Whale Diary

10:00 -  We bundled up and set out, looking forward to seeing who was in the bay today! First we stopped to admire our Atlantic puffin colony and saw many fully loaded bills with fish! Then we popped our goggles on and set our sights for cetaceans! It did not take too long until we spotted the blows of one humpback whale. This humpback was curious, for when we spotted them again we first saw their head pop out of the water! They then gave us a really close surface sequence until giving us a beautiful fluke dive. This humpback provided us with multiple surface sequences, which allowed us to admire their white pectoral fins. After another great view of their fluke we waved goodbye. We then spotted the blow of not one but two more humpback whales together! They were very active and even started to do some tail slapping. It was wonderful to see their entire tail thrash out of the water and create a big splash. After a few surface sequences, and two beautiful fluke dives, we waved goodbye and set our sights for port. What a great tour!

Crew: Captain Gunni & Guide Anna, Captain Emily & Guide Sam, Captain Miquel & Guide Aleks

12:00 - The tour started off on a very gloomy day. The rain was pouring and the sea was wavy, but that did not stop our excitement. After a rather short drive we stopped after seeing a fin cutting through the surface. It turned out to be 1 minke whale. This individual made a few appearances and then became shy, so we decided to carry on. Amongst the waves we noticed a big spout and it happened to be 1 humpback whale. It showed up fairly close to the boat and made an absolutely gorgeous fluke dive close to us. We stayed for a couple of surfaces and then we headed further out. Our boat soon stumbled upon another minke whale. This individual was super nice and it stayed with us for quite some time, and put its snout out of the water for us to see. It was a very gorgeous sight. The sea got rougher and the rain too, and we headed back as we ran out of time. We finished off the tour at one of our beautiful breeding islands for the Atlantic puffin.

Crew: Captain Pedro & Guide Frida

14:00 - This grey afternoon we headed into adventure! There was a bit of swell on the way out, but nothing we couldnt handle. We tried for the humpback whale close to the puffin islands but with no success so we headed further out. When we did we spotted a humpback whale that first came up in the distance but then worked its way closer to us! Then all of a sudden it breached 4x!! This was very exciting to see and a rare occasion. It did then settle and come up close a few mor times before we headed back. We then made our way over to the puffin island (Akurey) and saw such a vast number of puffins flying all around us! 

Crew: Captain Gunni & Guide Anna