Tour at 13.00
Report from Hafsúlan: In the afternoon, the wind was still very low and the visibility was outstanding! We headed out towards where we had seen the Minke Whales in the morning to see if they were still around. Indeed, as we arrived in the area, it did not take us long until we spotted a young Minke Whale that surfaced several times. While we were watching it more and more individuals showed up in the closer surrounding. It was amazing, we must have seen between 7 and 10 different individuals some of them surfacing next to our boat so we could hear them breathe. One of them was an old friend of Elding "humpie" the Minke Whale. We´ve seen humpie quite often this summer and it always feels like meeting an old friend! The cherry on the cake of this outstanding tour were a couple of Harbour Porpoises and a few Minke Whales waving us good bye on our way back to Reykjavik!
- Hendrik Schultz
Tour at 09.00
Report from Hafsúlan:In the morning, there was almost no wind blowing and the sea was nice and calm. We had perfect visibility and were even able to see the volcano in the end of Snaefellsnes. On our way out, it did not take us long until we spotted a black back of a Minke Whale. It was moving fast and changed direction frequently, but even though it was hard to follow, we saw it surfacing several times before we continued to find something else. Soon after, we spotted 3 to 5 Harbor Porpoises just five meters next to our boat. This was quite special, since these creatures are usually shy, but on this tour they seemed to somewhat interact with us. But this wasn't it, as we headed further, we saw more Minke Whales, one of them surfacing very close to the boat surprising us all by appearing out of nowhere. A great morning tour that made us very curious about what would await us in the afternoon.
- Hendrik Schultz
Birds seen on today's tours included: Razor Bills, Northern Gannets, Black-backed Gulls, Fulmars, Black-headed Gulls