpoise and bottlenose dolphin with special status under the Wildlife and Countryside Act
- Submissions by Sea Watch Foundation to the North Sea Conference and UK North Sea Forum contributed directly to a new international Agreement for the Conservation of Small Cetaceans in the Baltic and North Seas (ASCOBANS)
- A collaborative effort between the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Sea Mammal Research Unit and Sea Watch Foundation led to the production of the only existing Distribution Atlas for cetaceans in NW Europe. This serves as the major reference for environmental impact assessments of human activities throughout the region.
- Sea Watch Foundation research studies of bottlenose dolphins helped lead to two areas in Cardigan Bay being recommended as Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) for the species.
- Sea Watch Foundation produced reports for the European Commission, European Cetacean Society, UK Department of the Environment, UK Offshore Operators Association and ASCOBANS, assessing the threats to cetaceans from particular human activities, and the role that protected areas can play in conservation.
