Whale diary

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    • ALL TOURS ON SCHEDULE

    Today was great! We saw about 3 minke whales, three different of pods of white-beaked dolphins, and some humpback whales (one being Davy Jones II)!

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    What a day! We encountered all four main species of Faxaflói - a few harbour porpoises, 25 white-beaked dolphins, 5 minke wales and two humpback whales (Davy Jones II and Happy); bubble net feeding in the morning, breaching in the afternoon and resting in the evening!

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    • ALL TOURS ON SCHEDULE

    Today was fantastic! We saw the four main species of the bay; about 5 minke whales, a couple of pods of white-beaked dolphins, some harbour porpoises and humpback whales (Davy Jones II and Happy) that were seen rolling and lunge feeding!

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    Today we saw about 5+ minke whales, some white-beaked dolphins and a couple of humpback whales (one of them was Davy Jones II). Sadly the midnight sun tour saw no wildlife and were offered complimentary tickets.

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    Today we saw minke whales, white-beaked dolphins and humpback whales. We even ended the day with a fantastic encounter with a breaching and pectoral slapping humpback whale.

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    Today we were only able to sail at 9:00, 13:00 and 14:00 due to the weather conditions in the bay. We managed to se a minke whale, humpback whale and about 10 white-beaked dolphins.

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    • ALL TOURS CANCELLED

    Due to rough weather at sea, we have decided to CANCEL all our tours today and hope for better conditions in the bay in the coming days.

     

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    • ALL TOURS CANCELLED

    Due to unfavourable weather conditions in the bay, we decided to CANCEL all our tours and keep our boats, crew and passengers safe at shore!

     

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    We were only able to sail on the Classic tours at 9:00 and 13:00 due to rough weather today. The morning tour unfortunately saw no whales which resulted in complimentary tickets, but in the afternoon we saw several minke whales and a single white-beaked dolphin.

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    A sunny but breezy day at sea with the swell picking up in the afternoon. Although we saw a couple of minke whales, white-beaked dolphins and a humpback whale, we decided to offer complimentary tickets to allow our guests better future encounters!

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    Today was incredible. We saw a few harbour porpoises, some elusive minke whales, a couple of pods of white-beaked dolphins and a few humpback whales that were eating and some even breahced!

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    We had some incredible sighings today in the beautiful weather. Sightings included harbour porpoises, about 8 white-beaked dolphins, a few feeding humpback whales and some minke whales!

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    • ALL TOURS ON SCHEDULE

    Throughout the day saw a small pod of harbour porpoises, a couple of minke whales, 10 white-beaked dolphins and about 8 humpback whales, some even pec slapping!

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    • ALL TOURS ON SCHEDULE

    Today we encountered 2 harbour porpoises, a couple of minke whales, about 10 humpback whales (some peduncle throwing and breaching) as well as pods of white-beaked dolphins and even a harbour seal!

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    Throughout today we encountered a small pod of harbour porpoises, some minke whales glistening in sun, about 10-15 humpback whales, a small pod of white-beaked dolphins, and even grey seals in the afternoon!

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    • ALL TOURS ON SCHEDULE

    Today we saw about 8 humpback whales, some feeding, others tail slapping and breaching. We also saw some minke whales and white-beaked dolphins!

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    Today our premium tours were cancelled due to the conditions at sea, but our classic tours managed to sail and see a couple of elusive minke whales and several humpback whales feeding, rolling and travelling together.

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    Most of our tours were cancelled today due to rough weather..  We were able to sail a couple of times throughout the day and although we found a pod of white-beaked dolphins, we offered our guests complimentary tickets to try again another day!

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    Some of our tours were cancelled today due to rough weather, but we managed to see a pod of white-beaked dolphins, 4+ minke whales and a couple of humpback whales - although the last tour of the day had no sightings and therefore passengers were offered complimentary tickets!

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    Some of our afternoon tours got cancelled due to increasing wind, but we managed to see a couple of harbour porpoises, 2 minke whales and a humpback whale intertwined by a 15 member pod of white-beaked dolphins throughout the day.