August has been a great whale month! We have had six different species coming and going in the bay and been lucky enough to spend time with the big and beautiful humpbacks on nearly every tour. We enter the first autumn month tomorrow and when we will cut down to two whale watching departures daily.
It feels so good when passengers come back up to the Ticket Centre after a tour just to share their stories, to tell us how happy they are that they went or walk past with a smile on the face and two thumbs up.
We call it a jackpot when all the whales showed by the guide in the beginning of the tour are seen during the trip. Today Guide Daniel - just before they were back into harbour from the 8:45 tour - got the privilege to show his passengers all the whales again which he introduced in the beginning.
Scott and Monica Buechler from USA decided to go for Big Whale Safari with us on their 12-day honeymoon. They saw both a blue whale and humpbacks from onboard our RHIB Amma Sigga the other day. That is what we call a successful safari.
To some people “porpoise” “minke” and “humpback” are just words. It probably happens that we write or talk about those whales as if everyone else knew them as well as we do.
The last days several (or many) humpbacks have been found in the north-west part of the bay. So also this morning when I went out as second guide on Sylvía, which was full at 9:45. When we have such “treasures” in one specific area for a long time, it might be easy to forget the rest of the bay.
Yesterday we had once again a fantastic Big Whale Safari. Although there was no one booked at the beginning, we went out with a completely full Amma Sigga. Stefán was the captain and I was the guide.
I just called Captain Bessi to get news from the bay. He, onboard Faldur, was just sliding into harbour again after the 8:45 tour. “This has been another top trip; Five relaxed humpbacks, a minke whale and a nice group of dolphins – all in one tour! And remember the blue whale two days ago.
When people ask me in the Ticket Centre if there is any possibility of blue whales at this time of year, I say “You have the biggest chance to see them during the month of June”, but always end the sentence “.
There are still lots of puffins on Puffin Island and around in Skjálfandi Bay. Usually they start leaving and head to the open ocean for the winter sometime after the 10th August. As they are still here, we will continue our popular puffin tours GG6 Puffins Exclusive.
