Thursday, 30 October 2025

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

Report from Hafsulan: Just as we sailed out of port, we were enjoying the beautiful sunrise and up popped one minke whale. What a wonderful way to start us off. With calm waters we were able to easily track this individual as it popped up on either side of us. After a few surface sequences, we continued. Shortly after, we spotted the blow of one humpback whale! This individual gave us a fluke dive right away which was amazing. When they resurfaced, this individual was nice and relaxed, which allowed us for a longer surface interval. With the pink sky and the snow surrounding us, this viewing was nothing short of magical. While waiting for our humpback to resurface, we were surprised by another solitary minke whale! When our humpback resurfaced, we realized that we actually had two humpback whales! This pair was really relaxed and gave us such a nice show. After a great viewing, we waved this pair goodbye and continued. That was when we re-found that minke whale that said hello to us while viewing the humpbacks! Behind us we could still see the blows of our humpbacks, but as we try and stick to the code of conduct, with many boats around them we continued. This minke gave us a few more surface sequences before off they went. We then found a third solitary humpback whale! This individual gave us a beautiful fluke dive right away. After so many cetaceans, we counted ourselves lucky and headed back to port. What a great morning!

-Anna Richter

Report from Hafsulan: We grabbed our hand warmers, and set sail to see what the afternoon had in store for us. It was not too long before we spotted the back of one minke whale! With calm conditions it was really easy to spot this individual as they surfaced around the boat. After multiple surface sequences, we continued. That was when we spotted the fluke of one humpback whale. This individual was not too friendly, for by the time we reached their area they had swam to other locations. That is okay though because we then spotted the blows of two humpback whales feeding together. These two gave us a brilliant show and really displayed their flukes for us. After multiple surface sequences, and flukes galore, we continued. That was when we spotted another blow! We had found another solitary humpback whale! This individual was doing deeper dives displaying their fluke, but had a rather short dive time which was wonderful. After a few more surface sequences, and another brilliant fluke display, it was time to wave our cetaceans goodbye and head back to port. What a great way to end the afternoon!

-Samantha Smith

Eider duck, great cormorant, black-backed gull, black-headed gull, glaucous gull, black guillemot, common guillemot, oyster catcher