The sunrise was beautiful this morning, and made the perfect background for our sightings of two humpback whales today. Our afternoon was windy, but as we left the harbour, we spotted a beautiful humpback whale lunge feeding! Not far from it, there was a second humpback whale. We then found 2 more humpback whales.
About 10 minutes into the morning tour we saw blows belonging to 3 humpback whales that were up to some actions. In the afternoon, we first spotted 2 humpback whales that were lunge feeding in the same area. A few harbour porpoises raced past us and then another humpback whale quickly popped up and joined the others.
After the safety speech this morning we had already found 3 humpback whales. One of them was extremely close to shore! In the afternoon we soon found three humpback whales in front of Viðey, one of them lifting his pectoral fins above the surface, the other two were busy feeding. We then saw 3 harbour porpoises.
After 15 minutes of searching in the morning, we eventually found 3 humpback whales and one of them suddenly breached in front of us! Then, in the afternoon we found a humpback whale very close, going for deeper dives. We also saw another two humpback whales and one of them did between 15-20 breaches!!
About 10 minutes after we left berth this morning, we saw a seal and blows belonging to 2 humpback whales, one was doing peduncle throws and then it breached three consecutive times! In the afternoon we again spotted 2 humpback whales logging and feeding before finding a third humpback whale closer to the shore.
A huge cloud of smoke from the most recent volcano eruption made for the perfect backdrop today. This morning we found three humpback whales! In the afternoon it didn't even look like a winter day in Iceland; no clouds at all and 3 humpback whales all around - one was so close we could almost feel its blow on our faces!
This morning we sailed out under a glorious sunrise, the sky was orange and the mountains were pink. We eventually found a humpback whale and a few grey seals! In the afternoon we spotted a blow not 10 minutes into the tour - we had found our first of 5 humpback whales! We also saw a grey seal and 3 harbour porpoises.
This morning, we saw three humpback whales within the first 15 minutes of the tour. The whales came up regularly, often showing us their flukes and sometimes even swimming towards the boat. In the afternoon, we didn't have to wait long before we spotted 2 humpback whales and also 2 grey seals that were bottling!
After some 15 minutes of looking around, we spotted 2 humpback whales side by side, helping each other feed. An amazing start to our day! Soon enough, we found another humpback whale! In the afternoon we spotted 2 humpback whales in the first 10 minutes and then a third humpback whale going for deeper dives!
The first sighting of today were 3 humpback whales swimming on the channel! Suddenly one of them came to the surface and its head emerged completely from underwater. The grey seals were also inquisitive! In the afternoon we first spotted 2 sleeping humpback whales and then we saw 2 more humpback whales!
We set off in the dark and snow this morning and before we knew it we had found a humpback whale less than 5 minutes after leaving the harbour. We then found another 2 humpback whales and 3 grey seals! In the afternoon we were met with snow but only 10 minutes after departure we had spotted 3 humpback whales!
In the morning we had strong winds, lots of rain and hail. Despite the darkness, we managed to spot 4 seals and 3 humpback whales, two of which did a peduncle throw! In the afternoon we saw 2 humpback whales, a single harbour porpoise, lots of grey seals - all in the first 10 min., before finding another humpback whale!
In the morning we found 2 harbour seals, 3 harbour porpoises and a humpback whale (Ekki) that performed inverted tailslaps! In the afternoon it took nearly 2 hours to find our first humpback whale that was now much closer to land, along with 4 grey seals and 2 harbour seals, before finding a second humpback whale!
We had a few snow storms during this tour but it just added to the fun! Not long after setting off we saw blows of 2 humpback whales near Viðey island. They were feeding most of the time before one of them started to rest a bit. Without having to search for too long we saw another humpback whale and about 6-7 grey seals.
Our tour started under a dense cloud of rain and snow. After 15 minutes, we had our first sighting, it was a blow from a humpback whale. Lots of grey seals were around, exploring the food source that this whale was feeding from. After another 10 minutes of scanning the area, we had another two humpback whales in sight!
The weather soon turned from snowing into amazing sunshine! Within a couple of minutes we spotted the first humpback whale. The amount of grey seals (15 in total), kept us busy between sightings. A few minutes later, we found another humpback whale. We also spotted a pod of 6 harbour porpoises very predictably feeding.
It didn't take more than 15 minutes to see blows near the islands close to Reykjavík - we had spotted 3 humpback whales! It was an amazing start to our tour! We also found around 8 seals and some of them were curious to see us on the boat. We made our way back to the harbour just in time before another snow blizzard!
This afternoon gave us a wonderful introduction to the Icelandic weather. We managed to find a humpback whale in the first fifteen minutes of the tour and then we found three more and got some good looks at the other individuals. Additionally, saw two grey seals, and hundreds of seabirds on the sea around Viðey island.
Despite a strong wind forecast, it was quite a comfortable ride. We first spotted a lone humpback whale, and soon we had another pair close by. We also saw 2-3 harbour porpoises, 15 seals and two additional humpback whales (in total 5 individuals!). It was great to see the amount of wildlife together in this very productive area!
