It didn't take more than 15 minutes to see blows near the islands close to Reykjavík - we had spotted 3 humpback whales! It was an amazing start to our tour! We also found around 8 seals and some of them were curious to see us on the boat. We made our way back to the harbour just in time before another snow blizzard!
This afternoon gave us a wonderful introduction to the Icelandic weather. We managed to find a humpback whale in the first fifteen minutes of the tour and then we found three more and got some good looks at the other individuals. Additionally, saw two grey seals, and hundreds of seabirds on the sea around Viðey island.
Despite a strong wind forecast, it was quite a comfortable ride. We first spotted a lone humpback whale, and soon we had another pair close by. We also saw 2-3 harbour porpoises, 15 seals and two additional humpback whales (in total 5 individuals!). It was great to see the amount of wildlife together in this very productive area!
In total we got to see 4 humpback whales, 3 grey seals and many seabirds! Moments after setting off we could already see many blows from close to Viðey and as we arrived we realised there was a pair of humpbacks with two solo feeders. They regularly came up lunge feeding and we saw so many fluke dives.
It didn't take more than 10 minutes to spot our first cetacean, a humpback whale blowing away near the shores of Viðey! It was in the company of two other humpback whales that were doing different things. This first individual was doing short dives and the other doing more erratic dives. We also saw 4-6 seals in total today!
We had the most wonderful tour today with 3 humpback whales! We had hardly sailed past Engey before we saw the individual from the past days, logging at the surface. We quickly moved on to find Calamity that was being quite curious and came very close to the boat. We then observed Ekki that finally showed us a fluke dive!
Soon after leaving the harbour we saw a blow from a humpback whale (Ekki) and it was feeding on lots of fish underneath us. We then saw 1-5 seals and one came very close to the boat. We then spotted a second humpback whale (individual from yesterday) and another blow, likely from a third humpback whale (Calamity).
Not long after leaving the harbour we saw 6-7 seals - then a blow - and then another! We had one humpback whale (Calamity) to our front and one behind us (Ekki) and then a third humpback whale! This new whale to the area had very pretty spotty skin pigmentation and was logging at the surface for about 3-4 minutes at a time.
We started our morning with a bang and right away we found a humpback whale (Ekki) very close to Engey! We even found a small pod of harbour porpoises very close by and by the shore we found some grey seals and lots of great cormorants! We came back to the same area and we found another humpback whale (Calamity).
About 5 minutes after we left the harbour, we already had our first encounter: a humpback whale (Ekki). Today it even rolled, showing the white fluke underneath! We then saw another humpback whale (Calamity) which came very close, passing underneath us. The landscape and the whales were just amazing today - great tour!
We sailed out in glorious but very cold conditions. Shortly after setting off we were greeted by a seal - in total we saw 3 during the trip. We then saw a quick moving harbour porpoise before we found our first humpback wale (Ekki)! After spending a good time with this individual we found a second humpback whale (Calamity).
A freezing cold wind was blowing from the North today, bringing swell and waves deep into the bay. We found a humpback whale (Ekki) quite early in the tour and we could see its beautiful white flippers. In the same area there were 2 harbour seals, one of them was showing its tummy laying down on its back and looking at us.
As we were leaving the harbour, our first humpback whale (Calamity) that was going for long dives and then it breached right in front of us! On the other side of Viðey, we spotted our second humpback whale (Ekki) that was lunge feeding, showing its mouth and long pectoral fins. We also spotted about 10 curious grey seals!
The sky was beautiful, the winds were calm, and the wildlife was abundant! We spotted the first humpback whale within twenty minutes. In the same area, we saw a few harbour porpoises and two grey seals popped their heads out of the water. We continued our journey and found another humpback whale (Ekki).
It's was very foggy day, but the sea looked calm so we head out into the clouds to look for some cetaceans! We saw several birds feeding on the surface and there were at least 3 grey seals by the islands but not a single fin was found for the rest of the tour. We therefore gave complimentary tickets to our passengers!
The tour started with light wind and sunshine, then moved onto rain and fog, and for the rest of the tour we had swell. We encountered two groups of 1-2 harbour porpoises and a lonely grey seal at the beginning of the tour, and about halfway through we could see a big splash created by a humpback whale (Calamity) from a great distance.
We first found the humpback whale 'Calamity', very close to the harbour near Viðey and observed it do a few fluke dives. On our right the head of a grey seal popped out of the water. We left the area and searched for the other humpback whale that we call 'Ekki' and found it very close to land on the other side of Viðey. On our way back we spotted a harbour porpoise.
With a beautiful rainbow, we sailed to the islands, expecting that the whales were still there. After about 25 min, we got to see a big blow and we were sure we had a humpback whale (Ekki), especially when we got closer to it. After spotting 2 grey seals on the way further out, there was another humpback whale (Calamity) that showed us its wide fluke when diving!
Today we saw a harbour porpoise that jumped very high out of the water. We continued our journey and saw 6-7 grey seals including some that came really close to us. We then saw a humpback whale (Ekki) that showed us many arched backs before diving. On our way back home we got another surprise as we saw second humpback whale (Calamity)!
We had strong winds today, but that didn't stop us from sailing the shores of Reykjavík. A few minutes into the tour, we spotted a humpback whale (Calamity) surfacing beautifully. After a while, we decided to see if the other humpback whale (Ekki) was still around and we found it closer to Esja. It came very close and very classily, pooped right in front of us!
