Tour at 20:30
Report from Elding: We headed out to sea and stopped by one of our puffin islands named Akurey. There were not too many puffins, but as we left the island we could see most of them sitting on the water and making their way out to sea. We headed out towards the bright orange sun set that seemed to glow and began our search for whales. We saw one Harbour Porpoise on the way but it soon vanished. We continued our search, but the whales did not seem t want to show themselves. After a while we spotted our first blow and it was a Minke Whale. We stayed with this minke whale for a while watching as it came to the surface to breath and let out a large blow. It came quite close to the boat, but eventually made it's way away and vanished into the sunset. We headed back towards the harbour with the smooth sounds of Bjarni our boat musician. Our passengers enjoyed some live music as the sun set and we made our way back into Reykjavík.
-Taylor Theódór
Tour at 17:00
Report from Hafsúlan: We started this evening's tour under blue sky with just a mild wind blowing in our faces. First, we headed towards Lundey, a puffin island, to have a look at the charismatik Atlantic Puffins. There were only some puffins at home, but we were able to have a nice look at them, when they were flying along our boat. Then, we headed towards where we had seen Minke Whales on the afternoon tour. As we arrived there, we directly spotted a Minke Whale! We followed the animal for quite a long time seing it surfacing next to us several times. Also, we had the great pleasure to smell its stinky breath a couple of times, a nice mixture out of rotten fish and old eggs! What a multidimensional experience! :o). When being on the way back to Reykjavik, we spotted a small group of 2 to 3 White-beaked Dolphins. We could see them shortly, but they were rather shy and elusive. Still, we were happy to see them and heavily enjoyed the warm touch of the evening sun on the way back to the harbour. Lastly, I would like to point out that the atmosphere on this tour was outstanding thanks to all our lovely passengers onboard spreading positive attitude all over the place entraining me immediately. Takk fyrir dagen!
- Hendrik Schultz
Tour at 14:00
Report from Elding: We headed out to sea the sky was sunny and the fog had cleared from this morning. We went straight out to sea and not far from the light house Grótta we saw some White-Beaked Dolphins. There were probably 5 of them, but they were moving rather slow and avoiding the boat. We headed out further to where we knew there might be some minke whales and sure enough we spotted our first Minke Whale. We got to see this individual surface and soon spotted a few other minkes off in the distance that eventually came closer to the boat. One even rolled a bit on the surface when coming up to feed. It was great weather and they were great whales. On our way back to the harbour we came across a pod of Harbour Porpoises. We could not have asked for a lovelier tour.
-Taylor Theódór
Tour at 13:00
Report from Hafsúlan: In the afternoon, the fog had declined by 50 percent as we headed out towards the bay and we were very happy to see it completely disappearing as we arrived in our main whale-watching area. Only a few moments later, we spotted a Minke Whale 100 meters in front of us and shortly after a second individual showed itself. In total we must have seen 3 to 5 Minke Whales. We enjoyed to see them surfacing in the perfectly calm sea, which - together with the sun - made it a wonderful experience. The cherry on the cake was a pod of 3 to 5 White-beaked Dolphins that we met in the end of the tour. They approached our boat several times and one time we were able to see their bodies shining through the calm water surface. On the way back, we visited Akurey, the puffin island in front of Reykjavik, which was sadly almost deserted. There were only very few of them at home and the fact that we had seen more of them on the open sea made us conclude that the majority was probably out catching fish for the chicks. But puffins do not follow a schedule and therefore we had to accept the small amount of puffins. However, the nice memory of Minke Whales and dolphins clearly dominated and made most of us leaving the boat with a wide smile.
- Hendrik Schultz
Tour at 10:00
Report from Elding: We headed out into the bay with nothing but fog in front of us. It was very cool to be sailing through the fog, though some were skeptical about whether or not we would see some whales. We stopped by Akurey on the way and there were many Puffins flying around the island and around the boat. We headed out into the fog. We arrived at an area that we knew had some whales and waited patiently to see if we could see them or hear them. We sailed a bit more and a Minke Whale appeared right in front of the boat. We saw this whale surface a few times and continued to hear its blow as it went further into the fog. We followed this individual a bit and eventually decided to look else where. It wasn't long before we found another minke whale. This one seemed to be more active and came very close to the boat showing itself and even bringing its mouth to the waters surface. We headed on back towards the harbour very content about having seen some very lovely minke whales despite the foggy weather.
-Taylor Theódór
Tour at 09:00
Report from Hafsúlan: In the morning, faxa bay was covered by thick fog and there was almost no wind creating quite a mystic atmosphere. We visited Akurey, the puffin island and were happy to spot some Atlantic Puffins within the fog. As we headed out towards faxa bay, the visibility was limited to 20 meters. Actually it did not take us long to hear the first Minke Whale surfacing in our surrounding, but spotting them required more patience. It was towards the end of the tour when we were able to spot 3 Minke Whales nicely and close to the boat. Watching themn in this mystic atmosphere was very special and surely a tour to remember.
- Hendrik Schultz