Whale Diary

09:00 - This morning the bay woke up under cloudy skies, but perfect and calm sea conditions for sailing. We put our red overalls on and we started another adventure at the sea. The sea was almost flat and we had a very nice visibility for spotting any cetacean at the surface. Suddenly our captain saw a dorsal fin out of the water. It was a dorsal fin of a minke whale, but it was alone, they were two individuals. But they decided to stay a little away of our boat., so we decided to continued until we saw some splashes at the surface, a beautiful pod of 10 whited beaked dolphins. They were very active, swimming fast and even jumping. And out of nowhere a huge blow, a juvenile humpback whale. Very well known because it was the individual that last week appeared inside of our harbour. We saw it blackish tail as it went to dive. And then another whale in the same area. A Minke whale, another different individual. It was awesome to spotted three different species in the same area! After a while enjoying this amazing encounter we started to go back at home, but in our way back we also found a cute and very curious pod of harbour porpoises. At the end 4 of 4 most common species in the bay! Yeey! What a nice starting of the morning!

Crew: Captain Gunni & Guide Maria

10:00 - Today we sailed out on beautiful glossy seas, with sun poking through on occasion! On the sail out we stopped for some harbour porpoises, this was one of the best porpoise encounters that we have had! Porpoises are none to be quite shy and can be a bit elusive - these ones on the other hand were coming up regularly, often and close to the boat! We could see them through the water, we could hear their blow - it was truly a special moment. We stayed with them for a bit and then moved on to find something bigger, and so we did! We spotted the blow of a humpback whale! We also spotted some white beaked dolphins! We did stay and see the fluke dive of the humpback but then decided to head over to the dolphins as there was quite a lot of boats with the humpback already. It was a pod of 7-9 individuals feeding very calmy around us. We enjoyed for a bit and then when the other boats left we headed back to the humpback! As we were watching it, we also saw 2-3 minke whales! We only watched them from the distance and stayed closer to the humpback! We eventually sailed back and tried for one more humpback on the way back but this was a bit shy one so we continued back to harbour.

Crew: Captain Anna & Guide Milan

12:00 - Back to the bay still with glossy seas and perfect conditions for sailing. We started our adventure with a pod of 5 harbor porpoises. Very calm but keeping some distance of our boat.  We continued sailing and then some pointed dorsal fins were at the surface. A small pod of 6 whited beaked dolphins, they were quite spread out but some of then went closer to our boat. While we were observing the dolphins we had the incredible opportunity to see a juvenile Atlantic puffin, resting at the surface of the water, a new generation of puffins already out at the sea. But the dolphins weren't alone a minke whale, was in the middle of the pod and it looks like both species were in a rush, they were speeding frantically. We continued sailing and we saw a blow at distance, a huge blow! A humpback whale was right in front of us and when we saw its tail we could identify this individual, it was Neila! Very well know in our bay! With a lot of beautiful pictures and videos we went back to the harbor! What an amazing tour!

Crew: Captain Gunni & Guide Maria

13:00 - We headed out into calm seas, excited to see what the day might bring. Our first encounter was with a minke whale, which surfaced several times surprisingly close to the boat, giving us some great views before disappearing beneath the waves. We then moved on and found a humpback whale. It was a local called Neila and she came up incredibly close to us and, to our amazement, breached twice right next to the boat! It was an unforgettable sight and easily one of the highlights of the trip. On the way back, we had one more fantastic encounter. We came across a pod of around 10 white-beaked dolphins. They were incredibly curious, swimming alongside us, bow riding, and checking out the boat. They seemed just as interested in us as we were in them! A truly amazing day on the water, with close encounters, spectacular breaches, and playful dolphins to finish it all off.

Crew: Captain Emily & Guide Aleks

15:00 - At the afternoon the wind went up considerably but we still had enough good conditions for going one more time to the sea. We sailed a little bit to the west of the bay and we spotted a blow far away. A huge blow, again Neila, a very well known humpback whale!  We were very lucky to see this individual very closed in details , and it show several times its magnificent tail. More new pictures for our catalog! After a while we continued sailing among the waves and suddenly we spotted a second humpback but with a very elusive behavior as soon we got closer to the whale it disappear and appear further. So we decided to start heading back to the harbor and another dorsal fin appeared at the surface but this time a minke whale, it appeared very closed to us and toward us, we waited a few more minute to this individual return to the surface but sadly it did not. But at least we had a quickly encounter with a different whale. Two fantastic encounters with two amazing species! 

Crew: Captain Gunni & Guide Maria