Friday, 28 November 2025

• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 09:00, 13:00

Report from Hafsulan: We sailed out today with very cold winds coming from the North. We suited up with overalls and hot drinks and we started our journey, watching the sunrise and the beautiful silhouette of the mountains around. Right when we turned towards Videy, we spotted 2 blows next to each other: 2 humpback whales! These besties, were beautifully going for deep dives together, and then spending just about 3-4 minutes under the surface, allowing us to see them multiple times, close and far. One of them was identifies as Banana, a whale that has been here since beginning of October, feeding. These hungry whales were not alone. In the area, there was a harbour seal and a huge amount of big flocks of birds were hanging around, indicating a good and productive area to be! We saw Banana and its friend a couple of times more before sailing to another area. We then spotted tiny dorsal fins on the surface, indicating 3 fast harbour porpoises! It was fun to see them, and the humpbacks were not far, so we headed to them to see them again! While waiting for them to come up, we spotted another harbour seal on the surface. Very cute. We then started heading back home after a nice morning on the boat!

- Milla Brandao

Report from Hafsúlan: The northerly winds were still blowing strong this afternoon which made for a wild ride at times but luckily for us we didn't have to go far! The pair of humpback whales we saw this morning were still swimming around just next to Viðey. They were easy to follow despite the waves. A few times we were treated to lovely fluke dives, and even a few very close encounters! After watching them for a while, we decided to try to find something else. However, we couldn't find any other cetaceans so we went for one last look at our humpbacks before heading back into the harbour.

- Emily Erskine

great cormorant, European shag, glaucous gull, great and lesser black-backed gull, black guillemot, common eider