Whale Diary

11:00 - We headed out with nice sunshine between the clouds and warm weather. We didn't have to go far, before we saw our first species - 4 Harbor Porpoises. They were as fast gone, as fast as they appeared, but they're always a sight. So we went further out in the bay, when we saw a Minke Whale all of a sudden. He surfaced quite often but always came up in another direction and after a while he was gone. Which was not a problem, because in the distance we already spotted our third species, a pod of jumping White-beaked Dolphins ! But not just any pod, it was a superpod of 50+ dolphins ! We stayed with them for a while and enjoyed their display of traveling and jumping and porpoising. As usual, all good things must come to an end, so we headed back to the harbor. 

Crew: Captain Miquel & Guide Kylie

14:00 - The second tour, was not as sunny, but still nice weather. The sea was calm and we went out to the same spot, where we saw the superpod of dolphins before. On the radio we then heard, there is a Humpback around, so we checked the area out and there it was ! A Humpback Whale ! It first was a little difficult to keep track of, but then it slowed down and didn't change the directions as often as did before. All of a sudden a Minke Whale popped up right next to our boat, then dove underneath us and came up in the back of our boat, after that it disappeared again. Then the superpod of 50+ white-beaked Dolphins from the morning joined the Humpback. They were jumping, feeding and porpoising. We spend quite some time with them, because they weren't bothered by us. The time unfortunately was against us, so we had to leave them and head back to harbor. 

Crew: Captain Miquel & Guide Kylie