Whale Diary

10:00 - We headed out in beautiful weather, it was sunny and the sea was very calm. The puffins were our first stop and we enjoyed these little cuties for a bit, before we headed into the bay to find something bigger. On our journey through Faxafloi Bay we found a pod of 7 white-beaked dolphins, which were surfacing all around us and showing us their beautiful white snouts. Of course we didn't spent too much time with them, because we don't want to crowd them too much, so we left - a little later we found a humpback whale. It was very calm and slowly travelling. We enjoyed its presence and listened to its exhale. It also came very close to our boat, so we could see it close up, which was very beautiful as well ! But as always, all good things must come to an end. So we sailed back to the harbor, with happy guests and happy crew. :) 

Crew: Captain Pedro & Guide Kylie

14:00 - In the afternoon we went back to the ocean, sailing around Faxafloi bay. With just a little rain and no wind at all, we enjoyed a very calm sea and amazing visibility. We were more than ready to spot anything at the surface. Just after a while we started to see some splashes at the distance. A very calm pod of 20 dolphins were socializing and even breaching very high. After the dolphins, we went to another area with many flocks of birds very active, indicating us a lot of food was beneath the surface. Later, we spotted a blow in the distance, and as we approached, we could see it was a minke whale. We spent some time in the area, but unfortunately the minke whale was a little elusive, so we only saw it from a distance in the calm water. In our way we could see plenty of puffins around resting and flying. Another great day in the bay surrounded by sea life.

Crew: Captain Pedro & Guide Kylie, Captain Megan & Guide Maria

20:00 - In the calmness of the glassy seas, we out towards the sunset in search of some nice time with the gods of the sea, the whales! After a quick stop by Akurey to check on the mighty puffin kingdom, we set course out to the middle of the bay. We covered a huge area, stopping on several flocks of birds to see if anything would come up. In one of them 3 harbour porpoises decided to great us and evade us right away. Oh well! On the way to another big flock, we saw a minke whale! It did a few short dives and came really close to show how big they really are. We carried on with the search and heading back we spotted 2 humpback whales!! One of them decided to fluke and disappear but the other one was the same that we saw on the morning tour and it did an awesome fluke show! It did investigate us a little bit, blowing bubbles and almost spy hopping us!! After a fluke into the sunset, we headed back from this magical tour.

Crew: Captain Pedro & Guide Kylie