Whale Diary

10:00 - We headed out onto a gloomy but lovely and calm bay under dense cloud cover with the wind at out backs. We briefly stopped at Akurey to get a nice close look at the Atlantic puffins before continuing out into the bay in search of cetaceans. Our first sighting was a humpback whale going for several deep but relatively short dives. We got to see the magnificent blow multiple times and even got treated to a fluke dive and a tiny tail slap! This whale definitely kept us on our toes, reappearing rather far from the spots it dove down in, keeping us guessing about its direction. We decided to continue on and were treated to a lovely sighting of 2 white-beaked dolphins! We got to follow this par for quite a few minutes, their blows uniquely visible in today's conditions. As we were rather far out, we had to start making our way back towards the harbour, keeping a close eye on the many large flocks of seabirds feeding around us, and even got to wave goodbye to the very same humpback we started our tour with! What a lovely day at sea!

Crew: Captain Gunni & Guide Hannah, Captain Miquel & Guide Orsi, Captain Leo & Guide Ricardo

14:00 - This afternoon, the weather conditions were very similar. The gloom continued and we had a slight drizzle. On our way into the bay, we stopped by Engey to have a look at one of our local Atlantic puffin colonies. We saw some puffins on the island, on the water and flapping about. We headed farther out, keeping our eyes open in hopes of some cetaceans. Around halfway through the trip, we spotted something in the water, which turned out to be a big piece of white foil. We managed to fish it out of the water, preventing it from causing further harm to marine wildlife as species can mistake marine litter for food items or become entangled. We also admired more bird species as we were out at sea, including the Arctic tern, Northern fulmar and Northern gannet. Sadly, the whales and dolphins from the morning had left the area and despite our best efforts, we were unable to find any whales or dolphins before the end of this trip. We provided our passengers with complimentary tickets, so they can try their luck another time.

Crew: Captain Gunni & Guide Hannah, Captain Miquel & Guide Orsi

20:00 - This evening, we headed out under a light drizzle of rain with the wind slowly picking up, creating some white-caps on the bay ahead. We had a brief stop at Engey to get a nice close look at the Atlantic puffins as well as some other waterfowl like the common eider ducks. We continued on, deeper into the bay keeping an eye out for signs of cetaceans. We were mainly on the lookout for large flocks of seabirds and got to see many puffins hunting out on the bay as well! After a long while we caught a glimpse of a very elusive harbour porpoise, which showed its small dorsal fin a couple of times before completely disappearing amongst the waves that started growing larger and larger. We continued on and got some close fly-bys from curious Northern fulmars and a very majestic Northern gannet as well. Everywhere we went, we were surrounded by puffins braving the swell and wind, taking off from the water surface, diving under, and flying around us. As time was running out, we had to start heading for the harbour, and as we were unable to get a good sighting of the whales this evening, we handed out complimentary tickets, so that our very adventurous passengers may try their in cetacean sighting on this bay again.

Crew: Captain Miquel & Guide Orsi