Whale Diary

10:00 - This morning we had perfect weather for whale watching. Even though it was a bit cloudy, the ocean was flat and there was just a slight breeze blowing. When we were sailing out, a minke whale popped out not very far away from us, so we decided to check it out. It wasn't the most friendly individual but we were able to see it for a couple of times before moving somewhere else. We stopped in another area with at least 5 minke whales. One of them it was surfacing a few times right next to the boat. We spotted a blow in the distance. It turned out to be a humpback whale. This whale seemed to be very focused on feeding but we could see its beautiful fluke every time it went for a deeper dive. Before going home, we also checked another humpback not very far away from us. This whale was more relaxed and took its time in the surface before diving. One time, it even bubble feed next to us and even did a little spy hop. Also, in the area there was a pod of 5 white beaked dolphins which came next to the boat every now and then. Finally, we had to head back to port spotting a few minkes and dolphins on our way back. 

Crew: Captain Pedro & Guide Guillermo

12:00 - Sailing out this morning, the weather was perfect in comparison to yesterday. We headed again quite far out into the bay, closing in the zones of activity of the last few days. Soon surrounded by Northern gannets, we started by spotting several minke whales roaming around us, with 6 individuals coming close to the boat! We then spotted a couple of blows further away, and heading there we suddenly saw a breaching whale! This individual was Davy Jones 2nd, a favorite whale of ours who tends to show up every summer. We then followed this whale for a while, as it fluke dived repeatedly, leading us to see 2 other humpback whales breaching further away. At this point, we realized that we had several blows and several flukes all around, with 6 humpback whales all over. Luckily, we were able to go from whale to whale, getting to them multiple times and having them meters away from the boat. We came back a bit later than expected, but having finished one of our best tours in a while. 

Crew: Captain Emily & Guide Alex

14:00 - The ocean was a little bit more wavy than this morning. However, this only made the way out and back more fun! The first whale that we found was a minke whale. Unfortunately, this whale showed the characteristic shy behavior of this species, and we were only able to see it a couple of times before it disappeared. We decided to check a blow further out. This was a humpback whale. This whale seemed to be resting on the surface since it was taking very shallow breaths and didn't dive very long. We were able to spend quite some time with this whale before we moved to the next one. This whale was a little bit more active doing some nice fluke dives every now and then. It even came very close to the boat one time! We decided to take a quick look around the bay until we found another humpback. However, this whale was a little bit more elusive than the other two, so we decided to go back to the harbour after seeing a beautiful fluke dive. 

Crew: Captain Pedro & Guide Guillermo

19:00 - Sailing out for our last tour, we knew to head further into the same zone of activity as the rest of the day. Off the bat, we spotted 3 minke whales that came close enough to the boat that all could really see them ! We continue headed further, were we found 2 pods of 8 white beaked dolphins, that roamed around us, separating and reforming their little pods for over 20 minutes. We wanted to find our third main species, but came out of luck looking in this area, so we decided to go South, We found there a solitary humpback, fluke diving every 10 minutes and going quite fast, just enough for all to see. We still had a hunch about the first area we were in, so we headed back and what a great decision this was: 2 humpback whales together, surrounded by 3 pods of white beaked dolphins, came up and down, blowing close to us and coming meters away from us, with one even rolling over and slapping its pectoral fin! We finished our tour heading back, spotting one last fluke dive from another humpback whales further away, What a great way to end the day, with over 20 white beaked dolphins, 6 minke whales and 4 humpback whales, in a tour that had started of in doubt of finding all of this.

Crew: Captain Emily & Guide Alex