Sunday, 19 October 2025

• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 09:00, 13:00
• PREMIUM WHALE TOUR | 11:00, 14:00

Report from Hafsulan: With the sun peaking through the cloudy sky, we set sail. Just after our safety briefing, right outside the harbor walls, we spotted the back of one minke whale. This individual was surfacing frequently and we were able to admire them closely. It is always so exciting when we can clearly observe our more elusive species. After a great viewing, we decided to continue on out into the bay. After a little while we spotted some dorsals in the distance. Upon further inspection, we had found a pod of 8 white-beaked dolphins. It seemed like when we showed up they were corralling some fish and feeding. But then they got mighty curious and decided to come closer for a boat inspection. There were some very curious juveniles dolphins that swam all around the boat. Our dolphins then started to ride our wake and also bow ride! As we were observing our friendly dolphins we saw another pod of five more white-beak dolphins in the distance. One started to jump fully out of the water and so we decided to check them out. It was impressive to see their entire body above the surface of the water. As we approached this group was a bit more elusive and so we left them to it and continued. That was when we spotted two solitary minke whales! These individuals were very focused feeders and so after two surface sequences they moved onwards and so did we. That was when we found a third pod of 6 white-beaked dolphins! This pod was also curious and swam around the boat as well! It is always very exciting when we can watch the dolphins through the surface of the water. After another excellent viewing we waved them goodbye and continued. On our way back to port we found one of our original pods of dolphins that again played in our wake.  After a wonderful dolphin day on the bay we headed back to port. What a wonderful morning!

-Samantha Smith

Report from Hafsulan: With the sun shining, we headed out. First we looked around our islands and that was when we found one minke whale. This individual was feeding and we could even see their belly through the surface of the water. After multiple surface sequences, and excellent views we decided to continue. But only a moment later we spotted a second solitary minke! This individual was also feeding and we were able to see their minke mittens through the surface. It was incredible calm which allowed us to fully appreciate and easily spot this individual as it surfaced. After another few surface sequences, we decided to move out into the bay and see who we could find. Although we looked far and wide, it seemed that our cetaceans were a bit reluctant to reveal their location to us this afternoon. So we decided to travel back to the islands and we were able to find one of our minke whales from the start. Just as before, this individual was friendlier than usual and we could get a great view as they continued to move about following the fish in the area. It seemed like all the action was not far away from home today and luckily we had calm seas, dry weather and two very nice minke whales.

-Knut Albrecht

Northern fulmar, common guillemot, long-tailed duck, eider duck, black guillemot, sooty shearwater, black-backed gull, herring gull, black-legged kittiwake