Whale diary

Tour at 13:00

When we came out to FaxaflÛi this afternoon it was like a new day, the sea was so calm and conditions were really good. We sailed towards the area where we had seen the Minke Whale this morning and we did find it again. But this time it didn't surface as often and we lost it

Tour at 13:00

We headed out this afternoon prepared for rough sea. For the longest part of the trip it was very smooth and when we turned the boat and headed back towards the Harbour was first when it started to get pretty rough. The trip was great but unfortunately we weren't as successf

Tour at 13:00

Tour cancelled due to a storm in Faxaflói bay.

Tour at 13:00

Data missing

Tour at 13:00

This after noon we decided to check out a different area. We sailed around for a bit when we got news of a Humpback Whale so we changed directions and headed towards it. We finally got there and this was a Humpback Whale. It was displaying a huge blow surfacing about 3 times

Tour at 13:00

We headed out from Hafnarfjörður today in very nice but pretty cold weather. After sailing only a few minutes the captain spotted a small group of Harbour porpoises but they were very shy so none of our passengers could see them. Then two minutes later our first officer spot

Tour at 13:00

We headed out in pretty good weather, there was some swell when we got further out but the sailing was not to bad. We searched for a very long time today, there were not many birds around, few Gulls in some areas but unfortunately we didn't find any whales today so we offere

Tour at 13:00

It had picked up a lot of wind when we headed out for this tour so the conditions were not as good and quite many white caps all over. But that didn't stop us and after searching for some time we spotted one Minke Whale surfacing once and a bit later we spotted another one,

Tour at 13:00

Tour cancelled due to a strong wind out in Faxaflói bay.

Tour at 13:00

We sailed out from Hafnarfjörður today hoping to find the whales again, like yesterday. It was quite windy and it was raining cats and dogs. We spent a lot of time searching and we sailed very far out, trying to find them but unfortunately there were no sign of them. We saw

Tour at 13:00

Sometimes we go out of our way to increase the chances of finding the whales for our gests. We do that by mowing the boats to other harbours, for example if the weather looks to be better there or we think it’s more likely to find whales. This means the tour takes sometimes

Tour at 13:00

When we headed out to Faxaflói bay this afternoon there was a bit of swell from the previous night. After searching for some time we spotted some White-beaked dolphins. It was a very nice group, which came quite close to our boat, surfacing again and again in front of us. We

Tour at 13:00

The tour today was cancelled due to strong wind out in Faxaflói bay.

Tour at 13:00

The sea conditions were pretty good this afternoon even though it rained quite a bit while we were out there. There were not many birds around the area today, we spotted several Gannets, some Fulmars and Raizobills. We did come a cross a small pod of White-beaked Dolphins th