Whale Diary

10:00 - The weather today was way better than yesterday, with a calmer sea-state, light wind and no rain. This was great for our first tour of the day, where we had good conditions to search for cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises). As we were heading to deeper areas of the bay, were our whale sightings tend to happen, we saw a small group of 6 to 10 white-beaked dolphins. We headed to where they were, but they immediately spread-out and would rarely approach our boat. As these dolphins weren´t being very social, we chose to keep searching for other animals. Some 5 to 10 minutes after, we found 2 humpback whales, which were calmy resting at the water surface, surfacing close to us multiple times. After spending a good time with them, we returned to our search. We were heading to another area where humpbacks had been seen, but stopped on the way to see a few minke whales. These were surfacing all around us, and might have been up to 4 different individuals, who were likely feeding in the area. As we got to the 2nd group of humpbacks, we were delighted to see them behaving differently, as there were regularly going for deep-dives, which meant we could see their beautifull tails, before they disappeared back into the ocean´s depths.

Crew: Captain Óðinn & Guide Ricardo

12:00 - We had a lovely afternoon at sea! After about 25min of sailing, we go to a spot where first we saw about 3 harbour porpoises, fast as they are, followed by a minke whale at the same area. We then notices we had a 2nd minke whale, and its surfacing was beautiful and close! With the sun, its body was glittery and everyone enjoyed that minke. There was also a big blow in this area, something that we identified as a humpback whale couple of minutes later! Then, we turned to another spot full of gannets plunge diving, and we saw about 4 white-beaked dolphins. But they were not alone, no sir! There were 2 other humpbacks right in the middle of them, and they were rolling and very playful with these dolphins!! Then, we continued, just to find out another humpback whale and 2 more minkes! On the way back home, we even spotted and stopped for another humpie, counting 5 in total during our tour! Amazing afternoon!

Crew: Captain Pedro & Guide Milla

15:00 - Our last tour of the day was a bit bumpy and splashy. Totally worth it? YES! We first encountered a humpback whale that was bubble net feeding. It was spending a minute under the surface until it was back up again, lunge feeding! What an amazing view! We continued with this one until we saw a big splash on the way to Reykjavik. We waited a bit until we had confirmation: another humpback whale was breaching super high! That was the call for us to check this one out! Right before we got there, this whale continued to breach and then roll, waving its long pectoral fins in the air. It was also did some pectoral slapping and when we got there, it disappeared for a very few couple of minutes... Just to breach right on our front, very close to our boat!!! WOW!!! It was creating a pattern, it would come for a few shallow dives, recovering its breath. When it went for a deep dive, we knew what was coming: a beautiful full breach on our front, with part of the sunset in the background. This whale breached a lot, allowing us to look at many different angles. What an afternoon! Unfortunately, the wind was picking up and the sea was more agitated than the beginning of the tour, so we decided to start heading back home, as our time was running out anyway. What a day!

Crew: Captain Pedro & Guide Milla