Sunday, 18 August 2019

A rainy day full of rainbows in Eyjafjordur ! The day started off with a total surprise right in the harbour: Northern bottlenose whales! There were 5-6 individuals really close to the harbor where you could even see them from land. They didn´t however stay at the surface for a long time and as we know by know from having them in the fjord since the past week, they are very unpredictible in terms of diving duration. In the afternoon, we saw a small humpback whale, a fairly new individual to Eyjafjordur that has yet to be named. It was veeeery tricky to keep up with this one. It was sneaking up on us, appearing out of nowhere without us even seeing a blow first. It also went for longer dives but not showing us the fluke or even curving its back, making it tricky for us to follow along. On the last tour, in addition to this small humpback, we also had the great pleasure of seeing the current star of our whale watching tours, Depill, a humpback whale we have been seeing again and a again for the past few summers. All in all a very interesting day to sail the fjord!

Departures today: Classic 9, 13 and 17 Express: 10

Text by Viivi Pöyhönen and pictures by Rodrigo A. Martinez Catalan