Species seen today: Minke whale, white-beaked dolphin, harbour porpoise

Birds seen today: Atlantic Puffin, herring gull, great black-backed gull, lesser black-backed gull, kittiwake, cormorant, oystercatcher, Arctic skua, northern gannet, eider duck, common guillemot, black guillemot

10:00 - It was under the sun and barely any waves that we started this trip out in the bay. We encountered after barely any time at sea a pod of 2 harbour porpoises ! They were quite calm and close to the boat which is always surprising with this species. Then we continued and came accross 2 minke whales ! We got to see one quite close to us we could even hear the blow. Then we continued and saw a pod of about 5 white beaked dolphins ! We stayed with these dolphins for a while, then navigated more came accross a few more minkes and a few more dolphins before we had to start to head back to the harbour. A nice trip !

Crew: Captain Bohdan & Guide Rodrigo, Captain Daniel & Guide Melanie

12:00 - This morning the sea was super calm with almost no waves and no wind. We had to go further away to search for the animals but fortunately they appeared and the distance was totally worth it. In this location we saw 12 white beaked dolphins playing with the boat multiple times and jumping super close to us. Sometimes looked like they were almost touching the boat with their pectoral fins. This incredible dolphins made the delight of our passengers and 1 minke whle was also spotted in the same area but we only saw it once unfortunately.

Crew: Captain Daniel & Guide Rodrigo

14:00 - This afternoon the conditions were much more challenging than the morning, the swell had picked up a bit while we started our trip in the bay. We got lucky enough though to have 2 puffins flying with us for a few minutes at the beginning of the tour ! We then went around in the bay, the crew spotted a harbour porpoise they managed to see only once. Then we continued saw 2 minke whales but always in the distance and only barely could notice it. We then continued and manage to see a pod of about 3 white beaked dolphins, however the dolphins did not seem to be in the mood and they kept on switching direction so we did not get to have so much of a proper look on them. After that we had already reached the end of our tour and it was time to head back to the harbour. Because of the poor sightings we decided to offer some complimentary tickets to our passengers for them to come back on our sister company Elding and hopefully enjoy better looks on the wildlife in the bay.

Crew: Captain Bohdan & Guide Melanie

16:00 - The weather got more windy in the afternoon, but our thrive to find the animals didn't decrease. We went to the same spot as this the morning to try to find the dolphins again and we did, since the humpback whales are more hidden the dolphins are stealing the show everyday. This animals are always jumping super close to the boat and making everyone excited to see them on the boat. After spending some time with these animals we had to return to the harbour.

Crew: Captain Daniel & Guide Rodrigo

Today we are running all of our whale watching tours - at 10:00, 12:00, 14:00 & 16:00.

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