Our whale watching philosophy

Whales are magnificent animals. Intelligent, beautiful and mysterious. Around Tromsø & Skjervøy we are lucky to have a unique environment where different species of whales feed side by side. This behaviour of the whales is not found in many places around the world. Brim Explorer’s wish is to educate and show you and those who come in the future on our whale watching tours this little piece of spectacular nature.

The whales live in a fragile eco-system. Some whale species are endangered while others are barely keeping up or are just starting to recover. Climate change, pollution, over-fishing, noise pollution and many other threats make the whales especially vulnerable. Even whale watching can be harmful for whales.

• We will use our silent electric engine as much as possible during our whale-watching tour and always when the whales are around the boat. This minimizes noise and vibration from the boat.
• Our boats are purpose-built and designed to create extraordinary whale watching and nature experiences, with several large outside decks, panoramic windows in both out indoor saloons. Enabling the guests to get a completely different closeness to the whales without us having to intrude too close the these gentle giants.
• We always operate in very slow speed around the whales.
• We approach the whales carefully from the side of their swimming direction and sail slowly in parallel with them. We never cross their path or speed after them.
• When the whales swim up towards the boat and come very close to the boat, we either turn of the engine or put it in neutral mode.
• We take the number of boats in the whale area into account and try to avoid watching the whales in areas that are crowded with many other vessels. In addition, we try to limit our time spent around individual whales or groups in order to reduce the disturbance even more.
• All our employees who are working on the whale watching will be required to learn about our measures and actively participate in implementing them.
• We will educate our guests and share in debt knowledge about the marine life, climate and whales in particular.
• We support and share information with researchers and universities.
• We actively report whales and animals in distress to the authorities in cooperation with the department of fisheries.
• We communicate, share information and work together with other vessels when whale watching to coordinate the operation in best possible way.