29/1/14 We the crew agree that it’s been days since we’ve had a tour like this one. The sky was clear compared to what it has been in recent days at least and the sea was totally calm. We [...]
28/1/14 On the first tour we found some White-beaked Dolphins towards the mouth of Grundarfjörður but then the captain received a phone call telling him that there were Orcas over in [...]
27/1/14 The Orcas were not seen yesterday but were back at work today like we hoped they would. We encountered a pod of ~15 exiting Grundarfjörður as we were returning from watching dolphins off [...]
26/1/14 Today we saw some nice White-beaked Dolphins around the mouth of Grundarfjörður where it meets Breiðafjörður. We stayed with them for a little while and then went off in search of Orcas [...]
25/1/14 We had a very good trip today: First we encountered a pod of around 15 white-beaked dolphins, and then spotted about 30 killer whales including at least two babies! While the orcas were [...]
23/1/14 We came upon a pod of 5-7 Orcas in somewhat choppy water just off Grundarfjörður and followed them for a while as they travelled in the direction of Kolgrafafjörður but then decided to [...]
21/1/2014 – We did not see Orcas today but we learnt that a pod of 6-8 of them was on the other side of the bridge in Kolgrafarfjörður as our captain drove there quickly to check just before the [...]
Some Common Seals popped their heads up and looked at us as we sailed out through Grundarfjörður on our tour today. About 30 minutes from Grundarfjörður we found a pod of White-beaked [...]
Two great tours today; one with a Discover the World group and a second open one. Captain Gísli was determined to find Orcas today as we hadn’t found them yesterday and so he did! On the morning [...]
We sailed out under an overcast and rather rainy sky to check out Kolgrafafjörður. While no Orcas were seen on the this tour, our spotter, Marinó sighted a wonderful pod of White-sided Dolphins [...]