jan
Sunday, January 8th
12:55 Weather conditions were fine to day ~ especially to sail out ! A bit of a brume overlaid the perfect glimpse to the horizon and just above we were able to see the mountains tipped with snow bursting trough the "morning" mist . Morning starts up here around noon at this time of the year, when we just have a few hours of light to go , so.. we got to hurry to find the whales ;) After sailing for some while the ocean scenery brighten up and now we sighted a fantastic view onto the sea . Temperatures were not as frosty as in past days , fare from it and the colour of sea brightened grey/blue ~ small waves slowly rolling into bigger once , showering us from time to time ~ ~ ~ ~ fun fun fun , all passengers did enjoy the "sailing" up and down . Beautiful day ! So how about our sightings to day ... after sailing up and down one passenger yelled out , pointing in one direction ~ he seamed certain , very ! ;) And so we spotted our first group withe beaked dolphins in this tour , beautiful creatures ! But they didn't remain for long time and so we kept on sailing and after some while we detected another small group white beaked dolphins , this time appearing very close to our vessel ! Close .. stands for ~ 2 meters ;P This group remained with us for more time ~ and so we enjoyed a great time observing this wonderful creatures . Alttrough we were surrounded by ca 10 individuals , medium size , white , light grey patches on the sides at there body were to see trough sea surface . They left and after some while we spotted another small group of this kind ;) Now , our time was truly over ... daylight slightly changed dawn light and among darkened clouds a spectacles sunset made our tour a happy ending ;)))
des
Saturday, December 3rd
12:55 Finally a nice tour again ;) we headed out , surrounded by snow covered mountains towards whale aria and to day we made a successfully tour !!! Weather conditions are fairly ok , no puke waves or strong blowing wind in our faces ;) Absolutely beautiful to see all in white colours and it is unbelievably frosty out there ~ so it is ... magically ;) We didn't had to sail for very long time ~ when a eager eyes passenger spotted a group of white beaked dolphins ~ big group ! They came very close to our vessel and remained for a long time ! We had a fantastic time and when we sailed further out , we spotted one more group white beaked dolphins ~ so we were occupied watching dolphins all the time in this tour ~ Nice ! On our way back home we offered our frosty and brave passengers free hot chocolate , home made captains coffee ~ on the captains bill , of course ;) The atmosphere in our coffeehouse was so cosy ~ especially because we told of old Icelandic myth story's here in Faxi bay ;) Nice
nóv
Saturday, November 19th
12:55 Excellent weather conditions and a good tour yesterday ~ good mooted we headed out , sailing towards the same area were we found the minke whale , white beaked dolphins and Orcas yesterday ;) We are really happy with the weather conditions this weekend ~ calm sea surface made it very comfortable for us to stay outside and enjoy the quiet atmosphere out on sea to day. No strong winds, temperatures not to cold, we were able to stay outside the entire time in this tour ~ Our tour stared promising ~ just after leaving our port in Reykjavik, sailing for about 5 min ~ as suddenly harbour porpoises showed up ahead our boat ~ very close and we were able to see the dark grey black back, shining lighter underneath ~ really good moment. But they disappeared very quickly, very common behavior for those mini whales ;) We kept on sailing and after some while we sighted a sharply pointed dorsal fin.. , no ~ no orcas today, but white beaked dolphins ;) They appeared fairly close to our boat ~ amassing! Only 2 meters and they remained for a long time. We were able to observe those creatures ~ the white colored spots in the middle of their side below. They were fully grown, very big ~ about 3 meters. We saw the gray stripes on their body and the white colors shining through the surface ~ beautiful! We remained for some while in this area and had a fantastic time enjoying these dolphins. As we got news from another whale vessel not far from us, that there is a minke whale nearby and so we sailed closer and really ~ we detected a ... beautiful minke whale!!! Big creature ~ this cetacean surfaced very close to our boat!!! Only 10 meters several times! Once again we were able to observe a whale very close to our boat in this tour ~ black back and several times this cetacean surfaced alongside our boat showing us its large body ~ coming up with its pointed snout first , we got to see the triangular shape of its snout very well and once she came so close that we were able to see the white flippers shining through the sea surface . We were able to make super photographs. A beautiful sized minke whale surfacing ~ behind a magnificent sunset. Really wonderful atmosphere, .. What a nice tour! But.. time.. we all over sudden figure we are overly behind time schedule , one and half ~ hour to sail back to Reykjavik , but it was worth the time and we are very happy ;))) Fantastic tour !!!
