Whale Diary

10:00 - Today, Reykjavík woke up to a cloudy day, but with almost no wind in Faxaflói Bay. The conditions for sailing were amazing. With high hopes of spotting marine life, we headed north, making our usual stop at Akurey to observe the puffin colony. Puffins could be seen both on land and floating on the surface of the water. These little fellows are almost ready to lay their single annual egg. We continued sailing, and one of our big boats informed us that they had spotted dolphins in the area. When we arrived, we found a pod of 7–8 white-beaked dolphins. After spending some time with them, we headed to a different area farther south. At the distance, we spotted a large blow and many birds flying around. It was clear that we were approaching a feeding area. We soon confirmed this when we noticed bubbles rising to the surface. Who was creating these bubbles? A humpback whale! This is one of the feeding techniques used by this species. Then, out of nowhere, just a few meters from our boat, a huge open mouth appeared at the surface. We could clearly see the baleen plates, thousands of keratin filaments that whales use to filter their food from the water. What a cool and amazing moment! It felt like watching a live nature documentary right before our eyes. Another of our boats found a second humpback whale in their way back home, they stopped for a few minutes to see this individual that was travelling along. What a fantastic whale watching day!

Crew: Captain Pedro & Guide Maja, Captain Emily & Guide Maria

12:00 - This afternoon we were getting ready in our overalls and quite warm in sunny Reykjavik. Eager to set sail we left and stopped at Akurey on our way out! After a dose of puffins we set sail, and ventured out. We spotted a small pod of 6 white beaked dolphins, they were quite friendly and came quite close. We stayed with them for a bit but as we were still quite close to the harbour, we wanted to head out a bit further into the bay. We headed further out and sailed around, spotting lots of birds and fish! Oddly enough no cetaceans were in this spot so we continued on. We sailed around a little longer and then found another pod of 8 white beaked dolphins! We did eventually have to sail towards home, spotting 3 harbour porpoises on the way home!

Crew: Captain Anna & Guide Megan

16:00 - Coming soon!

Crew: Captain Megan & Guide Maja

20:00 - Coming soon!

Crew: Captain Eggert & Guide Sigrún.