Despite morning rain clouds, we encountered a pod of 10-15 white-beaked dolphins, providing close-up views and playful interactions. In the afternoon, we were surrounded by a larger pod of 25 dolphins and witnessed the majestic presence of Pongo, a humpback whale. Additionally, we glimpsed four harbor porpoises and enjoyed a stunning rainbow backdrop.
About 1 hour into the tour, we saw northern lights forming! They were shy at first but then they started to pop up like mushrooms. At one point, there was even rain in the mix, but the aurora stood up to the challenge!
We sailed out even though there were a few clouds in the sky; It is always possible to see Auroras between the clouds gaps. We tried our very best, but no success, so we gave out complimentary tickets to our passengers!
Not too far into the morning tour we spotted a pod of 15-20 white-beaked dolphins! They came to greet us, jumped all around us and even came up to bow ride. In the afternoon, despite our best efforts and beautiful weather, we did not find any wildlife besides seabirds, so we offered complimentary tickets to our passengers!
From the start, we saw something forming at the top of the mountain Akrafjall across the bay. It started dim, but as our eyes got used to the darkness, it got brighter! It was northern lights and they lasted the whole tour!
We saw multiple pods of white-beaked dolphins this morning, probably a total of 30-40 individuals, resting and possibly hunting for fish. Soon after we found a humpback whale! In the afternoon we again found the white-beaked dolphins gathered in a huge pod. They came really close to us and some were riding the bow of our boat!
We had cold winds this morning, but lots of sunshine! Only 15min after departure spotted a humpback whale (Frodo) before we saw 6 harbour porpoises in two separate pods. In the afternoon we quickly found a humpback whale, it did several tail slaps, as well as a peduncle throw and later it did several rolls while feeding!
As we sailed out tonight we could already see a faint arch of northern lights! This arch stayed with us all night, varying in strength. At some point there were even 3 arches above each other and some were dancing!
This morning we sailed out onto a calm sea and spotted a humpback whale (Frodo) after 10 minutes! We also ended up finding a pod of 5 harbour porpoises! This afternoon continued with glorious sunshine, we headed out and soon found our current resident humpback whale (Frodo) again and a pod of harbour porpoises!
The forecast was nice and we kept an eagle eye on the sky. We watched the moon but sadly didn't see any aurora tonight. Therefore we handed out complimentary tickets so everyone could try their luck another time!