Sunday, 22 June 2025

• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 09:00,11:00, 13:00, 17:00, 20:30
• PREMIUM WHALE TOUR | 10:00, 12:00, 14:00, 16:00, 20:00

Report from Eldey: In this incredibly calm weather, with oily smooth seas, we sailed out assured that today would be a good day. As we got closer and closer to the several blows we saw, we encountered an amazing zone of activity: around 10 humpback whales and 3 pods of white beaked dolphins. We first had a pair of humpbacks, peacefully resting at the surface. We later moved on to have a humpback tail and pec slapping as several dolphins swam around it and bothered its feeding. We continued seeing more and more fluke dives, as Arctic terns flew over and skuas hunted them down. We ended our way out by following a calm pod of 6 white beaked dolphins, who kept crossing our paths and going under us. We sailed back peacefully, with the continuous presence of the humpback whales blows and flukes in the horizon, on one of our easiest and nicest tours yet this summer.

-Alex Paumier

Report from Hafsulan: We left port in perfect whale-spotting conditions, flat waters, thin cloud cover and minimal wind. Near the harbour, we caught a brief glimpse of 3 harbour porpoises, moving swiftly towards the coast. As we continued out into the bay, it didn't take us long to come across a pair of humpback whales relaxing near the surface. They were going for shallower dives, occasionally fluke diving as well, until they began logging on the surface, allowing us to get a good look, as well as a good listen to their blows! A very relaxed, magical encounter. We let these two continue with their nap, and moved on to another blow in the distance. It was another humpback whale, a bit more active, going for regular longer, deeper dives, giving us a good look at its fluke each time. It also pooped near the surface between deep dives, not once, but twice! We then spotted a minke whale and moved closer to investigate. We managed to see a couple of surfaces, but quickly turned out attention to larger dorsal fins in the distance, a pair of white-beaked dolphins. We managed to catch a few surfaces, but were again distracted by the numerous blows on the horizon. So we decided to head to yet another humpback whale, spent a lovely couple minutes admiring it before we had to head back towards the harbour. On the way back, we kept out eyes on the many blows surrounding us in all directions. One humpback even did a quick spyhop in the distance. What a lucky tour!

- Orsolya Stipsicz

Report from Eldey: Sailing out again this afternoon, we knew that we had a chance for a great tour. The weather continued perfect, and so did the whales. Throughout the tour, we managed to see 7 humpback whales, with almost all fluke diving meters away from the boat, continuing the good activity of this morning. With plenty of whales and birdlife to see, we went back home once again more than entertained. This was the moment we met with 3 pods of white beaked dolphins, with over 20 individuals surrounding us front to back, finishing one of our best tours in the last weeks.

-Eleftherios Manioudakis

Report from Eldey: Once again sailing out, we knew what to expect from the bay's nature tonight, yet it delivered it in the best possible way. Throughout the tour, we circled around the same zone of activity, going from whale to whale, fluke to fluke: altogether, we saw from very close 7 humpback whales, with 2 pairs of 2 whales together, fully aware that surely more were around us. In between each sighting the occasional minke whales popped up, as we counted 5 of them trough this last tour. We finished our day knowing it would be hard to beat the tours we had.

-Alex Paumier

Report from Eldey: The weather this evening was very good for whale watching. Even though it wasn't sunny, it wasn't raining, there was no wind, and the ocean was quite flat. We sailed out and we first encountered 2 minke whales. However, they were not very friendly and we decided to leave and look for something bigger. We found then our first humpback whale of the evening. It was very focused on feeding, but every time it went down, it gave us very beautiful fluke dives. Then, we went to check another blow on the distance and it was another humpback. This one was more relaxed and we could stay closer to it. But then, it decided to have dinner as well and we saw some lunge feeding. At the end of the tour another humpback appeared, and a very large pod of white beaked dolphins. We didn't know where to look. Finally, we had to leave but on the way back some of the dolphins followed us to say goodbye. 

- Guillermo Monescillo Aragón

Arctic tern, Eider duck, Pomeranian skua, Northern gannet, North Atlantic puffin, Lesser black backed gull, common & black guillemot, black legged kittiwake