Tour at 13:00
Report from Hafsúlan: Once again we sailed out from Grindavik, the wind had calmed down and it was only on the way back to the harbour we felt the cold, bitterly winds. It was evening sleeting on the odd occasion. We headed straight to the area we were in the morning but they had traveled further offshore. Spotted in the binoculars by the guide. Orca! There seemed to be 3 mature males in the area, scattered and feeding. A few tail slaps were also seen, which is something they do to stun the fish for easy pickings. We stayed and watched them for a while but eventually had to journey home. On the way home we encountered another pod of 3 individiduals, another 2 mature males and a female. Another incredible afternoon in the North Atlantic Ocean of the south coast of Iceland.
-Megan and Michaela
Tour at 09:00
Report from Hafsulan: We went out from Grindavik this morning to gain shelter from the Reykjavnes Peninsula from the Northeast wind. It was a cold wind but most of our passangers were comfortable in their free floatation overalls. Nice and cosy. We traveled west in the hope to find the orca from yesterday, unfortunately they had moved on and so we were traveled back to search east of Grindavik. On the way back a passanger spotted something in the distance, we turned and investigated. Turned out to be 5 orca (killer whales) , which were feeding on the plentiful herring that we could see on the fishfinder. There looked to be 2 adult males at least and 2-3 females/juvenile males. They were incredible to watch as they surfaced and on the odd occasion close to the boat. A beautiful morning with beautiful wild animals.
- Megan and Michaela
Birds seen on today's tours include: black-legged kittiwakes, northern fulmars, northern gannets, lesser black-backed gulls, herring gulls, glaucous gulls, eider ducks and cormorants.