Today we saw a harbour porpoise that jumped very high out of the water. We continued our journey and saw 6-7 grey seals including some that came really close to us. We then saw a humpback whale (Ekki) that showed us many arched backs before diving. On our way back home we got another surprise as we saw second humpback whale (Calamity)!
We had strong winds today, but that didn't stop us from sailing the shores of Reykjavík. A few minutes into the tour, we spotted a humpback whale (Calamity) surfacing beautifully. After a while, we decided to see if the other humpback whale (Ekki) was still around and we found it closer to Esja. It came very close and very classily, pooped right in front of us!
We had to go very close to the mainland to find the wildlife from the previous days. A passengers screamed while pointing on our left side, and there it was, a humpback whale (Calamity)! As we were repositioning the boat, we spotted a second blow further out which turned out to be another humpback whale (Ekki). We also spotted a grey seal in the shallow waters!
We did find very faded northern lights just above Mt Esja, but they were mainly visible through our cameras. They looked like a little arch that gradually faded through the night. We went back to the harbour and handed out complimentary tickets.
During the early moments of the tour we spotted lots of seals as we travelled around Viðey. In total we saw about 10 grey seals and 5 harbour seals in addition to 7+ harbour porpoises. Eventually we found 2 humpback whales at the foot of Mt Esja. They regularly came up for breaths and one of them (Calamity) even rolled and lifted its pectoral fin out of the water!
We sailed out on a very windy afternoon in search of cetaceans. On our way out of the harbour we saw 3 harbour porpoises before finding our first humpback whale (Calamity). We then found 4 grey seals and 2 harbour seals. We then also spotted the second humpback whale who was lunge feeding quite a lot!
By the end of the tour, we could see some northern lights above Mt Esja. Very weak and very little, since we had many clouds in the area, so we decided to give out complimentary tickets so the passengers have another chance.