Whale diary

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Tour at 13:00

The wind had picked up a lot when we headed out for this tour but we didn't feel it much on our way out there. First we spotted a pod of White-beaked Dolphins. We stayed with them for a while and when we were just about to head on a Minke Whale surfaced very close to us. We

Tour at 13:00

The sun was shining when we headed out. The wind was blowing from behind so it was like on the warmest summer days when heading out to Faxaflói bay. On our way out there we came a cross one Minke Whale. We didn't stay for very long with it and headed further out. When we got

Tour at 17:00

It was the same nice weather even though it was raining a bit when we headed out this afternoon. It took us about 40 minutes to find the whales again. First we spotted a small group of Harbour porpoises, a nice group. A few minutes later we found a very good area with lots o

Tour at 17:00

OMG what an AMAZING TOUR!!. The sea was mirror calm and the visibility cleared quite a lot. We headed out into Faxaflói Bay and after about 30-40 minutes we saw a large pod of Harbour Porpoises (5-10 individuals) surfing the waves towards us. We couldn´t stop though because

Tour at 17:00

After we got into Faxaflói bay we first spotted one Minke Whale. This Minke Whale was very difficult. Later we spotted a small pod of Harbour Porpoises, they surfaced several times for us to see them. The next two Minke Whales were a bit easier but still difficult so we deci

Tour at 17:00

At this point the wind was almost all gone and there were no white caps any more. We headed out and this time we decided to head further out. On our way some of us spotted a small pod of Harbour Porpoises. But they quickly disappeared so we headed on. When were getting prett

Tour at 17:00

The wind picked up slightly but the weather was pretty much the same as before except for the beautiful evening light. It took us a very long time to find the Minke Whales for this tour as once again they were about 50 mins to 1hrs boat ride out but eventually we found them.

Tour at 17:00

The wind had picked up slightly but it was a beautiful evening to go whale watching. Again it only took us about 40 minutes to find our first Minke Whale which we stayed with for a while, it was great surfacing less than 50 meters on occasion and after it got used to our pre

Tour at 17:00

The wind had picked up allot when we headed out again this afternoon. And we had to sail for a long time before we were able to find the whales. 35 kilometres from the harbour we finally came in an area with a few Minke Whales, a big group of White-beaked dolphins and lots o

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 whi

Tour at 17:00

The wind had gone down again when we headed out for this tour. We searched and searched for a while without spotting any flocks of birds or any whales. We then spotted a small pod of White-beaked Dolphins, they surfaced around us for a while. When we lost them we spotted blo

Tour at 17:00

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Tour at 13:00

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Tour at 9:00

We tried our luck in Grindavik once again but the wind had definitely picked up over night. There were a couple of birds flying around, Gannets, Fulmars, one Puffin, Kitt

Tour at 17:00

Fore this tour we went from Grindavik were it was windy but the swells were not as high. It was a beautiful tour. The evening light was absolutely gorgeous but unfortunately no life. Hardly any birds and one saw one blow from a whale. On the bright side though the landscape

Tour at 17:00

Data missing

Tour at 13:00

There were quite bad conditions out on the bay today. Pretty big waves out there and the wind was picking up allot during the tour. But we were quite lucky to find 2 or 3 Minke whales and they surfaced 40-50 meters from our bo

Tour at 17:00

The wind had picked up even more during this tour. It started out quite difficult. We spotted first two different Minke Whales. They surfaced several times and then they went for a long deep dive and it was hard to track them when they came up again. In the area there were f

Tour at 17:00

The wind had calmed down a lot on this tour which was great. We headed straight out into Faxaflói to where the whales were in the last tours. We got there and the Minke whales were amazing rolling, surfing the waves, surfacing less than 30 meters from the boat, lunging out o

Tour at 17:00

The wind was picking up some more and in the end of this trip it was getting quite rough. But very nice tour though. We didn’t count the Minke whales we spotted in one very good area with lots of diving Gannets and feeding birds, many hundreds of them. And like always it was

Tour at 17:00

This tour was just amazing. The weather could not be better. The sea was like mirror, the sun was shining and hardly any wind. We sailed out to the same area we spotted all the whales earlier today, and the whales were still there feeding. Many, many Minke whales and also lo

Tour at 17:00

The wind had gone down a bit when we headed out for this tour. We went first to Lundey to see the Puffins and after straight out to Faxaflói. We went straight for the area where spotted the Gannets during the tour before. On our way we briefly spotted a pod of Harbour Porpoi