Wednesday, 23 April 2025

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

Report from Eldey: After a week of sun we had a mixed sky today but an incredible calm silver sea. We sailed out and quickly were joined by puffins, gannets and fulmars. It looked like a good day to whale watching. After sailing for about an hour, we spotted a blow on the horizon! As we got closer we could indeed confirm it was a humpback whale! This one was quite random in its movements, first coming up very regularly, then changing direction frequently but also coming up extremely close to us! What an amazing encounter. We did not recognise the fluke so are interested to check our catalogue and see if we actually do know this individual. We eventually ran out of time and had to head back spotting one more quick minke whale on the way! 

- Anna Richter

Report from Eldey: This afternoon we once again set sail into our favourite bay, the ocean was even calmer and the wind nearly still! Shortly after departure we found a very friendly minke whale! This one came up very close to us quite a few times and quite close as well. We ended up seeing another minke, this one was more elusive than the first. Then we were joined by 4-5 harbour porpoises. This was a very cute encounter as they are often quite shy, but they stayed with us for quite some time. After they left, we saw even more minkes and then found a small pod 4 white beaked dolphins! These travelled along side us for some time, and again came incredibly close - we were clearly being spoilt during this tour! And if that wasn't enough we then heard a rumour of a larger cetacean further out...We headed to the spot and surely enough saw a humpback whale! This one fluked behind the boat! We then waited a little bit longer to see it once more before we had to head back!

- Milla Brandao

razorbill, black and common guillemot, Atlantic puffin, Northern fulmar, Northern gannet, herring gull, black backed gull (lesser and great), oystercatcher, black legged kittiwake, eider duck, great cormorant, European shag