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Wednesday, 28 May 2025

Another beautiful day to be a whale watcher. We got to see whales that we have been seeing for a few years now, we are grateful for that!

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Tuesday, 27 May 2025

Today we start with a cloudy day and it finished as a sunny day, but the sea was all day calm and flat.

In the morning, we spotted a Humpback whale having a nap and some Harbor porpoises.

In the afternoon, two Minke whales were feeding in the same area were other group of Harbor porpoises appeared, and two Humpback whales were spotted also.

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Monday, 26 May 2025

Hola,

Today was a bit more chilly than other days, less precipitation though.
We saw a total of 4 Humpback Whales in Raudavik and Strytan.

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Sunday, 25 May 2025

Cloudy, no wind a bit rainy.

This morning we saw 1 Humpback whale feeding East of Hjalteyri, 1 Minke Whale by Rauðavík.

There’s more departures today, one leaving now and also at 5pm.

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Saturday, 24 May 2025

Cloudy, slightly windy day with a lot of action, 3 Humpback Whales East of Hjalteyri, 2 of them surface feeding side by side most of the day.

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Friday, 23 May 2025

A bit rainy and windy but decent conditions otherwise. Jacob got all the action, David is jealous, whales are whaly and good-looking. Spotted 3-4 different Humpback Whales from Gásir to Hjalteyri in the later afternoon.

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Thursday, 22 May 2025

4 Humpback whales lunge feeding. 1Humpback breaching and tail slapping. And a very sneaky Minke whale. 22nd of May, what a day.

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Monday, 20 May 2025

The day started very well with a glassy ocean and a beautiful sunny sky, we found two Humpback whales which we recognized on the afternoon tour too.

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Sunday, 19 May 2025

Another exceptional day here at the fjord! Several Humpback whales, Minke whale and Harbour porpoises making our day extra special. Not forgetting about the beautiful sailing weather.

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Sunday, 18 May 2025

Sailing in the windy fjord gave us an opportunity to see 3 Humpback whales in the morning and 3 Humpback whales in the afternoon. We even got to see some feeding, showing us the ventral plates!

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Saturday, 17 May 2025

A spectacular day at the fjord with 3 Humpack whales in the morning and 5 Humpback whales in the afternoon. We were also lucky to have witnessed two of them lunge feeding!

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Friday, 16 May

Another very warm day in Akureyri with many Humpback whales in the fjord. We saw many whale and we did not even have to go far!

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Thursday, 15 May 2025

We saw at least five Humpback Whales feeding near Hjalteyri! There was very interesting behaviors with 3 of them staying together, coordinating their deep dives. The sun was shinning and we had a lot of fun.

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Tuesday, 13 May 2025

The warmest day we got this year, so far! A lot of whales today, with the sun shinning, as good as it gets.

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Monday, 12 May 2025

A magical day with a Minke Whale, a waving Humpback Whale and several flukes and close up encounters with Humpback Whales

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Sunday, 11 May 2025

The day sure gave us plenty of surprises. Including a lunge feeding Minke Whale, a sleeping Humpback Whale, a Humpback Whale waving it’s flipper at us, and four Humpback Whales visiting the shores of Akureyri, and one making it all the way down to the very end of the fjord.

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Saturday, 10 May 2025

Todays the gave as several encounters with very active Humpback Whales, moving in all different directions of the fjord. We also got to see one Humpback Whale do a tail throw, and one Humpback Whale made it’s way into the harbour, a did a lunge feed in front of the office.

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Friday, 9 May 2025

Today’s tour was cancelled due to unfavorable weather conditions in the fjord.

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