Species seen today: Humpback whale, minke whale, white-beaked dolphin

Birds seen today: Northern gannet, northern fulmar, black-legged kittiwake, eider duck, sooty shearwater, herring gull, black-backed gull.

10:00 - The sun was shinning and the weather couldn't be better, the sea was stilll tumultuous due to the previous storms but stilll very manageable. The tour started with 1 white beaked dolphin playing with the boat, jumping multiple times and making the delight of the passengers. This alone individual was having fun with us jumping, looking at us and going from left to right making everyone in the boat possible to see them. After the dolphin we went to try to see some minke whales but was a bigger one wating for us. A humpback whale appeared in the water quite difficult to spot at the beginning but after some dives started to appear a couple more times at the surface and everyone got a chance to see the fluke of this majestic animal. The perfect way to finish the tour. 

Crew: Captain Reynar & Guide Rodrigo

14:00 - The wind picked up a bit in the afternoon with stronger waves and bigger white caps. The weather was still great with a lot of sun. We went in a similar area than this morning and found 4-5 minke whales and maybe two pods 5-6 of white-beaked dolphins that were feeding under many sea birds. Northern gannets were plunge-diving it was very impressive. The dolphins were sometimes intrigued by our boat must they were mostly focused on food, swimming fast and changing direction a lot, sometimes showing off with a small jump to maybe gather some more speed. Minke whales were appearing sometimes very close of the boat but as usual they were a bit difficult to predict. We went back after a nice time with the animals under a shining sun, went to see sun voyager and went back to our dock.

Crew: Captain Reynar & Miquel, Captain Ragnar & Rodrigo

Today we are going out at 10:00 & 14:00 for whale watching!

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