Tour at 13:00: We sailded out from Grindavík today. We headed to the area where we had spotted the Orcas (Killer whales) and Humpback Whales last weekend. When we got to the area the weather changed quickly, it started snowing and the visability got pretty bad and we couldn't see very far away from the boat. Therefore we headed to a different area where the weather wasn't as bad and soon we stumbeld up on a male Orca (Killer whale), at first it seemed to be alone. Soon we saw another one so there were at least two individual Orcas (Killer whales) in the area, one female and one male. While we were enjoing the company of the Orca's we saw a blow a bit further away, we headed towards the blow and there we found two Humpback whales. After a while we lost them and spotted the Orca again. We were running out of time so we started heading back to the harbour. On the way we spotted one of the Humpbacks again. It was almost as big as it gets or around 17 meters long, it had started to snow quite a lot and it was so amazing how it swam really close to us, almost felt as if it was as big as the boat. 

Tour at 13:00. Again we headed out from Grindavík. The weather was calm but there was a bit of swell. We were looking for the Orcas from the day before when we spotted several blows in the distance. When we came closer we saw it was a Humpback whale and not only one but two of them. It was quite spectacular to watch these elegant whales swimming slowly and showing the beautiful huge flukes when going for a deep dive. We stayed with them for some time and our lovely passengers got a good look at the animals. Then we went further out trying to find something else, maybe Orcas but no sign of them. Lots of Kittiwakes and diving Gannets. On the way back we found the Humpbacks again. Very good tour from Grindavík today ;)

Here are some pictures taken by the guide Harpa and the crew member Lara.

Tour at 13:00.  Today we headed out from Grindavík because the weather was very bad in Faxaflói. We had some news from capelin-fishers, about humpback whales south of Grindavík. At the beginning of the tour the sun was shining but the wind was quite strong so we had to stay closer to shore than we had planned. After about half an hour of sailing we saw something. It turned out there were some Orcas in the aria and as we came closer there seemed to be many pods around. We saw at least six adult males and their families. At the end of the tour, as we were turning back to the harbor we saw a big male, with him a female and a tiny calf. It was the smallest calf the crew has ever seen. As we turned back to Grindavík, it had started to snow.

These photos were taken by our guide Harpa and our captain Roland.

Tour at 13:00. Today we left Hafnarfjörður and had decided to try to go further out than we are used to. We went as far as to go out of the bay and all the way to Sandgerði but beside quite many birds and big schools of capelin the whales are still missing. So, despite nice weather and al lot of effort the report is the same as yesterday; No whales. Better luck tomorrow?

Tour at 13:00. We headed out from Reykjavík today. We spent a lot of time searching but we couldn´t find a single animal. We gave out lovely passengers some complementary tickets so they can come another time.

Tour at 13:00.  One more time we headed out from Hafnarfjörður. The weather was fine, calm see but little bit clouded. We sailed straight out to the area were we spotted some dolphins yesterday. After searching for a while we spotted one group of White-beaked dolphins. It was obvious that they did not like the boat and were always diving for a long time and surfacing further away from us. We tried to follow them for a while but in the end they disappeared. We headed further out looking for some thing more. We spent a lot of time searching but we couldn´t find any thing else. So today we only found one difficult group of White-beaked dolphins. We ended the tour in Reykjavík.

Tour at 13:00. The tour today from Hafnarfjörður was not as good as we hoped for. Even though the weather was nice. The herring had moved away from the place it was yesterday so all the dolphins had also left. We had to go further out to find them. After searching for a while we spotted some splashes in a distance. It was a small group of White-beaked dolphins. The group was traveling so it was difficult to keep op with them but some animals came very close and the passengers were able to see them very well.  

Tour at 13:00. We went out from Hafnarfjörður harbor today in a very nice weather. The sun was shining and hardly any wind. To make a long story short the tour was very similar to the trips last two weekends, lots of nice White-beaked dolphins and birds but no larger whales despite allot of food. The weather looks very promising for tomorrow and Sunday. Nice day on the bay.