This was the first Midnight Whale Watching of the season and we were really excited about the tour! We headed out in great weather, practically no wind and the sea flat even though there was a bit of a swell. We started by heading out to the puffin island Akurey where there
Cancelled due to strong wind out at sea.
This tour was not as successful as the one before. The wind had picked up a lot and there were many white wave tops. During the tour we spotted briefly 2 Minke Whales but both times it only surfaced
Really lovely day out in the bay today. But it was very difficult to find the whales this afternoon. After sailing for 40 minutes the guide spotted one Minke Whale witch surface only once before disappearing. So we headed further out. We spent a lot of time searching and fin
The wind calmed down a little from the 13pm tour but the rain was still persistent. Once again we visited Akurey (Puffin Island) and saw thousands of Puffins. We headed to the same area as the last two tours which again proved to be the most productive spot. First a blow fro
The weather was still the same. And again we sailed quite far out, trying to find the whales. And this time it took us about two hours to find them but finally two Minke Whales of them showed up next to us. The second one was very nice, feeding close to the surface, coming u
Cancelled due to rough conditions out at sea.
The wind was picking up a lot this afternoon but we headed towards another area that we didn't try this morning. A long the way we spotted a large pod of Harbour Porpoises but they were moving very qui
We sailed out in a bit windy weather and it shortly started to rain. We started with the puffin island Akurey where we saw very many puffins. Afterwards we sailed out to Faxaflói bay and decided to go a little further this time to try to find something more than we had done
The weather had been really nice all day and it continued like that this evening. We decided to go much further out this time to try to find the whales. And it worked. First we spotted a group of White-beaked dolphins, nice group. Then a big group of Harbour porpoises which
We started this tour by visiting the Puffin island Akurey. There were not so many Puffins on the island but nice surprise, we saw one Grey Seal, sticking its head out of the water, looking at us. Then, after sailing for sometime one of our passengers spotted a black dorsal fin.
We started the 5 o'clock tour with a stop in Akurey. This time we there were not many Puffins on the Island itself but many of them were flying around the Island and sitting at the surface around it. We then headed out in search for the whales first we spotted two Harbour P
We started this tour with a stop in Lundey the other Puffin colony here close to Reykjavík. There were not as many Puffins there but still quite many of them flying around as well as Black-Guillemots, Kittiwakes, Eider Duck and Lesser Black-backed Gulls. We then headed out a
We sailed straight out this time. First we spotted a Harbour Porpoise, it was as if he was there alone. Than after a little search we found some Minke Whales. There were quite a few of them there in the area but they were all being so difficult, only surfacing 1-2 times befo
The weather had changed a little bit. The wind had picked up when we headed back out to find the whales. But the whales were quite difficult to find this afternoon. After sailing for 60 minutes we spotted finally a group of White-beaked dolphins. They were quite illusive but
The wind had really calmed down and the light was just beautiful. We headed straight out offshore and soon came across a pod of White-beaked dolphins, they kept changing speeds and directions which indicated that they were chasing fish. We stayed with them for a while, on oc
It was a special tour but we will be doing midnight tours on the 15th of June. We started by visiting one of the Puffin Islands and saw many birds sitting outside their borrows and swimming on the water’s surface. The wind picked up over the last couple of hours to the point
We started the tour again today by stopping by Akurey, the Island didn't disappoint us, there were so many Puffins. We then headed out and soon we spotted one Minke Whale, it came a lot out of the water but it only surfaced once. We then headed to the area where we had the H
We started the tour by visiting Lundey (Elding went to Akurey). There wasn´t as may puffins as the mornings visit to Akurey but there were a lot sitting outside their borrows on land. We then headed out offshore and found that the wind picked up slightly. We went to the same
The weather was like this morning’s tour, flat calm sea and sunny. The perfect whale watching weather. The first species we came across was Harbour Porpoises. A small pod and quite elusive Porpoises so we didn´t stay with them long. Then in the distance 2km away (yes that is
In the best whale watching weather you can ask for we headed out into Faxaflói Bay full of hope of finding the Humpback Whales again but the luck was not with us like this morning’s tour. Instead we spotted a small pod of Harbour Porpoises and a lot of Minke Whales. In the begi
Report from Hafsúlan: Weather conditions didn´t change from the morning tour. We headed straight out into Faxaflói for the 13:00 tour and visited the Puffin Island Akurey on the way home. The Minkes were still mainly in the same area as in the morning, so we knew exactly whe
