Monday, 10 February 2014

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: Today we started out by going to Grindavík for better sea conditions. Even so the sea was rather choppy even though there was very little wind. We sailed along the south side of the Reykjanes peninsula. We started by going to the east but we saw no signs of cetaceans there so we decided to head to the west. The landscape was spectacular and we saw the geothermal steam rising from the ground.  When we had been sailing for a while a passenger spotted two fins of Killer Whales. We stopped the boat immediately and that is when we saw them again. In all, we believe we saw four animals. One male, one female and two juveniles. They surfaced close to the boat and we got to observe them for a while before we got back to Grindavík.

-Soffia

Birds seen on todays tour include: Northern Fulmar, Northern Gannet, Lesser Black-Backed Gull, Kittiwake, Common Guillemot, Iceland Gull, Glaucous Gull.