The weather today was very pleasant, almost zero wind that picked up from the East on our return; clear skies and good visibility; and a medium sized northern swell.

We sailed to just South of Hjalteyri where we encountered 2 Humpback Whales. The whales were several hundred meters apart and we spent time with both of them. Our first whale, Magnea, was moving slowly South and appeared to be feeding. No fluking, but, short breath intervals and frequent changes of direction. The feeding activity was later confirmed to us with several lunge feeds and surface straining behaviours. We also witnessed some interesting behaviour as the whale seemed to roll around at the surface, at one point exposing its eye for us to see. The second whale, Camel, was diving deeper giving some more typical 5 and dive behaviours with high flukes.

Text & Pictures: Mac

Departure: 1300 Classic