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- NORTHERN LIGHTS CRUISE | 21:00
Due to unfavorable weather conditions, we have decided to CANCEL the Northern Lights Cruise tonight!
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We sailed out in the morning and only 20 min later spotted Flak, our winter humpback whale. With the sun present it was significantly 'warmer' as we sailed out this afternoon. We quickly spotted Flak the humpback whale swimming around Engey and went to have a closer look and also saw 2 harbour porpoises that were jumping out the water!
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- NORTHERN LIGHTS CRUISE | 21:00
We stayed hopeful as we were expecting low clouds and while we spotted a star at one point, the clouds stayed with us during the tour. As we didn't have any luck with the lights tonight we handed out complimentary tickets so that everyone gets a chance to return for free. On the way be stopped at the IPT as it glowed and brightened up the now foggy night.
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After 10 minutes of sailing we came across a humpback whale before also seeing 5-6 white-beaked dolphins. In the afternoon we went to the same area than this morning to find Flak the humpback whale that this time was in Skarfabakki harbour. We also encountered 2-3 pods of harbour porpoises, one of them was fairly large with maybe 7 individuals.
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- NORTHERN LIGHTS CRUISE | 21:00
It was a beautiful night full of stars. The Big Dipper, Cassiopea, Orion's belt, Jupiter and Saturn were all visible. The northern lights were present from the beginning of the tour until the end, oscillating between very diffused and clearly visible, from a foggy and light cloud around the mountains to a green arch coming from behind Esja.
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- NORTHERN LIGHTS CRUISE | 21:00
We sailed out in the direction of Esjan but sadly with us came a lot of rain. This was not part of the forecast so we stayed hopeful and patient. The rain stopped after a little bit and in the end we even got a little hail! We stopped at the Imagine Peace Tower and let that light up the sky for a bit and then handed out complimentary tickets due to not seeing the auroras.
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With the sun still behind the mountains, we noticed a very big splash in the distance! We had a humpback whale in the area and getting closer to it we confirmed it was Flak, who breached at least three times before we also found a minke whale. In the afternoon we ended up around Videyjarflak again, where we finally spotted the blow of a humpback whale.
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- NORTHERN LIGHTS CRUISE | 21:00
There were a few clouds as we sailed out, but about halfway through the tour very faint lights started poking through. These lights would then fade and grow throughout the night, but still, we decided to offer our passengers complimentary tickets for a better chance to see them!
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As we left the harbour we spotted a large black back that was Flak, the humpback whale and a few harbour porpoises. In the afternoon we sailed out once more to Viðey and found our humpback whale again. Flak did a lunge feed directly in front of our boat and also rolled on its side, showing off its white pectoral fins. We also spotted 3 harbour seals that were resting on the rocks.
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With a pastel coloured sky we went out in search of some cetaceans! We found Flak the humpback whale chilling in the shallows of Viðey and after a while we found a minke whale and a pod of 4-5 feeding harbour porpoises. In the afternoon we also found Flak and at the same time we saw a harbour seal bottling and later we found a solo harbour porpoise.