The forecast said partly cloudy but instead we got clear skies, with lots of stars and an arch of northern lights that was visible from the start! At times there were two arches and we got to enjoy them until the end of the night!
This morning we saw the first minke whale of the year within 10 minutes! Not long after we saw 2 humpback whales! In the afternoon we found the same humpback whales (Frodo & Pongo) as this morning. They were busy logging, rolling and feeding in between beautiful fluke dives. We also saw 3 grey seals looking at Frodo!
We left the harbour looking for wildlife in difficult weather. As we had luck with whales close to shore lately, we decided to give it a try and prioritise the comfort of our passengers. Despite our best efforts, the morning tour only saw a couple of harbour porpoises, so we ended up issuing complimentary tickets on both tours..
We could see stars, Jupiter and the big dipper - we even heard a humpback whale (a big surprise considering we had not seen any during the day)! But like magic, the northern lights appeared and formed a beautiful arch!
We spotted our first humpback whale (Pongo) right as we left the harbour this morning. It did a peduncle throw and then breached 5x, before we found another humpback whale. In the afternoon we saw a humpback whale resting on the surface (it later breached 2x and did peduncle throws) and then a second humpback whale!
Due to unfavourable weather conditions, we have decided to CANCEL the Northern Lights Cruise tonight!
We ventured to the islands this morning to find a total of 4 feeding humpback whales. In the afternoon we spotted our first humpback whale within 15 minutes. It would sometimes roll over and we could even see fish jumping out of the water before the whale could eat them! We then found another humpback whale.
Due to unfavourable weather conditions, we have decided to CANCEL the Northern Lights Cruise tonight!
We were lucky from the start, as the northern lights were waiting for us! Two beautiful green arches at the sky, visible with the naked eye. We listened to good music, with hot drinks in hand, and enjoyed the starry night!
This morning was incredible and we saw 3 humpback whales in total - we witnessed tail- and pec slaps as well as multiple breaches! In the afternoon we also saw 3 humpback whales, one if which came very close and even swam under our boat and the others were feeding and logging! We then spotted a very fast harbour porpoise.