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!
In total we got to see 4 humpback whales, 3 grey seals and many seabirds! Moments after setting off we could already see many blows from close to Viðey and as we arrived we realised there was a pair of humpbacks with two solo feeders. They regularly came up lunge feeding and we saw so many fluke dives.
It didn't take more than 10 minutes to spot our first cetacean, a humpback whale blowing away near the shores of Viðey! It was in the company of two other humpback whales that were doing different things. This first individual was doing short dives and the other doing more erratic dives. We also saw 4-6 seals in total today!
We had the most wonderful tour today with 3 humpback whales! We had hardly sailed past Engey before we saw the individual from the past days, logging at the surface. We quickly moved on to find Calamity that was being quite curious and came very close to the boat. We then observed Ekki that finally showed us a fluke dive!
Soon after leaving the harbour we saw a blow from a humpback whale (Ekki) and it was feeding on lots of fish underneath us. We then saw 1-5 seals and one came very close to the boat. We then spotted a second humpback whale (individual from yesterday) and another blow, likely from a third humpback whale (Calamity).
Not long after leaving the harbour we saw 6-7 seals - then a blow - and then another! We had one humpback whale (Calamity) to our front and one behind us (Ekki) and then a third humpback whale! This new whale to the area had very pretty spotty skin pigmentation and was logging at the surface for about 3-4 minutes at a time.
We started our morning with a bang and right away we found a humpback whale (Ekki) very close to Engey! We even found a small pod of harbour porpoises very close by and by the shore we found some grey seals and lots of great cormorants! We came back to the same area and we found another humpback whale (Calamity).
About 5 minutes after we left the harbour, we already had our first encounter: a humpback whale (Ekki). Today it even rolled, showing the white fluke underneath! We then saw another humpback whale (Calamity) which came very close, passing underneath us. The landscape and the whales were just amazing today - great tour!
We sailed out in glorious but very cold conditions. Shortly after setting off we were greeted by a seal - in total we saw 3 during the trip. We then saw a quick moving harbour porpoise before we found our first humpback wale (Ekki)! After spending a good time with this individual we found a second humpback whale (Calamity).
A freezing cold wind was blowing from the North today, bringing swell and waves deep into the bay. We found a humpback whale (Ekki) quite early in the tour and we could see its beautiful white flippers. In the same area there were 2 harbour seals, one of them was showing its tummy laying down on its back and looking at us.
