Species seen today: Minke whales, Harbour Porpoises, Grey seal

Birds seen today: Atlantic puffin, Arctic tern, northern fulmar, black-legged kittiwake, herring gull, manx shearwater,  sooty shearwater, great black-backed gull, lesser black-backed gull, common guillemot, black guillemot, northern gannet, storm petrel, cormorants 

12:00 - The sea was good in the south but a bit more choppy when we went further out. It was clouded but we barely felt a few drops. We first stopped in Akurey to see the puffins and explored the bay afterwards. We went deep in the south where other boats did not look but did not get much success. In total we spotted 3 minke whales and 2-4 harbour porpoises. But they were all difficult to spot. We had to head back and gave complimentary tickets to the passengers.

Crew: Captain Reynar & Guide Miquel

14:00 - We went out in search of some cetaceans in some cloudy skies but with an almost flat sea and some wind from the North. First, we stopped at Akurey to check on the mighty puffins and then off to the middle of the ocean! We sailed for a long time in the small waves and we found a flock of birds. In the middle of the confusion we saw a glimpse of a minke whale but that was it, we never spotted it again, unfortunately. We then continued scanning the bay but without success, so we turned the boat back to the harbour. But, we had a surprise grey seal that was very curious about us! A nice sighting but we offered complimentary tickets so that our passengers could have another shot at another time!

Crew: Captain Reynar & Guide Miquel; Captain Gunni & Guide Pedro

16:00 - The weather was more windy today but the conditions were still ok. After seeing the puffins we faced the bay to search for the cetaceans and didn't took long until the first one appeared. This animal was a minke whale appeared a couple of times around the boat and eventually went for a dive and we didn't saw it again. The tour had to continue because the animal just vanished in the water so we decided to go check our favorite spots in the bay to try to find something else. It took some time but eventually we found some white beaked dolphins for a few minutes but they were super elusive and our time was coming to an end. Since the sightings were not the best we decided to give complimmentary tickets to the passengers for them to return again on the classic whale watching for another try to see this amazing animals

Crew: Captain Daniel & Guide Rodrigo

Today our whale watching at 1200, 1400 & 1600 is confirmed, as well as our puffin tours all day. The 1000 & 2000 whale watching tours are unfortunately cancelled due to poor weather conditions.

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