We had two great trips out of Hólmavík today with a lot of whales in the fjord, not far out. We could see many blows from whales around us and got to see some surface activity on both tours. In the morning while looking at one whale, suddenly we saw big splashes from two whales. We got to see one breach and then a whale lob-tailing over and over very close to the boat. On the afternoon tour we saw all kinds of surface behaviour from one whale, which demonstrated breaching, pec-slaps, lob-tails and a tail breach! Judith (Tour guide)
We had two trips out of Ólafsvík today, and, whereas we did not see any cetaceans on the afternoon trip, we spotted three different species on the morning tour. Past the tip of the peninsula, we came across a pod of pilot whales, accompanied by some white-beaked dolphins that were acrobatically leaping out of the water. Later into the tour, we spotted two more small groups of white-beaked dolphins, and got a close look at a Minke whale. Marie (Spotter)
