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Wednesday, 20 November 2024
- CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 09:00, 13:00
All whale watching tours are on schedule today from Reykjavík! Remember to dress according to weather and feel free to borrow our thermal overalls if needed!
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This is the original whale watching tour from Reykjavík! Join our highly enthusiastic and experienced team in the search for whales, dolphins and birds of Faxaflói bay! Most common wildlife encountered are humpbacks, minkes, dolphins and porpoises.
CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 09:00
The morning was chilly, but the sea was calm with little wind or swell. After about 40 minutes, we spotted a blow in the distance—a humpback whale! It was being a bit shy, diving deep and staying down for long stretches, but while waiting for it to resurface, we saw a minke whale nearby. It came into view a few times, then disappeared. As luck would have it, the humpback grew less shy and surfaced much closer to the boat a few times. The highlight? A stunning fluke dive, its tail rising high above the water before it vanished below the surface. An unforgettable experience!
-Mariana Veloso
CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 13:00
The afternoon started off chilly with a light snow drifting down, but the sea was calm and peaceful. After about an hour, we spotted a blow in the distance—a humpback whale! It was a bit shy, diving deep and staying down for a while. While we waited, we were treated to a surprise—a pod of 4-5 harbor porpoises popped up briefly, swimming alongside the boat before disappearing. Just as the porpoises vanished, the humpback came closer to the boat, surfacing a few times. The best part? It gave us an incredible fluke dive, tail rising high in the air before slipping back below the surface. It may have been snowy, but that moment was pure magic!
-Maria Ernesto
Bird species seen today:
eider duck, black guillemot, black legged gull, great cormorant, european shag, black headed gull great black backed gull, iceland gull, glaucous gull, northern fulmar
Wildlife encountered today:
The Humpback Whale is quite spectacular undergoing the longest migration of any mammal (5176miles/8334km one way), attracting females by singing to them and of course their energetic nature. On many occasions humpbacks have been seen breaching, tail slapping, fin slapping, blowing bubbles and spy hopping just to mention a few. The humpback is also one of the larger whales we encounter
The Minke Whale is the most common whale around Iceland and actually the world thus it is one of the main species we encounter on our whale watching tours. It is one of few species that don’t mind coming to shallower waters like here in Faxaflói Bay to feed on the abundant food available to them.
The Harbour Porpoise is the smallest and most abundant cetacean around Iceland. They are usually shy but occasionally they come and play around the boats. They can be relatively hard to spot from a distance due to their size and their abundance depends entirely on the food availability of our shores since they are opportunistic feeders.