Today again several different whales visited our bay. In the morning we crossed the bay all the way to the mountains on the other side. There we found a minke, which came surprisingly close to our boat – for a short check-out! We left that whale some time after and only a two minutes boat ride away a group of dolphins surrounded us.
The past days have continued very successful: Several humpbacks and minkes have been showing up throughout the trips. Also dolphins appeared in huge groups: often boats got surrounded by these lovely and playful animals – one didn’t even know where at to look first! Many groups had either juveniles or even new-born calves with them, what made it again more exciting.
During the summer time days are long in Iceland. For many weeks darkness doesn’t occur at all and even in August dusk starts late only. Hence, we also offer evening departures – one on the RIBs and another on the traditional oak boats.
Today’s 12:00am departure on Faldur turned out to be one of the most memorable from this summer so far! We had been sailing, looked at some playful dolphins and a minke whale. The weather was excellent: sun and a calm sea.
Yesterday the TV crew of the show "Sumardagar" ("Summer days") went out on one of our RIBs to watch the gentle giants in our bay – and they got an exceptional show! This is what Stefán Guðmundsson, CEO of Gentle Giants, who was captain on the boat, says: "It was fun going out with these great people on our RIB Amma Sigga.
For the 6th time the cruise ship of Iceland ProCruises reached Flatey today in the early morning. Almost 100 passengers entered the island at around 9am to spend the morning on that beautiful island. The passengers of the cruise ship were invited for a walk around the island with stops at the church, the lighthouse and the community house.
"I had a great Big Whale Safari with your company" wrote Joachim Bertrands, who went out on a Big Whale Safari RIB tour on July 16th. He came hoping to see a blue whale, and he was lucky enough to see exactly that! Joachim shared with us this lovely picture collage of the blue whale that he saw on the tour, writing "I'm very happy with it as it is a new species for me".
Today has been a very busy but also successful day. Close to Lundey - the Puffin Island - a group of dolphins paid several of our RIBs a visit. At the same time, a humpback was lunge feeding close to the beach and cliffs on the southern end of the bay.
After some stormy northerly winds didn’t allow us to sail yesterday, the sea calmed down over night. Hence, we could again depart as usual this morning. The day before yesterday, the blue-fin hybrid visited our bay another time.
Today we look back on another exciting day out at sea. A few humpbacks showed off from their best side throughout the day and allowed our guests aboard to get some amazing views onto them. All of them were relaxing or feeding in an area close to the mountains.
