Whale Diary

10:00 - We had a great tour this morning! We started with a visit to the thousands of puffins at Akurey. It was overcast but very calm as we headed out. We soon found a pod of about 5 White-beaked dolphins that approached the boat swam under it and surfaced. Next there was a Humpback whale that was doing rather long dives so we decided to head further out. There we saw three other Humback whales. We spent most of our time with one of them that was very active including bubble-net feeding right next to the boat! We then returned to harbour after this amazing wildife encounter.

Crew: Captain Einar & Guide Trausti, Captain Bohdan & Guide Arthur

12:00 - Again we started by visiting the lovely puffins at Akurey and they did not dissapoint. Many of them were carrying Sand-eels in their bills to feed their young but there were some Arctic skuas mobbing them to take the fish from them. The sea was still very calm and we found a pod of 10 or more White-beaked dolphins that were very active and breached all around the boat. We then saw a Humpback whale that surfaced frequently and showed us the fluke so we all got great views! We then saw another smaller pod of White-beaked dolphins breahing in the distance. We sailed there and after a rewarding encounter with them we revisited our Humpback whale before returning to harbour. Anorher great trip!

Crew: Captain Einar & Guide Trausti

14:00 - What an incredible tour!!! So many great whales!! Shortly after leaving, we found a number of humpback whales, and they were so active. The first two we found were rolling and slapping their pectoral fins repeatedly, and they each breached twice right in front of us. It was incredible! People were ecstatic. And all over the place, there were more, maybe 7 in total. Also, we spent some time with some very friendly white-beaked dolphins, around 10 of them. At the end of the tour, we went for a visit to the puffins on Akurey island, and there was a lot going on, with the puffins coming back with their catch of fish for their young and the gulls and skuas trying to steal it.

Crew: Captain Miquel & Guide Rodrigo, Captain Siggi & Guide Milan

16:00 - We had another great tour in the afternoon with the same calm sea conditions. We soon found our first Humpback whalethat gave us excellent views when it surfaced and fluked when it went for a dive. A little further, there were three Humpback whales actively feeding, one of them blowing a bubble-net close to the boat to corral the fish! We also encountered a pod of 4-5 playful White-beaked dolphins that approached the boat and gave us a good show. On the way back to harbour, we found another Humpback whale off Kjalarnes and a second one was blowing in the distance, so a total of 6 Humpback whales for the tour.

Crew: Captain Einar & Guide Trausti, Captain Siggi & Guide Milan

20:00 - The wind had picked up a tiny bit this evening as we headed out, but there were still only very small waves. First, we stopped at Engey to observe the puffins before they fly off for the winter within the next couple of weeks. We even saw 3 pufflings, 2 were very small still, with another a bit more developed. Then we headed out to the bay, and after not too much sailing, we were greeted by a lunge-feeding humpback whale. Once we got closer, this first whale started to be a bit more relaxed, likely feeding lower down in the water. There were many seabirds all around. We got to see it go for a lot of fluke dives too. Then we headed towards another humpback. On the way, we also saw a blow from a 3rd one as well, but we never got closer to it. This second humpback was very active, regularly coming to the surface and lunge feeding. It would always just be swimming to a flock of birds, lunge feeding, then go towards another flock and lunge feed. Then we started to head home with everyone really happy, and we even got a quick glimpse of a minke whale on the way back.

Crew: Captain Siggi & Guide Rob