December has been a good month in terms of whale and dolphin sightings, even though we have only had 7 tours this month due to some very persistent bad weather. When the weather was nice and we were out on the water we enjoyed some nice encounters with 3 of our resident species (sperm whale, bottlenose dolphin and common dolphin) as well as 2 migratory whales (humpback whale and fin whale). One of the sperm whale days was with a juvenile and the others with our trusty returning resident who we call Mr Liable. The fin whale and humpback whale were a nice suprise for this time of the year since we see them mostly during the spring time. With a bit more bad weather now we bring our sighting statistics to a close for 2015 and we are looking forward to getting back out on the water the first day of 2016. We would like to thank our clients from 2015 and wish you all a great 2016. Thank you also to our dedicated readers and we hope to keep you entertained with more stories of fantastic whale and dolphin encounters throughout 2016.
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