Whale Diary

10:00 - Whale, whale, whale what a morning we had! We layered up and headed out, first stopping to admire our lovely breeding Atlantic puffin population. Then out into the bay we went! First we came across one humpback whale and a pod of 3-5 white beaked dolphins! Already a strong start to the morning with the dolphins pestering the humpback whale, but we set our sights North and kept on moving. Further north we found another lovely pod of 6 white-beaked dolphins with two calves. They came to inspect the boat and gave us quite a show swimming under and around the boat! We then had one minke whale do two surfaces and then classically disappeared. But another blow was spotted and we came across another solitary humpback whale! This humpback gave us many classic humpback fluke shots which was amazing. As we were with one humpback, we spotted the blow of another solitary humpback whale at our 12o´clock! So we waved one humpback goodbye and said hello to our third humpback of the tour! Incredible! this one was very relaxed and allowed us to see multiple longer surface intervals. They even came close to our boat to check us out as well, giving us a nice chance to smell that fishy breath and see how white those pectoral fins are! After hanging out with us for a bit our humpback decided to explore other waters and it was time for us to return, so we waved all of our whales goodbye and came back to port. Three humpbacks and two pods of white beaked dolphins, what a wonderful start to the day!

Crew: Captain Emily & Guide Sam

12:00 - This tour was really out of the ordinary! As we headed out we spotted some fins to our right. As we turned we saw that this was a pod of around 5 white beaked dolphins. They showed up fairly close to the boat and all the passengers got a good look. We spotted a dark body in the distance and headed there, but on the way we discovered another pod of around 5 white beaked dolphins. We saw a blow in the distance and this turned out to be 1 humpback whale. This one was a very big one with a very predominant hump on the dorsal fin. It did some gorgeous fluke dives for us. We spotted another humpback whale and went to look closer. This one was massive as well and came really close to the boat. Its size made it look like an airplane with the visible white pectorial fins. This individual was accompanied by a pod of around 5 white beaked dolphins. We spotted 1 minke whale in the distance but decided to stick around the humpback whales as there was already so much going on! We had another pod of around 5 white beaked dolphins and these came very close to the boat, surprising us. We went to 1 new humpback whale that we saw. This one was a bit smaller so we headed back to the bigger ones. One of the individuals that we saw was there, accompanied by 1 new humpback whale. These two started bubble net feeding next to the boat, putting their mouths up in the air about two or three times. Incredible! They also did synchronized fluke dives. 1 more humpback whale joined but stayed behind. We saw about 2 more humpback whales in the distance but we decided to head back to see the puffins by the breeding island. This tour was so unique and there was so much life around that we almost lost count of everything! Gorgeous day!

Crew: Captain Pedro & Guide Frida

14:00 - This afternoon the weather was quite nice. It was cloudy but the temperature was great and it wasn't raining. What else could we ask for? We sailed out onto the bay and 30 minutes later we found our first humpback whale. However, there wasn't only one, we had at least 4 or 5 around us! This humpback was very focused on feeding, like also the other ones. Every time it went for a deep dive it showed us its beautiful fluke and it did it very close to the boat. Then, we went to check a second whale and it was incredible. This whale was using bubble nets to trap fish. A very special behavior that shows how intelligent these animals can be. We couldn't stop looking at the way this whale was feeding. Sadly, we were running out of time and we started our way back. However, a pod of 10 white-beaked dolphins came close to the boat on the way to the harbor. I can't imagine a better way to finsih this incredible tour. 

Crew: Captain Gunni & Guillermo

16:00 - This tour was unreal! We started off by seeing a spout and dorsal fin so we went closer. Turned out to be 1 humpback whale. A little while later another humpback whale popped up. This one did a very steep fluke dive which impressed crew and passengers. A pod of rougly 30 white beaked dolphins appeared, coming close to the boat and even jumping out of the water. At this point the sightings are getting out of hand and it is really hard to follow a red thread. We had one humpback whale performing bubble net feeding. We could follow the bubbles by the surface and then it lunge fed towards the prey and put its snout out of the water. We even saw the fish move on the surface. We had one humpback that was doing several peduncle throws, creating huge splashes. It was most likely the same individual who then started breaching. It kept breaching for about five times. Judging by the photos afterwards it might be two different whales breaching because the size of pectorial fins varied, although we are not sure about this. The estimated number of humpback whales that were around was rougly ten individuals. There were constant sightings on the horizon so it was hard to keep track of them all, a very good problem to have! On the way back we stopped by Akurey and since it was high tide we could get really close to the puffins who were sitting on the rocks. The crew and passengers were THRILLED with this tour!

Crew: Captain Pedro & Guide Frida

20:00 - his tour was truly surreal! It began with a spout and dorsal fin in the distance—turned out to be a single humpback whale. Not long after, another surfaced and amazed everyone with a steep fluke dive. Then a pod of about five white-beaked dolphins showed up, leaping out of the water right next to the whale—such an incredible moment! We continued on, spotting more flukes and moving from whale to whale. In total, there were about 7 or 8 humpbacks in the area. The highlight came when we found one whale bubble net feeding—and then three more joined in! Watching four humpbacks lunge feeding at the same time was absolutely breathtaking. What an unforgettable experience!

Crew: Captain Emily & Guide Maria