Tour at 20:30
Cancelled due to rough weather.
Tour at 17:00
Cancelled due to rough weather.
Tour at 14:00
On this tour we saw many birds out at see like the gannets, kittiwakes, fulmars, skuas, seagulls, eider ducks and puffins. It was very interesting to watch the behaviour of the birds because they all have different ones, the gannets diving, skuas chasing other birds, puffins diving and some fulmars flying extremely close to the boat. It´s always nice to see the birdlife out in Faxaflói. Unfortunatly we didn´t spot any whales, no matter how hard we tried to find them so we gave our passengers complimentary tickets to come back.
Tour at 13:00
It took us about 50 minutes to get to the area the Minke Whales were in quite rough seas. There was one Minke that surfaced many times and close to the boat too so a very nice encounter. There were at least three Minke Whales we saw on this tour but the other two Minke weren´t that interactive. We then came across a pod of White-beaked Dolphins. These were great leaping out of the water and surfing the waves. We stayed with the dolphins for a while as they were fantastic to watch and stayed close to the boat throughout the sighting. It was a great seabird tour too seeing, Gannets, Fulmars, Kittiwakes, Gulls, Arctic Terns, Arctic Skuas, Great Skuas, one Pomarine Skua, Puffins, Guillemots, Razorbills, Manx Shearwaters, Storm Petrels, Eider Ducks, etc... Fantastic Tour.
Tour at 10:00
We sailed out in a windy but beautiful weather. The mountains were exceptionally colorful, almost purple. They always change color depending on light and weather. After sailing for a while we found 2 minke whales but they were rather difficult to approach. Then after a while we spotted 2 more minke whales, could be the same ones but these were quite good, they came up just in front of the boat, few meters away so we could see the fluke clearly underwater. Although they were nice minkes, they didn´t come up very often. On the way back to the harbour, we had a look at the puffin Island.
Tour at 09:00
The Puffin island Akurey was our first stop today and we were lucky this time. There were a lot of Puffins on and around the island. Then we sailed out in wonderful weather calm sea and the sun was peaking through the clouds. It took us a very long time to find the whales today. We searched for a long time then finally we spotted one White-beaked dolphin. We only saw the dolphin one ore two times before it disappeared. In one area we found a lot of birds, diving Gannets, Puffins, Kittiwakes, Gulls and Guillemots. We were focusing on that area when one Minke Whale surfaced 100 m. In front of us. It came quite close to the boat, 4-5 times before disappearing, so all our passengers could see the animal.