The weather today made manoeuvring fairly tricky as a strong Western wind was creating large waves before switching directions to the South. We did, however, have comparatively warm air temperature and clear sunny skies.

We first saw a Humpback Whale by Svalbarðseyri. This whale was diving and returning to almost the same spot every time for roughly 6 minutes. Because of this, we managed to see the whale fairly close to the back of the boat without having to move which was very favourable considering the sea conditions. a second whale looked to be spotted right in the distance back towards Akureyri, however, this individual was diving for a very long time and when travelling through this area we could not find it. Although, after not finding this whale, another Humpback was found just North of Heiti Foss. This was Magnea and it was on a trajectory travelling South only showing the fluke one time.

During our afternoon tour we successfully found Magnea again, our celebrity Humpback for the week but this time it was North of Svalbarðseyri. After enjoying the many high flukes it was showing us we had to start heading back because of the strong wind, but that was not all because we ended the tour on the highest note! Just before Heiti Foss, to everyone’s astonishment, we found a Short-beaked common dolphin. Extremely rare in these waters of the north of Iceland!

Text & Photos: Mac & Gisela

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