nóv
Friday, November 18th
12:55 Today was the BEST TOUR you can imagine. Early in the tour we found a Minke Whale that stayed with us for more then 10 minutes and came as close as 30 Meters. When we went on we found THE SIGHTING OF THE TOUR!!! You would not imagine: KILLER WHALES / ORCAS !!! We came slowly closer and the Group was splitting up. At that point we were not sure how many they are. Very close to us a Female ORCA about 8 to 9 meters long and with her a giant male! His Dorsal fin was well over a meter long! They surfaced as close as 50 Meters from the Boat. Than we saw them Joining the Group again and amongst about 10 KILLER WHALES there was a calf! Even the little Orca was about 4 to 5 Meters long. We enjoyed watching them for more than an Hour; never further away then 100 meters. Even the calf came as close as 5 meters! Before we went back we found a pot of White beaked Dolphins Again a Group with a young one. They even swam under the Vessel and Accompanied us until we had to go back to the harbor.
nóv
Sunday, November 13th
12:55 SUNday is the right name for this day today! Not a single wave out in the made conditions perfect. As soon as you got to know a bit about the whales in the bay we found a Whale. First only a blow in a far distance, than we came slowly closer and we had a baleen whale. One of the big ones. It turned out to be a minke whale that came to have a look at us also. Er saw it surfacing very many times and it came as close as 20 meters. so brautiful. On the way back the sunset caused beautiful colours and we got soo many good pictures of whale and mountains.
nóv
Saturday, November 12th
12:55 Who said that the winter has arrived? The weather today was amazing for November in Iceland. The sea was calm and the heat was "on" We really enjoyed our self out on sea today. The scenery was beautiful, Reykjanes peninsula, the mountain Esja, Akrafjall and other mountains in the neighborhood were beautiful. After appr 40 min sailing we spotted few Dolphins - we felt they were a little bit lazy so we kept on sailing after a while. We scanned a quite big area but no sign of bigger whales this time bu we found another group of White Beaked Dolphins and this group was much more fun to watch than the other. The tour was really nice and the weather was so beautiful.
nóv
Friday, November 11th
12:55 After a couple of days not sailing, both because of weather and also now we are runnig the winter schedule ie. sailing only on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, we headed out to the bay in a nice weather. It´s getting colder now - the king Winter has arrived. We decided to sail more to the south because we got news there might be a Humbac on that area. But no sight of the Humpback but in stead we found a friend of us a Minke Whale on same area as we have seen it few times lately. We got the chanche to observe this whale couple of times before we had to sail back home to Reykjavik Harbour. A nice tour in a good weather.
okt
Saturday, October 22nd
12:55 After our successful tour yesterday we sailed once again the third time to this "mystery" area ;) since many days now, we are searching for one big creature that have been seen several days ago by ocean friends .. so we sailed the third time to this more unknown spot and today we searched for quite some while . First all seemed so promising, cause of yesterday’s hope we did bring with us and also weather conditions weren't so bad like other days ~ fairly comfortable for the this time of the year . We searched for more than an hour ! An hour's sailing and searching and finally the coldness was to feel in our frozen bones or perhaps it was getting so cold , cause we lost hope ;( for one more successfully tour like yesterday . We were looking everywhere for our yesterday’s entertaining white beaked dolphins and suddenly we have gotten news from another boat that there is a minke whale , finally ~ but as we sailed nearer to the spot ~ we saw no whale surfacing again . We waited for ages, but no whale. We were disappointed and sailed towards home to Reykjavik harbour . We have not been sailing for long time as shortly after that all at once a minke whale showed up ~ ahead our vessel, only 20 meter ;) Beautiful creature of a whale ~ the strangest thing is that it surfaced like 6 times and very slow alongside our vessel , so we have gotten a real fantastic image of this minke whale and it emerged a couple of times more :) But not only this .. all over sudden we saw white beaked dolphins approaching our vessel and they remained also for some while and when they left we thought now finite and it’s time to sail back home ~ we sailed for only 10 mins and there they was again JUMPING white beaked dolphins ;) This time a big group and they all jumped and once more and once more. All of our passengers were so unbelievable excited and so finally we were ready to sail home ~ with nearly an hour delay, but a fantastic tour to remember .
okt
Friday, October 21st
12:55 This afternoon we had an amazing Tour. It started with 2 minke whales. The very big one came unbelivebely close to the boat. In calm and silent sea conditions we heared the whale breathe when he surfaced about 5 meters from us, A magical moment! Than all of a sudden and out of the nowhere a big group of Dolphins appeared! It looked like they wanted to present the best show of the day as they started acrobatic jumps all around the Ship. Definitely a very special part of the holiday in Iceland.
