Orcas ep3

July 20th Nusfjord - Nyvågar

No wind today and quite grey.

As I passed outside Stamsund the sea behind me started to "boil" and through the binoculars I could see whales. Since I was motoring it was easy to turn around in hope of getting closer. It turned out to be a pod of orcas, at least one male (with the large dorsal fin) a couple of females and some calves. This is the third time I see orcas from the boat this year. Outside Frøya in may and two days ago. Taking pictures is a little hit and miss, but I succeeded acceptably with this calf jumping.

Outside the approach to Henningsvær there skies cleared enough to give a glimpse of the mountain Rulten from the boat Rulten

I didn't believe that there would be any free spaces in Henningsvær but I decided that when being in the vicinity with a boat I should cruise the main "street" anyway. 

As expected I ended up cruising up and down the sound that the houses  of Henningsvær are concentrated around. The sound is closed off at the southern end with a mole, thus the need to go both directions.

Since there were no free spots I continued and made a last minute decision to go to Nyvågar instead of Kabelvåg. Even if there were indications that there could be some too shallow areas around the marina, which there wasn't.