Our first encounter came just next to the harbour across from Heiti Foss. Here we saw a Humpback Whale just a couple meters from the edge of the docks. We stayed with this whale for a while and moved slowly with it as it traveled north. Often shallow diving, with large breath intervals and rarely fluking. We then left this whale once it had reached an area with many birds and a few fishing boats, just south of Svalbardseyri. We traveled slightly further north in search of a rumored second whale but did not find it, we turned around near the green buoy and here in the distance we spotted the second whale. The whale was by Dagvaðareyri and here we saw Camel, a whale we have been frequently seeing in very shallow water. And today was no different; the whale was once again in around 7 meters of water very close to the shore. We watched the whale moving around frequently shallow diving and were treated to a very unexpected lunge feed as the whale exploded out of the water, mouth agape, swarmed by birds. The whale did this just the once and later finally showed us the fluke as we were gearing up to head back.

Text & Photos: Mac

Departure: 1300 Classic