Thursday, 6th August 2026

We had very calm and nice conditions in the fjord today. It was overcast, with a bit of light rain, but the sea was nicely flat. We had super nice sighting of a minke whale, northwest of Rauðavik. The whale was surfacing multiple times, not fast, passing by very close to our boat. After a good look of minke, we headed further north toward island Hrisey. Northwest of town Grenivik, we were watching a humpback whale. We recognised its unique scars and fluke - it was a female humpback, well known to us, called Disy! Great pleaseure to have her back in the fjord again! There was also a pod of a few cute harbor porpoises. On our way back, we saw few puffins, and even pufflings (!) and another playful pod of harbor porpoises!
At around 17:00,Disy a humpback whale treated us to an unforgettable display! She suddenly launched herself out of the water in a spectacular breach, sending a huge splash across the calm sea. After her energetic jump, she delighting us with several impressive lunge-feeding (gulp-feeding) events. We also watched her repeatedly slap her long pectoral fins on the water's surface, creating loud splashes that echoed across the fjord. During one of her feeding lunges, nearly half of her body emerged from the water, giving us an incredible view of her beautiful white ventral grooves as she opened her enormous mouth to engulf her prey. It was an absolutely breathtaking encounter!

Text and images: Tena&Lenka

Tours gone: Classic - 09:00; 13:00; 17:00; Express - 10:00; 14:00