Whale Diary

11:00 - The sky was a little overcast but the sea was calm enough as we headed out in to the Bay but we managed to avoid any rain. Before long we saw some blows and found a pair of humpback whales exhibiting some unusual behaviour. These humpbacks were pectoral fin slapping and then diving but taking sneaky dives. Then they would surface again and carry on with the pectoral fin slapping. We were able to watch these whales for a while before we decided to head out into the Bay and see what else we could see. Our sister boat had spotted a minke whale surrounded by lots of feeding birds. We watched this minke whale briefly and admired the birds. Soon it was time to head back in. The sea had calmed considerably and just before we got back to town we had a lovely sighting of three harbour porpoises. What an amazing day to have a birthday! 

Crew: Captain Miquel & Guide Rachel, Captain Pedro & Guide Kylie

14:00 - We headed out with nice weather, it wasn't too cold and the sea conditions were really nice. 5 minutes in we saw a grey seal, checking us out and then disappeared. We kept on going and found 4 harbor porpoises surfacing a few times around our boat, but then swam further away, so we kept on going as well. It took us a little way, but then we found the first out of 3 humpback whales. It was alone and just surfacing one time and then was gone for a while. We then decided to leave it and go to another spot, where we heard on the radio, that there would be 2 humpback whales together. So we went there and, voila, 2 humpbacks - one of them was Birdie, and it was pec slapping the whole time, when it was on the surface. We watched them for a bit, then the second one disappeared and only Birdie came up every 7-10 minutes, to give us this nice show. Unfortunately all good things must come to an end, and we were quite far out, so we had to leave Birdie and head back to the harbor. It was a really nice tour, with happy guests and happy crew. :) 

Crew: Captain Pedro & Guide Kylie