Whale Diary

10:00 - We headed out in light rain but calm sea. As we arrived at the spot where we heard whales are, we spotted 3 Harbor Porpoises. They were swimming in close proximity and then disappeared. So we went further into Hvalfjörður and we waited a little bit and then we saw a blow. A Humpback Whale. We watched him surfacing a few times and showing us it's fluke. After a while we spotted another Humpback and went there. He went down while we where approaching him and didn't come up in time anymore, since we had to leave. But it was nice to see the beautiful Humpback fluke and nice scenery of the fjord. 

Crew: Captain Gunni & Guide Kylie, Captain Miquel & Guide Emily

14:00 - This afternoon, the rain had cleared up so we had much better visibility. After heading out of the harbour, we made a quick stop at Engey to see the puffins coming in to breed for the summer. We then headed on, back to Hvalfjörður in hopes of having similar sightings as the morning. A we entered the fjord, we saw that there were a lot of whale watching boats around a couple of whales, so as to not to overcrowd them, we decided to continue deeper into the fjord. After a bit of searching, we found 2 pods of around 12 harbour porpoises in total. WE were able to see them quite close to the boat and very often at the surface, which is not common with porpoises! After this, we headed back to where the other boats were. A little distance from them we spotted a blow - it was a humpback whale! This individual was just resting at the surface, very slowly taking breaths and almost logging before it arched its back for deeper dives. Then closer to the other boats, we spotted a second humpback! Once the other boats had left, we were able to have both these whales to ourselves and were treated to many beautiful fluke dives! A perfect end to the day :) 

Crew: Captain Gunni & Guide Kylie, Captain Miquel & Guide Emily