The wind had picked up a bit this evening, so it was more difficult for us to spot the whales. Luckily the whale blows were very visible and we sighted at least 4 minke whales. We also spotted a couple of very lively white-beaked dolphins in the distance, jumping and making
The whales were still out there, lots of Minke whales and the Humpback. They were not feeding as actively as this morning, actually we observed the Humpback whale for most of the trip, it was very difficult to take our eyes off it. It was swimming very calmly all around the
Very nice and calm the sea during our late afternoon tour. In our first part of the tour we could observe al least 5 minke whales, some were surfacing in the same area and were showing the black backs and the pointed dorsal fins. In the second part of the tour instead we had
The tour has been cancelled due to bad weather and sea conditions
The wind picked up a bit, but the tour was really nice. We came back around the same area where we observed the minke whales this mornign but the scenery and the wildlife wa
The sea was still very rough. Visibility was ok. There was the last tour for the Puffin island, there were just few of them left, but still many on the sea. A Minke whale surprised us just next to our boat, very close, but very short visible. Later there were just few Minke
Again there were plenty of Gannets and other sea birds out there and we found a few Minke whales as well. We could see the blow of the Minke whales quite easily in these weather conditions, and there were plenty out there, but quite difficult to approach. We had a great enco
Again, we came to an area where there were still lots of feeding Gannets, and in the same area there were a couple of Minke whales and a group of harbour porpoises! We had a good look at one of the Minke whales which surfaced a few times very close to the boat. After heading
Its very sunny and the ocean is calm. The visibility cannot be better, the Minke whales are approaching us from all sides, some calves as well, they are very cute and we can also hear the whales breath. All the birds especially the Gannets are feeding around. We see also bre
It is little bit windy but sunny and great visibility. We very soon spotted a Minky whale, later three of them, but they were still far, maybe 150 metres and fast traveling. Then we were lucky and one approached our boat so close, that we could almost touch it. And also one
Report from Hafsúla: The weather was beautiful, sunny and clear, but the wind was blowing a bit more than this morning. We sailed far out on the bay and were able to spot some minke whales! They were not very easy to follow, coming up to the surface only once or twice before
Another succesful trip. We began by sailing out quite far, and once we were out there we spotted the blow of a Humpback whale. Throughout the trip we saw lots of Minke whales and also some white-beaked dolphins which were even breaching for us! We saw the Humpback coming up
Elding: Full house! On this tour we spotted all four of our most common species... and then one more! In the beginning of the tour we spotted two or three minke whales. They were not very approachable and we soon headed further out to an area we had spotted with feeding bird
A very successful tour: the weather inproved a lot. The sea was extremly flat, the wind alsmost absent. The light conditions were great and we could see very far. Birds were flying everywhere and the minke whales were surfacing in group of four even sometimes! White-beaked dolp
Another very pleasant tour out ata sea. The wind was almost absent, the sea was calm and flat like oil. We spotted several minke whales, some pretty close, then we had a group of dolphins slowly travelling and a young humpback whale, which stayed with us for a while, showing
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A wonderful afternoon tour! We spotted all four cetacean species which live in Faxaflói bay. First we spotted a breaching humpback whale from far away and stayed with it for a little bit when we finally reached it. Throughout the w
This afternoon the wind had picked up a little bit, but the sea was still pretty calm. We headed out again and sailed a bit further than this morning. We found a Minke whale, but then headed out a little further and found a Humpback whale! In the same area there were a few M
Another successful tour this evening. We were able to find a Humpback whale again, and observed it very closely, almost always less than 30m from the boat, and often almost touching the boat! It even slapped its flukes on the surface once when it was just less than 10m away
The sea was calm and flat, very suggestive light condiitions and still a lot of whales around. We had some minke whales at the beginning, some pretty close suddenly turning towrads us and further away even a group of more than 10! And on our way back a humpback whale has bee
We had 3 main sightings of a Minke whale. They came pretty close to our boat. We could observe ever their pointed beak. After a while we spotted also two groups of White beaked dolphins. They were traveling very fast, but it was possible to follow them. At the end of the tou
It was still very good out at sea: a lot of minke whales all around us, couple surfacing together, some approached us even les than 30 meters and we had the chance to spot the same humpback whale again. It was really relaxed towards us, slowly surfacing and coming towards us
