First evening tour a great success

During the day, we encountered five different species of cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) today: We spotted the blue whales again, found some feeding humpback and minke whales, met some playful white-beaked dolphins and also got a glimpse at the smallest whale here in the North Atlantic, the harbour porpoise. In addition to our tours…

Whale watching paradise

The whale watching here in Skjálfandi Bay is just hard to top these days and also today we had three absolutely amazing trips!!!   During the tour at 10:00, we encountered two very relaxed humpback whales that spend a while right next to our boat. While we were watching the two humpbacks, we suddenly spotted…

What a day!

It has been a fantastic day for whale watching here in Skjálfandi Bay with very good weather conditions and four species of whales! The day started with at least two minke whales close to the “Fish Rock” in the western part of the bay. We could watch the minke whales feeding close to the surface,…

The whale party continues

The whale watching is just amazing these day here in Skjálfandi Bay, and today was no exception! It started with two nice groups of white-beaked dolphins and two humpback whales, one of them taking a little nap next to our boat, on the tour at 10:00. On the next tour (at 13:30) we saw some…

The bay full of life

Today, as we got out to Skjálfandaflói we set the course towards the area where we had seen plenty of whales yesterday. On the way towards the western part we enjoyed the weather and the sailing. As we came closer to the mountains we opened our eyes even more than before to find the whales from…