Whale Diary

11:00 - Everything was perfect today - a low southerly wind, lots of seabirds, and very active whales. We found a humpback whale that was lunge-feeding, often pushing his upper body out of the water and lifting his fluke in the air. As his prey seemed to seek shelter underneath our boat, the whale sometimes came very close to the RIB, giving us some mind-blowing close-up views. After a while, we continued further into the bay to search what else was around. Faxaflói was full of life today, with hundreds of seagulls and northern gannets, a puffin here and there, a very fast minke whale, and - the crew´s personal highlight - a pod of 6-8 harbour porpoises. The porpoises were curious about us, coming up very close and sometimes surfing underwater right next to the boat. On our way back to Reykjavík we made another stop by the humpback whale we had seen earlier. He treated us to a few more spectacular lunge-feeding maneuvers before we headed back to the harbour. 

Crew: Captain Pedro & Guide Eline

14:00 - We headed out with a little bit of sunshine. That turned quite quickly into cloudy weather and at the end of the tour we got the famous Icelandic weather change to rain. After a short sail we found our first of 3 Humpback Whales ! The time spend with the first Humpback was very great, because it surfaced very often and also came very close to our boat and checked us out a few times. After a while we left it, to see if we might find something else as well and we did. We found a second Humpback Whale, which was a little in a hurry, so we only saw it a few times and then it was gone. Then we saw a third Humpback in the distance and went there. We only saw it surfacing once, again in the distance, he was probably on the run, late for food. ;) But then a pod of 5 White-beaked Dolphins appeared ! They swam around us and underneath our boat and then left. Which was ok, because we also had to head back to the harbor. It was a great tour ! :) 

Crew: Captain Gunni & Guide Kylie