Our conditions today were mostly flat with a slight northern wind and chill in the air.

We sailed to just north of Svalbarðseyri on the East coast. Here, we encountered our first Humpback Whale. We stayed with this whale while it swam north and then west across the fjord, rarely fluking, often with large breath intervals. We saw primary evidence of feeding with a sights of surface straining. We also saw a second Humpback here that was swimming south, however, harder to spot and also not fluking. Some time later our whales converged and we were once again treated to repeated tail throwing and simultaneous breaching from both whales. An incredible display. It has started to seem as thought my streak of missing the breaching was over, however, of course most of the breaching today happened while I was fiddling my camera. Typical.

Text & Pictures: Mac

Departure: 1300 Classic