Whale Diary

10:00 - We went out in weather as Icelandic as it can be. Overcast, rainy and a breeze from the east. After a short visit to the puffins on Akurey, we went out further to find the whales. After just a short while we saw spotted a whale in the distance and as we got closer were greeted by a humpback whale with some spectacular fluke slapping on the surface. We spend some time with the animal and got a good look at its size as it was swimming parallel to our boat just a few meters away. As we went on, we found another humpback whale that showed some amazing fluke dives and rolled on the surface right next to the boat. On our way back to Reykjavik, we got a nose full of a certain smell that gave away the presence of one more illusive whale near by. We slowed down and a guest spotted a surfacing minke whale. Once again their nickname "stinky minke" was validated. We returned to the harbor wet, but happy after seeing these awesome animals. 

Crew: Captain Gunni & Guide Knut, Captain Kylie & Guide Maja

14:00 - Coming soon!

Crew: Captain Gunni & Guide Knut

16:00 - We went directly towards the area were whales were seen earlier that day. The sea was getting more flat through the day so it was a very smooth sailing. We quickly started spotting blows quite quickly. We tried to approach one and were a bit confused because other blows appeared a bit further. There was actually 3 humpback whales that were in this area so we stayed with one of them. It was diving for a few minutes and coming back to the surface nice and calm, showing us its beautiful tail before going on another dive. We decided after a few dives to go a bit further and it was a good idea since we found many more animals. We spotted 2 or 3 minke whales that as often were a little bit shy but still visible with there sharp dorsal fin and long rostrum. Then we spotted 4 other humpback whales, 3 of them swimming together! We stayed to observe for a while they were coming very often to the surface. One of the three had enough and left the group just before a pod of 8-9 white-beaked dolphins came to bother our two humpback, starting a ballet of blows and dolphin jumps and humpback roll, white pectoral fin visible above the water and sharp turns. Amazing. It was hard to leave but we were already a bit late, crossing a small pod of 2 harbour porpoises on the way back. A great tour.

Crew: Captain Miquel & Guide Anna

20:00 - This tour was truly incredible. We started off by going to Akurey to see the puffins and then headed out to sea. We were soon accompanied by 1 minke whale that appeared quite close to the boat a few times. We saw spouts in the distance and decided to head there. 1 humpback whale appeared and it turned out to be one of our regulars, Davy Jones. It performed bubble-net feeding and lunging towards the surface so we got a beautiful look of its face. This truly impressed everyone on the boat. We saw two other spouts further away and as we got closer two more humpback whales did the same feeding technique. It was absolutely spectacular to see two individuals do it together. A third individual joined and all of a sudden all three of them were lunge feeding. With them was 3 white beaked dolphins. A forth humpback whale joined the feeding frenzy but we did not see all four lunge feeding together. Wherever we looked on the horizon we saw flukes and spouts and we are confident to say that there must have been around ten humpback whales that we saw today. Absolutely insane tour that left crew and passengers amazed!

Crew: Captain Miquel & Guide Maria, Captain Emily & Guide Frida