TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2016

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: Compared to the morning tour, it was a lot windier and less sunny than in the morning. So it was good that we returned to the area outside of Hafnarfjörður where we had been earlier and where we got shelter from land. It took a while to get there but we were rewarded as the three humpback whales were still busy feeding. First we spent a while with a solitary humpback whale that was feeding on its own. We got to see a few nice fluke-ups and this individual always came up within 150 m from the boat so it was easy to follow. While watching this humpback, a minke whale suddenly appeared right in front of us and only about 100 m away. It was probably in the area for the same reason as the humpbacks - loads of capelin to feed on. It also stayed around us for a few minutes so we could watch both species at the same time. After a while we chose to move closer to a couple of humpback whales a bit further away from us and got some great looks at them as well before heading home. 

-  Hanna Michel

Tour at 09:00

Report from Eldey: We had some more wind today since the beautiful weather yesterday and the sun was peaking through from time to time. The sea conditions were great with little to none swells. We went straight for the good area with humpbacks and soon found 3 humpback whales feeding. Two were feeding together and were constantly surfacing close to each other. We got to see flukes coming up when they went for deeper dives and one time they came within meters from the boat almost spraying the passengers with their blows! Amazing! On our way back we got a quick look of a minke whale. It surfaced 3 times close to us then it was gone, so many missed it but a few lucky passengers that remained outside got to see it. We ended in Reykjavík old harbour after yet another successful tour.

- Marcus Bergström

Bird species seen on todays tours include: northern gannet, northern fulmar, glaucous gull, Iceland gull, greater black-backed gull, lesser black-backed gull, herring gull, kittiwake, black-headed gull, grayleg goose and eider duck.