Tuesday, 18 May 2010

Tour at 13:00

The weather was even nicer during this tour. We started the tour again by stopping by Akurey the Puffin colony. And then we headed out. During the tour we had so many Harbour Porpoises all over the place really nice. We also had many  Minke Whales on this tour most of them were quite difficult and they came up to the surface about 2-3 times in a row with shallow dives in between and then they went for a deeper dive that lasted very long and the next time they came up they were quite far away from us. Two of them came really close to the boat several times so we were able to see them up close and we could hear them breath. Birds we spotted were: Arctic Terns, Fulmars, Kittiwakes, Gulls, Guillemots and Puffins.

 

Tour at 09:00

The weather today was really good, the sun was shining out on the bay and it was pretty warm. We started the tour with a stop in Akurey to take a look at the Puffins. We then headed out and after sailing for only about 30 minutes we spotted some Harbour Porpoises. A Minke Whale was close by but it was very difficult to follow it since it was diving for a very long time. Then suddenly we spotted massive splashes about 300 meters away from us. There were at least 8 White-beaked Dolphins there breaching out of the water at the same time making huge splashes. We headed straight to the area where they were and when we got close to them they stopped breaching but they were surfacing and we could see them very well, and then suddenly a Minke Whale popped up only about 5 meters away from the boat. We stayed with the Dolphins for a little while since the Minke Whale swam quickly away from us, some of the dolphins swam under the boat and they were really nice. During the tour we then spotted few more Minke Whales one came really close to the boat but the others were further away. Birds we spotted were: Arctic Skuas, Arctic Terns, Fulmars, Kittiwakes, Gannets, Gulls, Guillemots and Puffins.