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).
Due to unfavourable weather conditions, we have decided to CANCEL the Northern Lights Cruise tonight!
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!
The forecast was amazing, clear skies, no wind and almost no waves, everything to make it a great night. We were just missing the amazing auroras.. In the end, we offered complimentary tickets to our dear passengers.
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).
Unfortunately the sky was overcast, covered with a heavy layer of clouds and no stars were visible during the tour, hence no northern lights either. We gave out complimentary tickets hoping for better luck next time!
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.
As we were leaving the harbour, our first humpback whale (Calamity) that was going for long dives and then it breached right in front of us! On the other side of Viðey, we spotted our second humpback whale (Ekki) that was lunge feeding, showing its mouth and long pectoral fins. We also spotted about 10 curious grey seals!
Before we even left the harbour we could see lovely green northern lights. These stayed with us for the whole night. The lights were dancing and at one point you could see lots of red in between green lights too!