24/2/14 We knew after seeing nothing yesterday that today could only get better and it did! Most of the morning tour was uneventful, though the 2-3 Grey Seals on Melrakkaey Island were nice to [...]
22/2/14 We managed to have two tours today despite the north-eastern and eastern wind that has been troubling us for the past days. We knew there would be almost no chance of getting over to [...]
18/2/14 Our whale-watching began even before we left the harbour as Captain Skarphéðinn spotted 3 Orcas from the pier as we were preparing for departure at 9 in the morning! So when the time came [...]
17/2/14 Those of us who work in whale-watching know that no two days are exactly the same, there is always something new, and today was almost an over-proof of this. On the morning tour we went [...]
16/2/14 Today we had two tours under lovely conditions but unfortunately the Orcas stayed the whole day on the other side of the Kolgrafarfjörður Bridge, under which we cannot pass with the boat. [...]
10/2/2014 – At last a good weather day after a windy weekend and so we went on two tours with a full boat. On the morning tour we encountered dolphins twice but each time they were few and [...]
6/2/14 We had a good tour today in light of what weather conditions there were. We knew the area we have to cross to get between Grundarfjörður and Kolgrafarfjörður would be rough as the wind was [...]
5/2/14 We had two brilliant tours today with diving Gannets being just as much an attraction as the Orcas. In the morning we started off with 2 Orcas (male and female) foraging in [...]
4/2/14 After some days of really stormy weather, we managed to go on two boat trips today! This is what Marie, our guide had to say about the morning trip: “Somebody is checking us out! We [...]
31/1/14 We encountered a superpod of white-beaked dolphins today, as well as two other dolphin groups! Good to also see some dolphin babies – and the mountains covered in fresh snow were [...]