We quickly found a humpback whale, it was quite relaxed, resting near the surface and coming up for breath now and again. At the same time that we spotted the humpback, we saw a few white-beaked dolphins at some distance to our left.
We quickly found a humpback whale, it was quite relaxed, resting near the surface and coming up for breath now and again. At the same time that we spotted the humpback, we saw a few white-beaked dolphins at some distance to our left.
After a while we went more south and found a humpback whale. The animal was very busy feeding, coming up only two times before it went back for a dive. We also spotted a minke whale it the same area a little bit further. We went a bit closer to Reykjavik and found a second humpback whale.
After saying good-bye to the puffins, we went further out to sea, but the fog was very thick and the lack of visibility made whale spotting tricky. However, our persistence was rewarded with a humpback whale sighting. The individual stayed in our proximity for quite a few minutes, surfacing frequently to pose for a picture.
After looking a bit we quickly found a first minke whale. It was a very nice and close sighting. During the tour we will be able to see at least 2-3 other minke whale. We went further out and found very quickly the same humpback whale that we saw yesterday.
We continued our tour and saw a black form slowly moving through the frog. We approached and found a humpback whale very relaxed and sleepy, staying near the surface. We could stay with this young individual for a very nice moment. We also saw a minke whale very quickly during the way back.
We sailed for about 1.5 hours before we saw our first whale sightings, a humpback whale that was being very playful with 4 (2 mothers and calves) white-beaked dolphins. At first we thought the whale was getting annoyed by the dolphins but after closer analysis we could see the whale was just rolling and having fun with them.
It was however a very strange experience with the whales. We saw about 2 minke whales, one of which we saw surface well maybe twice and the rest of the time it was mainly the very faint blow the crew spotted. We were waiting for one of the individuals to surface again when a humpback whale surfaced out of nowhere. Surfaced twice and disappeared again into the blue yonder.
We spotted a second minke whale that we could see from closer, we even saw its blow which is not often with those type of whales. We finished the tour with 6 white-beaked dolphins playful and curious coming under the boat. It was so nice to be with then in the sun, seeing some of them jumping and bow riding.
We were looking at minke whales trying to get closer but still looking further away to find something else when the captain found a humpback whale. A pod of 6-7 white beaked dolphins came with us to see the humpback, sometimes very close of our boat, bow riding and then playing around the whale. We could admire this amazing animal surface from a few meters. What a nice experience !
Next was an awesome humpback whale that we know so well. Individual called Tattoo that we´ve known since 2016 and had over 90 different encounters.