Tour at 17:00
Report from Hafsúlan: the weather and sea conditions were much better than in the previous tours today. we went to the area where we had seen the minke whales earlier today. there were way more birds around this time and we saw two minke whales. one minke whale we were able to follow for at least 40 minutes, it seemed to be feeding as it kept changing directions and stayed in the same area for a long time. the other minke we only saw once in a longer distance. after a lovely time with this minke whale and the flocks of birds around us we had to finally get back to land.
- Sigurlaug Sigurðardóttir
Tour at 13:00
Report from Hafsúlan: The sun was shining when we sailed out this afternoon but the wind was still blowing as strongly from north. The sea conations were slightly better than this morning but still rocky. We decided to sail to the area where we had seen the minke whale on the morning tour. We looked around without finding any signs of cetaceans. Then we went little further north where we saw big flocks of birds, mainly terns, diving town for fish. We found a minke whale that surfaced under the birds, it was really difficult to follow it because it kept changing directions. After we lost that minke whale we kept searching until a man that is training to become a captain spotted a blow in some distance, really well spotted on his first day at work. that minke whale was not as elusive and we were able to get a better look at it while it surfaced few times within 100 meters distance of our boat.
- Sigurlaug Sigurðardóttir
Tour at 09:00
Report from Hafsúlan: The wind was blowing strongly from north making it a cold day out on the bay. We started by sailing north into the wind and the swells, the boat was rocking up and down while we headed into the swells. Then we turned west towards an area where we have been getting quite lucky with minke whales and dolphins lately. We searched carefully around us for a while and then suddenly saw a blow only about 150 meters in front of the boat. We stopped and looked for the whale and soon saw another blow but it was not until it surfaced for the third time that we got to see the back and could identify it as a minke whale! We followed the minke for at least 20 minutes and were able to get good look at it when it surfaced few times in only 100 meters distance but was constantly changing directions and hard to predict which made it really challenging to photograph.
- Sigurlaug Sigurðardóttir
Bird species seen on today's tours: northern gannets, northern fulmars, razorbills, common guillemots, shags, arctic skuas, great skuas, eider ducks, arctic terns, puffins, black-backed gulls, black headed gulls, kittiwakes.
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