Monday, 29 April 2024

Today we will be operating our Classic Whale Watching on our lovely vessel Hafsúlan at 9:00 and 13:00. OurPremium Whale Watching departure times are 9 am, 12 pm and 3pm. 

• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 9:00, 13:00
• PREMIUM WHALE TOUR | 9:00, 12:00, 15:00

Report from Hafsulan: this morning we sailed out of Reykjavik with clear skies, sun and calm sea. Right out of the harbour we spotted a pod of white-beaked dolphins. They were very social and coming close to the boat even though there were a few babies in the pod. After spending some time with the dolphins we kept sailing until we spotted a blow of a humpback whale. The animal was taking very long dives, 15-20 minutes at the time but we were still able to see it a few times. Once we started sailing again we spotted another blow in the distance. We arrived in the area and waited for the whale again. It seemed like this individual was also diving for a very long time so although we waited we didn´t see it again. However, another pod of white-beaked dolphins made an appearance so we could spend some time with them instead. 

-Aleksandra Lechwar

Report from Hafsulan: The sun was still out this afternoon, thankfully, but the wind had picked up a bit. The waves were still nice and calm though. We headed out seeing a lot of Atlantic puffins to get everyone excited. Then in the distance we started to spot some big splashes from white beaked dolphins. There was a lot of them, at times it felt like a few pods but at other times they would all come very close together as one. A great example of the fission fusion society they live in. In total there were 25-30 dolphins. They put on a great show too. They jumped, tail slapped, porpoised and were bowriding. So, overall it was an incredible sighting. After this we headed off to search other areas but any other cetaceans remained hidden so we headed home. Just before getting back we stopped at Engey to admire some more puffins.

- Rob Hyman

Atlantic puffin, Northern gannet, Northern fulmar, black guillemot, common guillemot, razorbill, great black backed gull, lesser black backed gull, herring gull, glaucous gull, black legged kittiwake, black headed gull, eider duck