Category: whale diaries

It seems like our luck with the orcas continues as we had two stunning trips today, with orcas on both tours, and even sperm whales in the afternoon. The orcas were very spread out in the area during the whole day, but we also found groups on both tours that we could follow for a while. In the afternoon we went really far out to have a look at the sperm whales as well, and there were at least 20 sperm whales around! We got to see both orca and sperm whales in front of the glacier, with lots of sunshine as the icing on the cake. We will only be running one trip tomorrow at 10am, so don’t miss out!
Marie (Tour Guide)
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We were running two trips today, and had wonderful encounters with cetaceans on both of them. On our morning trip, we were greeted by a pod of white-beaked dolphins just a few minutes out of the harbour, and as we ventured further out into the deeper waters, we could see several sperm whale flukes going down, and finally also found the orcas again! They were very surface active, with a few spy hops and tail slaps. In the afternoon, we headed straight for the orca area from the morning trip, and were successful in spotting them again. The wind had picked up a bit in the afternoon, and we will only be running one tour tomorrow at 2pm.
Marie (Tour Guide) 
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We had two beautiful trips today with orca sightings on both tours, and we were thoroughly spoiled watching them travel and socialize in the sunshine. On our morning tour, we first encountered a few individuals spread out over an area, until we had a great look at a group further towards the West. In the afternoon, we were with two groups of orcas not too far out, and they started playing and spy-hopping next to our stationary boat. Spy hops are rather rare to see here as the orcas are mostly busy feeding or travelling, but this time we even saw a triple spy hop of three juveniles. We have cancelled our tours tomorrow due to bad weather conditions, but we are hoping for some more amazing encounters on Wednesday and there are a few spaces left for you to join us!
Marie (Tour Guide)
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We had two very pretty tours today with orcas on both trips and even sperm whales in the afternoon! While we started closer to land in the morning and had a look at the orcas, we then ventured further off the tip of the peninsula in the afternoon. We then spotted sperm whale blows far in the distance and got to see at least 7 sperm whales closer to us. They were lifting their flukes up in front of the glacier, which was a sight to behold! The orcas made some close approaches to our stationary boat, and especially the males were very impressive to watch in the sunshine today.
Marie (Tour Guide)
#lakitours #boattour #whalewatching #orcas #killerwhales #blackfish #orca#killerwhale #whales #spermwhale #Pottwal #cachalot #Iceland#Westiceland #ocean #sunshine #glacier #landscape #nature #wildlife#March

We had two beautiful sunshine tours today! On our morning tour, we spotted a group of about 20 white-beaked dolphins early on during the trip. They were feeding at the mouth of Grundarfjördur, together with hundreds of gulls hovering over them and trying to steal bits of the fish. The gulls were picking up capelin, which is the fish currently moving into Breidafjördur and is also attracting the humpback whales. Indeed, we also spotted a humpback whale on this trip, once we went further out! This humpback whale went for long dives, but we could see it arching the back on the water surface several times. On our afternoon trip, we, once again, spotted the white-beaked dolphins in the sunshine – this time a smaller group. We had to cancel our tours tomorrow due to bad weather conditions, but we hope to get out on sea again on Sunday.
Marie (Tour Guide)
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We had two whale watching trips today. On our morning trip we scouted towards the West along the peninsula, but did not spot any cetaceans. Therefore, we decided to search towards East in the afternoon, but we did not even have to go out of the fjord to spot a whale! There was a humpback whale right in Grundarfjördur when we went out again just after 2pm! The animal was taking long dives and we almost went past it on the way out. But in the calm waters of the fjord it was hard to miss, even though it always came up in a different spot after foraging dives. We then ventured further out and spotted a seal and a sea eagle that was flying across the fjord in front of the boat. There are two trips scheduled for tomorrow, and both of them are fully booked, but we still have availability for you on Tuesday afternoon.
Marie (Tour Guide)
#lakitours #boattour #whalewatching #whales #humpbackwhale#Buckelwal #Iceland #Westiceland #nature #wildlife #ocean #March

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