Category: whale diaries

16/11/2016: We went out on the boat today, but, unfortunately, we did not spot any cetaceans. We scouted towards North and had a look at the island Melrakkaey, then tried our luck closer to shore, but the orcas were not around. Fingers crossed for some good sightings after the next bad weather period that starts tomorrow!
Marie (Tour Guide)

We went out on a little pre-tour today, and spotted our first orcas of the winter season!! As we made our way towards the East, we spotted the orcas along the coastline, headed towards the North and into more open waters. They sometimes stopped for foraging, and we got to see several spy hops, and one male even showed us his “sea snake”! The landscape is absolutely stunning at this time of year, and we have now seen the orcas come back earlier than in the last two winter seasons. Now we have to see if they will stay in the area or if we can encounter some other groups on our upcoming tours. We can’t wait to go out tomorrow!!
Marie (Tour Guide)

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On this evening’s puffin tour we not only enjoyed seeing hundreds of puffins, mostly sitting on the water around the island in large groups, but we also had stunning views over Grundarfjörður and Kirkjufell mountain, with beautiful light and amazing clouds. There were some puffins on the island and also the usual other birds, which inclde both shags and cormorants. The glassy seas and puffins sitting on the water allowed for some great photograph opportunities. Judith (Tour guide).
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We had a group of very this evening and as well as seeing a lot of puffins, they also saw many other species of birds that live on the island. These include Arctic terns, who also come here to breed in the summer and feed on the (hopefully) abundant sand eels. There are also shags, cormorants, razerbills, guillemots, fulmars and many species of gull. We also saw a number of grey seals sitting on rocks a little way away from the island. Judith (Tour guide)
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We were running two tours today, and both were toothed whale watching trips! On our morning tour we spotted a small group of white-beaked dolphins, a small group of orcas, and about 8 sperm whales. In the afternoon, the killer whales had left the area, but the dolphins and the sperm whales were still around. On both trips we succeeded in getting a close look at all cetaceans we encountered, by slowly and carefully maneuvering parallel to them. Sea conditions werevery good on both trips, and it looks like this great weather will continue tomorrow. We are running only one tour tomorrow at 10am, so come and join us in the morning!
Marie (Spotter) 
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We took two puffin tours out today. They both enjoyed calm seas and on the afternoon tour, as well as puffins, we enjoyed stunning clouds pouring over Kirkjufell mountain and our home town of Grundarfjörður. On the evening tour there were a lot of puffins sitting in the water as well as some on the island, and we also go to see a seal sitting near the waters edge on Melrakkaey Island. Judith (Tour guide)
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The sea conditions on our whale watching tour today were not perfect at the beginning of the trip as the incredible Icelandic wind hurtled over the mountains, but as the wind was coming from the land, it did not create big waves. We scouted to the east as the conditions were more favourable in that direction and although we did not manage to find any of the larger cetaceans, we did see a very playful group of white-beaked dolphins that followed the boat for a long time, bow-riding and jumping in front of us. The children on board were shouting with delight! The weather is looking like it is going to be beautiful this coming weekend so join us if you can! Judith (Tour guide)
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