Species seen today: Humpback whale, White beaked dolphins

Birds seen today: Atlantic Puffin, Northern Fulmar, Black Guillemot, Great Black backed Gull, Herring Gull, Eider Ducks, Cormorant, Lesser black backed gull, Common Guillemot, Arctic Tern, Purple Sandpiper, Razorbill

10:00 - This morning the sea was super calm and almost no wind. Thats what we call perfect conditions for whale watching. The first stop was at Akurey to see some atlantic puffins. Then we started to search for some cetacean life, only a couple of minutes later multiple whales appeared in the distance, all in the same area. That area was full of fish we could see all the seabirds attacking the water to try to get some food and also the whales were having a really nice breakfast. We spotted around 4 different humpback whales and also 4 white beaked dolphins, eventually our time came to an end and we had to start to head back to the harbour after a very nice tour. 

Crew : Þruma IV - Rodrigo & Steini

14:00 - In the afternoon the wind started to pick up but still very good conditions. First we stop in akurey to see some atlantic puffins and then we faced the faxafloi bay in the search of some whales and dolphins. Some minutes passed and 1 humpback whale was really close to another boat so we went to have a look. This whale was doing almost every kind of behaviour spy hopping, pectoral fin slapping, tail slapping and rolling. After a very enjoyfull view and playfull time with this individual we went in the search for another one. More 3 humpback whales were spotted some fluke dives and a lot of blows. Eventually we had to start to head back to the harbour 

Crew : Þruma IV - Mike & Steini   Þruma II - Rodrigo & Gunni

Today we are running our whale watching tours at 1000, 1200 & 1400, and our puffin watching tours at 0900 & 1300!

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