Vestfjorden Pelagic

Vestfjorden is the open stretch of sea between the Lofoten archipelago and mainland Norway, a deep pelagic arena that transforms into one of the world's great wildlife spectacles each winter when enormous shoals of Norwegian spring-spawning herring funnel into the fjord to overwinter. Orcas arrive in pods of dozens to hundred-strong superpods, corralling the herring into tight bait balls that divers can enter alongside the hunting whales. Sperm whales are present from December through March, diving into the abyss to hunt squid and surfacing close to liveaboard vessels.