Tour at 17:00
Again, the weather was rough, but a few brave passengers joined us for the evening trip. We went back to the Minke whale feeding grounds the same as this morning and this afternoon. There were several Minke whales which we were able to observe very close to the boat, and even had a great time watching a Minke whale calf feeding within a flock of birds about 15 metres away from the boat. A great trip again!
Tour at 13:00
The weather was a bit rough this afternoon, but we were lucky to come to the same area where we spotted the whales this morning. We found a few Minke whales feeding in this area. After getting a call from our other whale watching boat, Hafsúlan, we went in search of a Humpback whale. We observed the whale very close to the boat a few times, swimming very slowly and calmly. After a few minutes the Humpback whale began to breach. It breached several times twisting in the air as it splashed back down. A really magnificent sight! In between breaching it waved at us with its flippers, and once slapped the surface of the sea with its tail. An extremely exciting individual, which we were lucky to have spotted!
Tour at 9:00
The weather was a bit gray this morning when we headed out on the bay, foggy and rainy, but spirits were high none the less. Both our boats went out (as they often do) and this is the report from Elding: We saw an area with many flocks of feeding birds and sailed towards them. When we arrived we saw a cute minke whale calf. It was a small and energetic individual and it was very busy feeding! We saw it several times right under the surface, very close to the boat, swimming back and forth with flocks of birds flying right above it. We had a good view of the white armbands on the flippers, a minke whale characteristic. In that same area there were also several other minke whale individuals and we were happy watching them until we had to head back to the harbour. On our way back we stoppped by Akurey, the puffin island, and watched the cute puffins. There weren't too many in the island, so many of them were probably out on the bay gathering food :)