Whale diary

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    Tour at 20:30

    Data missing

     

    Tour at 17:00

    First we headed out to Lundey and spotted a lot of puffins this evening. Afterwards we went straight out to the whale watching area. First we spotted a blow and then also the Minke Whale. We could follow this whale for quite s

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    Tour at 20:30

    We sailed straight out to Faxaflói bay, it didn't take us long until we spotted a large flock of feeding birds, lots of gannets diving as well. And in that group we spotted a blow, when we came closer we spotted 2 minke whales surfacing next to the birds, and after a while w

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    Tour at 20:30

    We headed straight out to Faxaflói in this sunny evening. In a short time we found a group of breaching white beaked dolphins!!! Once we got closer they stopped breaching but they were swimming very close to us and under the boat! SO NICE! Then when we were observing the dol

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    Tour at 20:30

    Best tour I've seen this summer. We first found a small pod of Harbour Porpoises but they didn't stay with us long. We then found a pod of at least 15-20 scattered White-beaked Dolphins jumping, breaching, head slapping the waters surface. They must have been feeding by watc

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    Tour at 20.30

    What a nice tour! The midnight sun was very beautiful this lovely afternoon where we headed out to Akurey. Not so many puffins at home tonight but we saw at least few of them flying around us. Then we headed out to search for the whales. We spotted a big blow far far away, a

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    Tour at 20:30

    We sailed straight out to Faxaflói bay in a beautiful weather, early on we spotted a blow in the distance but didn't find it again so we headed on. After a while we spotted our first minke whale, surfaced 3 times before disappearing. The blows from the whales tonight were ju

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    Tour at 20:30

    We started out by going to see the beautiful Puffins in Akurey. Again they were so many around the island and after staying there for a little while we headed on. We sailed out of the mist that came during the middle of the day when we headed further out and the sea was very

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    Tour at 20.30

    The sun was still shining when we headed out to Akurey to visit the puffins. We saw a lot of puffins around the island tonight so it was a very nice start of the tour. Then we sailed for some time before we found our first minke whale! We sailed little bit closer and could t

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    Tour at 20:30

    WHAT A TOUR!!, the sunset was one of the best, stunningly beautiful. We started at Akurey saw the Puffins then we saw a Minke Whale really close to land. If you were standing on land at Grótta you would of been able to see this Minke Whale. Then we saw a pod of Harbour Porpo

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    Tour at 17:00 and 20:30

    The wind has been picking up a lot today therefore we have cancelled the 17:00 and 20:30 trips

     

    Tour at 14:00

    We sailed out straight to Faxaflói bay, the wind had picked up from this morning but we still had a nice sailing out to the bay. It to

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    Tour at 20:30

    We sailed out in a nice weather but bit windy. Stopped by Akurey to visit the puffins, and there were a lot of puffins to look at. Than we sailed straight out to Faxaflói bay, and when we reached the area were we had been seeing the whales this morning one minke whale popped

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    Tour at 20:30

    The wind is getting stronger and stronger out in Faxaflói bay, therefore it has been decided to cancel the tour.

     

    Tour at 17:00

    Again we started the trip with a visit in Akurey to take a look at the Puffins. So many Puffins were standing on the Island th

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    Tour at 20.30

    The wind had picked up a little bit but the weather was still fantastic, sunny and nice. At Akurey we saw many puffins so that was a good start of the tour. Then we found our first minke whale about 300 meters away, but it only came up once before going for a deeper dive. So

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    Tour at 17:00 and 20:30

    Cancelled due to the strong wind in the bay.

     

    Tour at 13:00

    The wind was still blowing quite strongly when we headed out. We saw a few Minke whales but again, they were being quite evasive and shy and immediately dived once we got closer. There

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    Tour at 20:30

    We sailed out from Grindavík in a beautiful weather but very windy. We were very hopeful to find some whales, but unfortunately no whales to see. Instead we had a beautiful sunset/landscape and birds around us. We gave all our passengers complimentary tickets and really hope

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    Tour at 20:30

    Tour cancelled due to a strong wind today

     

    Tour at 17:00

    Tour cancelled due to a strong wind today

     

    Tour at 13:00

    Tour cancelled due to a strong wind today

     

    Tour at 09:00

    We headed out from Grindavík this m

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    Tour at 20:30

    The evening tour was just as expected and more. The sunset was breath-taking with the vibrant oranges and wispy clouds. The whales were great as well. It took us about 40 minutes to get to were the Minke Whales were and once again they were surface feeding, lunging out of th

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    Tour at 20.30

    We were very lucky with the weather once again where we headed out to Faxaflói bay. Our first minke whale popped up just few minutes after we left the harbour! What a great start of the tour. Then very soon we found more minke whales and lot of harbour porpoises together! Ve

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    Tour at 20:30

    Beautiful scenery, mind-blowingly amazing mid-night sun. Two rainbows, great photo opportunities and for you love birds out there you missed a very romantic tour. However, again no whales. Saw blows and a dorsal fin from a dolphin but nothing more once stopped. Puffins were

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    Tour at 20:30

    Beautiful weather this evening. The sun heading behind Snæfelsjökull the glacier while rainbows over Reykajvík. The trip we started in Akurey where we watched the Puffins fly around the island and some of them sitting at the surface. Out on the bay we spotted 1-2 Minke Whale