The sky was clear, and we could even spot Mars and Jupiter shining bright. While we didn't see any auroras tonight, we did find a couple of humpback whales! In the end we of course issued complimentary tickets for a future tour.
It was a calm, sunny day in Reykjavík. We sailed around Viðey island and soon fund 2 feeding humpback whales! The crew determined that one of them was the entangled whale from a couple of days ago, now swimming freely! We also saw a curious harbour seal popping out of the water and about 3-4 more close to shore.
We quickly spotted two humpback whales travelling together. Then we found the entangled humpback whale from last night's Northern Lights Cruise. As we saw a fourth humpback whale, the Coastguard rolled in to rescue the whale from its ropes! We then sailed back home in a mini snowstorm under delightful Christmas music.
Due to unfavourable weather conditions, we have decided to CANCEL the Northern Lights Cruise tonight!
After a snowy morning, we were looking forward to heading out into the bay to find some wildlife! It didn't take us long before we found a couple of feeding humpback whales! We were treated to plenty of fluke dives from both whales as we split our time between them. We then found our third humpback whale also feeding, a little further away.
The clouds separated, but the northern lights never appeared, so we issued complimentary tickets. We did however see a tangled humpback whale, leading us to alert the authorities as we headed back home with mixed feelings..
UPDATE: the whale has been freed!
Due to unfavourable weather conditions, we have decided to CANCEL the Northern Lights Cruise tonight!
It took us about 20 minutes to see the first marine mammal, and it was one of at least 3 puppy-faced harbour seals. After about half an hour, we saw a blow from a humpback whale! We could even see its body shape through the water as it was swimming close to the water, making fluke prints on the surface, making it easy to track.
Due to unfavourable weather conditions, we have decided to CANCEL the Northern Lights Cruise tonight!
It was a bit windy today, but that didn’t stop us from having an amazing afternoon on the water! We set off and quickly spotted our first humpback whale near Lundey island. We then found another humpback whale near Viðey island and this one was even more incredible - it swam right up close to the boat, thrilling everyone on board.