Saturday, 11 May 2024

This morning we departed from a very cloudy Akureyri but we didn’t mind since as soon as we left Pollurinn we were greeted by a happy pod of Harbour Porpoises! They continued showing up all around the areas where we were sailing. When we got south of Hjalteyri 2 Minke Whales were waiting for us. One of the Minke Whales was circling one of our boats which was amazing! Magnea the Humpback Whale was also lunge-feeding around the same area. But further up the fjord we also encountered Camel the Humpback Whale feeding just South of Hrísey.

On the afternoon tours Magnea put on quite a show for us! She did several breaches and a good amount of pec slapping. We had a good time enjoying Magnea in all of her glory! We were left speechless. It’s not every day you get to see this many breaches!

What a whale of a day!

Pictures and text: Gisela & Jonna

Departures of the day: Classic tours: 0900 & 1300 o’clock. Express tours: 1000 & 1400 o’clock.