We headed out in a beautiful weather to Akurey. There were lot of puffins at home this nice evening. Then we started to search for the whales out on Faxaflói bay. We found our first minke whale in a short time. The whale was teasing us a little bit, coming up all around the
We started this evening's tour with a visit by Akurey the puffin colonies. Many of the Puffins were sitting at the surface around the island while others were flying above the island. The weather was great, so peaceful and quiet and the sunset was amazing. Out on the bay we
We headed to Akurey again and saw some puffins on and around the island this very nice afternoon. Then our whale watching tour began. We spotted a blow in a distance, but we could not see the whale, so we headed further out to look for something else. Again we spotted a blow
We headed straight out to Akurey to visit the puffins. We saw some puffins around the island sitting on the surface. Then we headed out to search for the whales. We spotted many many blows from the whales and even a big blow, bigger than a minke whale blow, but we did not fi
Again we visited Akurey before going out whale watching. There were some puffins on and around the island so we could take a good look at the birds. After a nice time with the puffins, the search for the whales began. We had to search a big area to find the whales, but in th
Again another great tour. Saw at least 4-5 Minke Whales, surfacing really close to the boat (10-20 meters). You could even see one of the Minkes travelling just beneath the surface of the water, it looked like it was rolling. Then it surfaced 2-3 times really slowly showing
Due to strong winds on the bay we have cancelled the first Midnight Whale Whale watching tour of the season. The forecast looks much better for tomorrow so we hope that the first actual Midnight Whale Watching tour of the season will be super nice tomorrow night! Tour at 17:
On this tour we almost could buy ice cream at the Keflavik airport because we had to go MUCH further out than we usually do because the bay was quite empty tonight, but it was worth it and after a long time sailing we spotted finally two Minke Whales at the same time and the
The weather was also great on our last tour. We could enjoy a calm sea and really beautiful sunlight. First of all we went to Akurey the puffin island and saw some puffins sitting on the surface and flying around the island. There where also some eider ducks on the island. T
Again we sailed very far out to were the Minke Whales were on the previous tour but unfortunately the flocks weren't there anymore but we did see at least 2-3 Minkes without the birds. They were however very difficult to follow. Only surfacing twice before disappearing and t