The wind had picked up allot when we headed back out today looking for whales. We sailed straight out to the same area we found the whales earlier this morning but there were no sign of them. We searched for a long time but the only thing we found were diving Gannets. No wha
It had picked up some wind and more rain when we headed out for this tour. We headed out and first we headed towards the area where we had the Harbour Porpoises earlier this morning. We crossed the area without and spotted very briefly a pod of Harbour Porpoises but we didn'
The headed out into Faxaflói bay the weather was really nice. We spotted some diving Gannets and soon also a Minke Whale in the same area. The stayed in the area and got so lucky we spotted two other Minke Whales and many diving Gannets around us. The Minke Whales surfaced a
The wind had slowed down a little bit when we sailed out to Faxaflói bay this afternoon. It took us about 90 minutes to find the whales and we had to sail quite far out. Suddenly out captain spotted a blow from a whale and a few minutes later one Minke whale surfaced 70 mete
The wind had picked up a lot when we headed out for this tour but we didn't feel it much on our way out there. First we spotted a pod of White-beaked Dolphins. We stayed with them for a while and when we were just about to head on a Minke Whale surfaced very close to us. We
The sun was shining when we headed out. The wind was blowing from behind so it was like on the warmest summer days when heading out to Faxaflói bay. On our way out there we came a cross one Minke Whale. We didn't stay for very long with it and headed further out. When we got
It was the same nice weather even though it was raining a bit when we headed out this afternoon. It took us about 40 minutes to find the whales again. First we spotted a small group of Harbour porpoises, a nice group. A few minutes later we found a very good area with lots o
OMG what an AMAZING TOUR!!. The sea was mirror calm and the visibility cleared quite a lot. We headed out into Faxaflói Bay and after about 30-40 minutes we saw a large pod of Harbour Porpoises (5-10 individuals) surfing the waves towards us. We couldn´t stop though because
After we got into Faxaflói bay we first spotted one Minke Whale. This Minke Whale was very difficult. Later we spotted a small pod of Harbour Porpoises, they surfaced several times for us to see them. The next two Minke Whales were a bit easier but still difficult so we deci
At this point the wind was almost all gone and there were no white caps any more. We headed out and this time we decided to head further out. On our way some of us spotted a small pod of Harbour Porpoises. But they quickly disappeared so we headed on. When were getting prett
The wind picked up slightly but the weather was pretty much the same as before except for the beautiful evening light. It took us a very long time to find the Minke Whales for this tour as once again they were about 50 mins to 1hrs boat ride out but eventually we found them.
The wind had picked up slightly but it was a beautiful evening to go whale watching. Again it only took us about 40 minutes to find our first Minke Whale which we stayed with for a while, it was great surfacing less than 50 meters on occasion and after it got used to our pre
The wind had picked up allot when we headed out again this afternoon. And we had to sail for a long time before we were able to find the whales. 35 kilometres from the harbour we finally came in an area with a few Minke Whales, a big group of White-beaked dolphins and lots o
The wind had picked up slightly but the evening light was really beautiful. Unfortunately the Minke Whales were again about an hours ride out and very elusive. We saw loads of blows from the whales but never the body. The bay was also quite quiet on the seabird front too whi
The wind had gone down again when we headed out for this tour. We searched and searched for a while without spotting any flocks of birds or any whales. We then spotted a small pod of White-beaked Dolphins, they surfaced around us for a while. When we lost them we spotted blo
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We tried our luck in Grindavik once again but the wind had definitely picked up over night. There were a couple of birds flying around, Gannets, Fulmars, one Puffin, Kitt
Fore this tour we went from Grindavik were it was windy but the swells were not as high. It was a beautiful tour. The evening light was absolutely gorgeous but unfortunately no life. Hardly any birds and one saw one blow from a whale. On the bright side though the landscape
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There were quite bad conditions out on the bay today. Pretty big waves out there and the wind was picking up allot during the tour. But we were quite lucky to find 2 or 3 Minke whales and they surfaced 40-50 meters from our bo
The wind had picked up even more during this tour. It started out quite difficult. We spotted first two different Minke Whales. They surfaced several times and then they went for a long deep dive and it was hard to track them when they came up again. In the area there were f
