We sailed out in about 8m/s winds from the SE which meant it was smooth sailing for the majority of the tour and only a little rocking on the way home. We searched a large area of the bay and found just one solitary humpback whale, however this whale was amazing, obviously busy feeding but surfacing frequently and showing a beautiful high tail many times.

There, a passenger spotted some whale movement. We quickly found out that these were about 6-7 white-beaked dolphins, with at least one baby calf that kept jumping up like a gymnast. The other ones were quite curious and came up to the boat to inspect us and ride in the waves that the boat was making.

We saw many gannets diving beautifully into the ocean, and a little later we found a humpback whale. We stayed with it for around 20-30 minutes, seeing its fluke three times and at least 5 surfacing actions. It was quite close to the boat so every passenger managed to get a very good look at it. Just as we left the humpback whale, we spotted a minke whale in the same spot as the humpback whale.

We got into the bay and kept going until our captain spotted a group of 8-10 white-beaked dolphins. At the distance two juveniles were jumping, leaping and inverted leaping, having lots of fun. There were some mothers with calves and some individuals were actively bow riding our vessel.

We found one minke whale moving calmly towards the north and we were able to watch two full surface sequences before losing sight of the animal. We searched far and wide, eventually heading to the south to watch a pod of 10 white-beaked dolphins that had been made aware to us by a colleague.

We sailed out into the bay and kept going until our captain spotted a minke whale. 5 harbour porpoises could also be seen nearby but showed as usual a pretty elusive behavior. We were also delighted by a pod of 8-10 white-beaked dolphins.

We first had a long circle in the bay looking for whales but only seeing very elusive minke whales two times. We could not follow them so we were continuing with optimism. Then we had information of a humpback whale very close to land, we went there and saw a very active animal that breached probably 10 times! Amazing.

Our next encounter was only 10 minutes later with a humpback whale that appeared to be feeding. The whale was a little difficult to follow as its movements were unpredictable. We saw the whale up close, and it showed its fluke on one occasion. Harbour porpoises were also seen during the tour. A small pod calmly swam on our right hand side, surfacing many times.

While we were enjoying the presence of this spectacular creature a pod of 4 white-beaked dolphins appeared on the scene and approached the boat while surfing with the waves. On the way back we were captivated by the presence of another humpback whale.