Whale diary

Tour at 17:00

We sailed out in beautiful weather, calm sea and sunshine from time to time creating beautiful light on the mountains around Reykjavík. We started the tour by sailing straight out to Faxaflói and had to search for a long time before we suddenly spotted a Minke Whale surfacin

Tour at 20:30

No data

Tour at 17:00

We headed straight out and it got a bit more rougher out at the bay. We looked for Whales and saw many Puffins when we saw a blow far away and headed in the direction but we couldn´t find the whale. So we headed on and found anothe

Tour at 20:30

Under near perfect weather conditions we left the harbour to first visit Akurey, one of the two puffin colonies.  After a short stay there we headed out and it was not long before we spoted several Minke Whales.  We stayed with them for some time, however they did not seem t

Tour at 20:30

Cancelled

Tour at 17:00

No data

Tour at 14:00

There were so many puffins in the Island today, flying around the island in a big circle. We sailed out to Faxaflói bay were we spotted around 4 minke whales. Some of them were very goo

Tour at 20.30

No data

Tour at 17:00

Still very good weather, when we headed out again this afternoon. After sailing for some time we spotted one Minke whale. It was a very nice whale. It surfaced many times and we spent quite some time with the whale until it took a

Tour at 20:30

We began sailing out to the puffin island Akurey where we could see the puffins flying around the boat and paddling on the sea. We then headed out to look for the whales and the sea was much more rough than we had expected. We sailed out quite far and encountered a small gro

Tour at 20:30

This evening the sky was cloudy and pouring rain but the sea was calm and the searching conditions were good. After our stop in puffin island Akurey we headed out on Faxaflói bay and searched for whales. We sailed for a long time without spotting any whales. There were some

Tour at 20:30

Cancelled due to rough weather.

Tour at 17:00

Cancelled due to rough weather.

Tour at 14:00

On this tour we saw many birds out at see like the gannets, kittiwakes, fulmars, skuas, seagulls, eider ducks and puffins. It was very inte

Tour at 20:30

We sailed out in beautiful weather so it was a promising tour considering a beautiful sunset later on. After a little search for the whales, we spotted a group of white beaked dolphins. They came up slowly all around but swam away after a while. We went further out and thank

Tour at 20:30

Data missing

Tour at 17:00

Data missing

Tour at 14:00

We went quite far out like on our last tours today and we spotted a Minke Whale which was a quite good whale since it came close to the boat several times. After a while, anothe

Tour at 20:30

This trip began at Akurey, one of the two puffin colonies around Reykjavik.  Most of the puffins were in the water or air and a lot of fun to watch.  Then we headed out into Faxaflói Bay to the most popular "hang out" for the whales, unfortunately after searching for them fo

Tour at 20:30

We began this trip by first stopping by one of the puffin islands, Akurey.  Then we headed straight out to where they (the previous tours) had been seeing them today, but after a careful search of the area nothing was to be found.  So with good weather and using the speed of

Tour at 20:30

We began the trip by sailing out to look for the whales. We headed to the same area where the boats had been earlier that day and we were able to spot 4 Minke whales. The first two were quite difficult to follow and spent a long time under the surface, but when we sailed on

Tour at 20:30

It was a beautiful evening with good whale watching conditions, calm sea and good visibility. We started out in Akurey, but there were not many puffins in the island this evening. Then we headed further out, searched for a long time and covered a large area of the bay, but u

Tour at 20:30

We began this trip with wonderful weather, first heading out in the bay in search of whales.  Eventually we found a Minke Whale, but it was not very interested in us.  It surfaced once very close to the boat, just 10 meters away, but then went for a deep dive and we did not

Tour at 20:30

This trip began with beautiful weather and on the way out to Faxaflói Bay the Captain spotted one Minke Whale swimming very close to the boat.  However it did a deep dive and we did not see it again.  Unfortunately for the rest of the trip we did not see anymore whales.  How

Tour at 20:30

We sailed out a little after 20:30 and thought the wind was calming down while we were sailing. We started by the puffin island Akurey and saw then that the wind was as strong and even stronger than it was during the day! In Akurey there were not that many puffins around and

Tour at 20:30

This evening we started by going to see the puffins in Akurey. There were plenty of puffins on the island which we observed for a few minutes before heading out to see the whales. We had sailed for about 30 minutes when we spotted a huge splash on the horizon, not sure at fi

Tour at 20.30

No data

Tour at 17:00

We sailed straight out into Faxaflói for this tour, straight to the whales however the wind had picked up making it a little harder to locate the whale especially because the flocks of birds had all disappeared and no longer showed

Tour at 20:30

Under a sky full of sunshine we began our trip at Akurey, one of the two local puffin colonies. The puffins were so active and friendly we (including the crew) could have stayed there for hours.  But we had something bigger on our minds.  Sailing out into Faxaflói Bay under