Tour at 13:00
Starting again into the calm Faxaflói Bay we hoped to find the Minke Whales from the morning tour again. Still we had not a lot of swell and in the bay seemed not to be a lot marine life around. So we had to be really really patient and searched for a long time until we had the first sign of life. It was a fast travelling group of Harbour Porpoises, that was really hard to see. So we didn't stop the boat and went on with the search. We knew the patient was worth when we spotted a Minke Whale quite far out in the Bay. This one seemed to be easer than the other ones in the morning tour and it surfaced many times around our boat. Once it was not more than ten meters away and we could hear and smell the loud blow of this baleen whale. A bit later there were probably two or even three Minke Whales around us but they never surfaced at the same time together, so we will have to wait until compared the pictures of the researchers that were on board, to be sure about it. Together with the diving Gannets this was a great scenery out there and enjoyable day in Iceland's largest bay.
Tour at 9:00
We started this morning with a little delay into a calm Bay especially compared to the day before. Even the visibility was perfect it was really hard to find the whales. We sailed for a long long time until we spotted the first Minke Whale, it was hard to say if it is a Humpback or a Minke until we came closer and recognized, that it is a Minke with a cut off dorsal fin that we new since quite a time. The Minke is called Humpie, because of its cut dorsal fin, which is similar to the one of a Humpback Whale. As this one was difficult to spot and seemed to be busy, we decided to head further out into the bay. We didn't find any other signs of marine mammals until we were on our way back and had a nice surprise. A second Minke showed up and we could have a look at an individual with the typical triangular dorsal fin of this species. Again it was not easy to spot, so all in all it was bit a difficult morning with two busy Minke Whales with totally different dorsal fins.