The sky was beautiful, the winds were calm, and the wildlife was abundant! We spotted the first humpback whale within twenty minutes. In the same area, we saw a few harbour porpoises and two grey seals popped their heads out of the water. We continued our journey and found another humpback whale (Ekki).
We saw a red glow in the distance from the latest eruption but no green was visible with our eyes or through our cameras. We then offered our passengers complimentary tickets so they could have another opportunity.
It's was very foggy day, but the sea looked calm so we head out into the clouds to look for some cetaceans! We saw several birds feeding on the surface and there were at least 3 grey seals by the islands but not a single fin was found for the rest of the tour. We therefore gave complimentary tickets to our passengers!
As we were searching for northern lights, we spotted a humpback whale! Unfortunately we had no luck with the auroras and so we handed out complimentary tickets, so that everyone can return another time.
The tour started with light wind and sunshine, then moved onto rain and fog, and for the rest of the tour we had swell. We encountered two groups of 1-2 harbour porpoises and a lonely grey seal at the beginning of the tour, and about halfway through we could see a big splash created by a humpback whale (Calamity) from a great distance.
Due to unfavourable weather conditions, we have decided to CANCEL the Northern Lights Cruise tonight!
We first found the humpback whale 'Calamity', very close to the harbour near Viðey and observed it do a few fluke dives. On our right the head of a grey seal popped out of the water. We left the area and searched for the other humpback whale that we call 'Ekki' and found it very close to land on the other side of Viðey. On our way back we spotted a harbour porpoise.
As soon as we left the harbour the northern lights became visible on cameras. As the night carried on this got stronger and very soon we had two clear green arches. Even as the clouds came in we could still see the lights through the gaps.
With a beautiful rainbow, we sailed to the islands, expecting that the whales were still there. After about 25 min, we got to see a big blow and we were sure we had a humpback whale (Ekki), especially when we got closer to it. After spotting 2 grey seals on the way further out, there was another humpback whale (Calamity) that showed us its wide fluke when diving!