Tour at 17.00
The wind had picked up slightly but the evening light was really beautiful. Unfortunately the Minke Whales were again about an hours ride out and very elusive. We saw loads of blows from the whales but never the body. The bay was also quite quiet on the seabird front too which wasn´t a good sign but we did see an Arctic Skua which hasn´t been seen in a while.
Tour at 13:00
It took us about an hour to get where the Minkes were again and again they were being quite elusive only coming up a couple of times and then going for a long deep dive. There wasn´t as many Gannets this time either but there were more Puffins to see. Just as we were about to turn back towards the harbour a Minke Whale appeared out of nowhere and only 10 meters from our boat. It surfaced 3 more times and all the time very close so that you could really appreciate the size and appearance of the whale.
Tour at 9:00
It was nice to see that Faxaflói had calmed down a lot from the last couple of blustery days. The visibility was great and there was clear blue skies. The first cetacean of the day was White-beaked Dolphins which we saw about 40 minutes into the trip. They were great surfacing close to the boat, leaping out of the water and surfing the waves. They got fed up with us after a while though as they dived on and wasn´t spotted again. Then after about another 30-40 minutes we came to the area where there were a couple of Minke Whales but they were being quite elusive and not letting us get closer than a couple of hundred meters from them. Birds we saw were, Gannets, Fulmars, Kittiwakes, Gulls, Puffins and Manx Shearwaters.