Species seen today: Humpback whales

Birds seen today: Great cormorant, purple sandpiper, arctic tern, arctic skua, northern gannet, black guillemot, common guillemot, atlantic puffin, northern fulmar, great and lesser black back gull, herring gull, brent goose, eider duck

10:00 - Whales were everywhere today! We saw blows all around us, and the two RIBs split up to spend time with their own individuals. Besides whales, we could also see hundreds of birds feasting on the fish in the bay. Arctic terns, razorbills, arctic skuas and Atlantic puffins were flying above and around us, but of course the stars of the show were the humpback whales. Two individuals threw their peduncle in the air for a spectacular sighting of their fluke. Shortly after the two RIBs joined each other to observe the same humpback whale, we left back to Reykjavík before the wind picked up too much.  

Crew: Daniel & Eline

Today our whale watching tour is going at 1000, with puffin tours going at 0900 & 1300 - our whale watching at 1400 has unfortunately been cancelled due to increasingly bad weather conditions throughout today.

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call us on +354 497 0000 or email us at info@whalesafari.is