Whale Diary

14:00 -  Conditions had calmed a bit after the morning´s wind and waves, although the sea was a bit confused. The Atlantic puffins didn´t care though and we enjoyed a quick stop with them before heading out in to Faxaflöi. Soon enough we spotted some white beaked dolphins who were a little elusive. After sighting a humpback blow we headed in that direction and enjoyed some great fluke action as the whale dived. This individual was taking long dives so we headed towards some feeding birds and were able to see some minke whales. Clearly some good food around in the Bay. In the distance we saw another humpback blow and headed towards it. This was a much smaller individual taking more frequent dives and we were able to watch it quite closely with minke whales also active close by. It was hard to know where to look! Soon enough it was time to return to the harbour but as we turned to go we found some very playful dolphins, that played around the boat and made a fantastic end to a great trip. 

Crew: Captain Miquel & Guide Maja, Captain Gunni & Guide Rachel

16:00 -  We set off into a bay painted with grey from the overcast sky above us, with a first stop at Akurey island to say hello to our favourite sky dancers; the puffins! Then, we moved on into deeper waters in search for something bigger. Soon enough, we spotted one humpback whale swimming around. We even got great looks at its tail fluke when it dove down deeper, likely in search of food! But there was not just a humpback in this area, there were also two minke whales! In the distance, we spotted another blow from a humpback, so after a few more minutes with our current humpback, we made our way over to the next. This one was just as active, diving and surfacing in sequences! We admired this one for a few moments before we decided to have a little look around the bay for something else to see, but we found nothing, so we made our way back to the humpback for one last look before we had to return to land. What a lovely day so far!

Crew: Captain Pedro & Guide Sigrún

20:00 -  How to describe this tour? Absolutely FANTASTIC. We started going to Akurey to check out the puffins and we noticed a bit of choppy seas and a strong rain that came as fast as it came, but were ready to go and see what the bay had to offer us. So about 25min into the tour, we spotted a big blow. We had a beautiful humpback whale that came just a few meters from us! We stayed with this one for a while and even saw it breaching, all of a sudden! We then continued our trip and came to an area where we could see at least 9 different blows in the distance and different directions, sometimes even together! Since there was not a lot of wind, the many blows here and there just hanged around for a few seconds, and the sunset light just made everything more magical. We started to come close to one of them, when we saw a couple of dorsal fins. We had a pod of at least 30 white-beaked dolphins in the area, some of them bow riding on our boat! So incredible!! The other dolphins were spread around some of them were swimming side-by-side with another humpback. There were about 3 humpbacks on our side and one of them started to perform beautiful peduncle throws repeatedly. The dolphins also started to jump in different ways, on the side, on their back...! One of the humpbacks breached, and we simply knew this was the most special tour ever! We passed by other 3 humpbacks feeding together with birds, but we needed to head back home as we ran out of time. But what an incredible way to spend our evening!

Crew: Captain Eggert & Guide Rachel, Captain Pedro & Guide Milla