Whale Diary

09:00 - Our morning started in a cloudy way with zero wind. The sea conditions for sailing were fantastic. Almost no waves, a clear and flat surface at the ocean. With the feeling that it going to be a great tour, we head out north of the bay. Passing already the islands, we saw many harbor porpoises briefly appearing and disappearing from the surface. But the best was yet to come. Suddenly we spot one blow in the distance, then another one, and another one...at the end at least 8 humpback whales were in the same area. A little spread out but everywhere!  What an great area. The whales were passing very close to us and sometimes under our boats. The rain arrived but our passengers were in awe taking pictures everywhere so nobody minded being a little bit wet. At the left, in front or at the right was possible to spot a whale. What a fantastic memorable moment! After a while observing them we were able even to see a couple of puffins among other species of seabirds. In our way back we saw more harbor porpoises again. Despite the rainy weather it was impossible not having a big smile after this marvelous tour!  

Crew: Captain Óðinn & Guide Maria H, Captain Miquel & Guide Maria Ana

12:00 - During the afternoon the rain continued but we had such a great morning tour that we were super excited to sailed back to the bay. The sea conditions were very good and as we were sailing through Akurey we spotted a few Atlantic puffins! We continued our journey until we saw some small dorsal fins swimming quickly! Harbour porpoises! An amazing sighting of about 10 porpoises very curious and close to our boat! As we were enjoying the porpoises we started noticing the many blows in the distance! AS we approached the area there were about 12 to 15 humpback whales all around us! They seemed like they were feeding by the amount of birds in the area! The whales were extraordinary! swimming very close to us so that we could have a very good look at their whole body! An unforgettable tour!

Crew: Captain Miquel & Guide Maria Ana

15:00 - Finally the rain stopped and with more visibility we headed out to our last tour of the day. Of course we took the same direction: the whale area we went this morning. And they were still there. Blows everywhere and hundreds of seabirds flying around and jumping into the water. At the surface we could identify the specie of fish: capelin. And obviously humpback whales were there for the same reason. We saw them lunge feeding and we even saw a massive tail throw creating a lot of splash. Our rib boat was alone in the area and it felt as if we were inside a documentary episode. Breathtaking moments with the whales super close to us, sometimes even too close as we could smell their stinky blows, yummy! For sure unforgettable memories for our passengers. 

Crew: Captain Óðinn & Guide Maria H