Tour at 13:00
Report from Hafsúlan: Like on the morning tour we started our trip in Grindavik with sunshine heading west along the coastline to the areas Orcas have been seen. After searching the area thoroughly we went offshore heading back east, on our way traveling along the Reykjanes Peninsula we encountered several beautiful Gannets and Fulmars flying around the boat. We saw an increase in fishing boats as well as Seagulls, which were praying on the huge amount of fish in the Grindavik area. We turned our boat, traveling west again on the coastline in hope of finding the whale we knew was there in the morning, but was too shy to surface in sighting area. We checked this area for a longer period because of the high amounts of fish showing up on our fish-finder. It was rather strange that no Cetaceans were sighted, even though there was lots of food, this is why we scanned all the area around several times until we had to go back to the Grindavik harbour. The glare in the ocean was beautiful going back, a picture- worth sight with several Glaucous Gulls following our boat in the back.
- Michaela and Megan
Tour at 09:00
Report from Hafsúlan:This wonderful, sunny and clear morning we went out from Grindavik again, due to the good wind conditions in that area. We saw several pods of Orcas the day before, so we were hoping to find them again today. We traveled west from Grindavik along the Reykjanes Peninsula near the coast to the areas they have been seen, but unfortunately we were not as lucky and so we turned around and searched more to the east. Around the Grindavik area we spotted a blow in front of the boat and searched the area thoroughly waiting for that whale to resurface. It seemed to be not in a whale-watching mood so after a while we kept on going east until we had to turn back to the Grindavik harbour. We offered our passengers complimentary tickets to use again within two years in the hope they see a whale next time
- Michaela and Megan
Birds seen on today's tours include: Razorbill, Black-Backed Gull, Great Skua, Northern Gannet, Northern Fulmar, Cormorant, Kittiwake, Glaucous Gull, Brent Geese