Tour at 13:00
Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: We changed the location from this morning to Keflavik. The weather hadn't´t changed so light rain and a cloudy sky faced us when we traveled out in the southern part of Faxaflói bay. After about 30 minutes of sailing Hafsúlan spotted some 2-4 harbour porpoises feeding in an area that looked very promising with flocks of birds. The porpoises were scattered over a large area feeding but gave some very nice views. Suddenly a minke whale surfaced in the same area fairly close to the boat. At one point we saw two whales at the same time. Elding joined us in the search for the minkes and we saw them surfacing a few time from each boat. After we spent half an hour in the area we had to start our sailing towards Reykjavik were we would end the tour. On the way back Hafsúlan spotted another minke surfacing once in front of them, and Elding saw a manx shearwater flying by and a grey seal feeding on a haddock, surronded by scavaging fulmars and kittiwakes..
- Marcus and Megan
Tour at 9:00
Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: We sailed out from Hafnarfjördur on todays morning tour to make the travel more pleasant in the swells. A cloudy sky with light rain made the visibility poor. Elding came across a pod of 3-5 harbour porpoises that were feeding on a school of fish. Both Elding and Hafsúlan got really nice views of the porpoises feeding close to the surface, maybe encountering 15-20 individuals over the whole tour. A flock of kittiwakes followed the porpoises making it easy to see where the small cetaceans were feeding. Continued sailing after a while in search for something bigger. But this was just one of these tours when the weather and animals didn't´t play nice to us so we offered complimentary tickets valid for two years on one of our whale watching tours.
- Marcus and Megan
Birds seen on today´s tour includes: northern fulmars, manx shearwater, iceland gulls, greater black-backed gulls, lesser black-backed gulls, glaucous gull, long-tailed ducks, northern gannets, kittiwakes, eider ducks and razorbill.
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