
No guest seems to care if we see dolphins and few are the ones that want to know which dolphins we saw. So we created the page about what everyone seems to care about. The last tours that we didn’t see any dolphins!
Only Birds…
In January 2023 we saw nothing but sea birds on an Ocean tour (this is likely the tour that you will be going). Quite good sea conditions, no reason to have failed.. unfortunately this trip was featured on a youtube channel… quite an impression uh? Prior to this one, was in July 2021 where it was even more dramatic, with very good sea conditions and 3 boats looking for the dolphins… no soul found and were the guests that asked to stop looking and go back. Prior to that was January 2020, this time due to a trike on the petrol stations, we had to cut the tour shorter.
There was a coastal tour in May 2023 that we only saw seabirds. It’s an extinct shorter tour, that despite extending to the 3h, like the ocean tour, we saw nothing due to very bad sea conditions. We got a 4 star review on airbnb experiences for it and we did a partial refund for direct bookings.
Also in May 2023 we missed the dolphins on a river tour (extinct), a short tour focused in the city sightseeing and despite going all the way to the river mouth, no dolphins were seen. This happened in one other river tour in 2023, however we did found the dolphins in all other river tours, even with dolphins not being the main goal of this tour.
On November 2023, we missed the dolphins on a custom tour on a large boat and we failed to see them. This is the reason for doing our regular tours on a speedboat, as speed means more area covered. Prior to this one, we missed on the same large boat in December 2021.
On March 2024 we were hit by a downburst from a Cumulonimbus cloud 15 min in the tour. It came from land without warning and with the extreme rain and hail we’re forced to return before reaching the Sea. The tour was cancelled and everyone refunded.
On May 2024, we didn’t had enough guests to do a tour so we cancelled it. Upon agreement with the guest, we transferred her to our colleagues on an afternoon tour. Due to bad sea conditions they didn’t saw any dolphins and got very wet… This is the reason we rarely go out on the afternoon. The previous time that our guests didn’t saw dolphins on our colleague’s boats was many times in 2022 (lost boat due Covid), for that we changed to the present operator.
No dolphins BUT
On August 2024, was the last time with didn’t saw dolphins, but we did find orcas. Technically orcas/killer whales are dolphins, but the experience is more similar to a whale watching experience than a dolphin watching experience, so we included this one.
On April 2024, we did find risso’s dolphins and harbour porpoises, but in both cases for 10 seconds each, quite a disastrous tour… this was the last tour with a rating of 1 star.
On August 2023, was our last tour that we only found one whale, no dolphins. Prior to this one, was back in 2018 were we ‘only’ found 2 minke whales and got a 2 star review.. yay! (close enough to be sprayed by the blow)