okt
Thursday, October 20th
12:55 Today the weather conditions mean good with us ~ but we sailed to an different aria as usually and in this tour we had to work very hard to find our whales ;( We sailed for a quite long time and finally we found one minke whale surfacing ahead our vessel ~ maybe 100 meters distance. This creature moved very fast which is a typical sign for minke whales when they are well occupied in feeding, searching for nourishment. We was able to see this minke whale surfacing ~ only several times and after it disappeared into the rugged ocean world, not seen again and no other whale seen in this tour. Sadly but still happy to see this one creature we sailed back to Reykjavik harbour . Of course we handed our nice passengers a complimentary ticket for another, much better whale watching tour in fallowing days ;)
okt
Wednesday, October 19th
12:55 Today we were so hopefully because of our very successfully whale tour yesterday ~ sailing out , weather conditions are absolutely beautiful !!! Sunshine and a warm breeze of wind , big waves rolling from south east , magnificent waves ~ slow movement and it’s just so much fun to sail above on such terms of weather conditions . It was very comfy to stay outside the whole time on this tour and further out we thought to have seen a minke whale , but we wasn't certain . Also we were searching desperately for a big humpback whale which is supposed to be around here in faxi bay these days (secret news ;) , but couldn't find it ~ . We are not giving up searching for the big creature!! Maybe tomorrow ;) ... We decided to hand our nice passengers a complimentary ticket to come along with us again for a free whale watching tour whenever days they like to come along with us ;)
okt
Tuesday,October 18th
12:55 Very successfully tour ;) !!!! Minke whales, white beaked dolphins, harbor porpoises!! We headed out surrounded by beautiful snow covered mountains ~ weather conditions are just so excellent today. Past days wind have calmed and this tour was so wonderful, especially the sailing out to the bay, to the whale area. Sunshine battle one's way through and changing colors to a beautiful soft red color above surface. We didn't had to sail long , only 5 min after arriving in whale area ~ white beaked dolphins appeared very close to our vessel . There are no perfect words to describe how incredibly close they came to our vessel ~ 2 meters, nearly able to touch them ;) One calf and its mother were surfacing close and we had such a good time watching the small dolphin calf moving hasty through small waves next to its mother. We remained for 30 min with the white beaked dolphins and then we decided to sail further out ,where we found a great minke whale , still far to sail for us ~ but we didn't get close to the creature and waited for it to approach us ~ and after some while she surfaced only 10 meters close to our vessel ! Wonderful time again ~ this creature surfaced sometimes up to 6 times, remaining very close for a long time . We were able to see it coming up with its snout first and so close!!! Further out we spotted one more minke whale, but we remained with this creature ;) Cause it always kept close to our vessel. Further out we saw harbor porpoises , many of them .... What a tour ;) ;) We are very happy!
okt
Sunday, October 16th
12:55 Weather conditions calmed after another crazy tempest over the weekend ~ so finally to day we were able to sail out ;) The snow on top of mountain Esja so beautiful and still small waves from the weekend and so we swung into a new adventure ~ sailing with wind and rain, typically Icelandic weather conditions here in Iceland. But in this tour we did not had as much luck , we saw one mike whale further out surfacing , but as we came closer it was gone and so we searched and sailed , but there was no more whales to day . We decided to hand our passengers another tour for free to come along with us again in fallowing days , for a better whale watching tour ;)
okt
Saturday, November 12th
12:55 Who said that the winter has arrived? The weather today was amazing for November in Iceland. The sea was calm and the heat was "on" We really enjoyed our self out on sea today. The scenery was beautiful, Reykjanes peninsula, the mountain Esja, Akrafjall and other mountains in the neighborhood were beautiful. After appr 40 min sailing we spotted few Dolphins - we felt they were a little bit lazy so we kept on sailing after a while. We scanned a quite big area but no sign of bigger whales this time bu we found another group of White Beaked Dolphins and this group was much more fun to watch than the other. The tour was really nice and the weather was so beautiful.
okt
Tuesday, October 11th
12:55 This afternoon the Wind calmed down and we sailed out in the beautiful bay. From the tour earlier today we knew there would be a minke Whale around and went to the same area. It took a little while for us to find the animal and when it came up about 60 meters from the vessel it only showed for 2 times. As it went for a deep dive we lost track of it and could not find it again. In the end we gave new Tickets to all our Guests. It was still great to sail into the sunset with the view to one of the big Glaciers and all the mountains around.
okt
Monday, October 10th
08:10 This morning it is a bit colder than the last days, but well prepared with Overalls and hot Chocolate we head out into the sunshine. The view this Morning is outstanding. We see the 2 Glaciers Snæfellsjökull and Eriksjökull all in the colours of the sunrise. Than all at once: A minke Whale! A beautiful and big animal. Our boat seems quite interesting for the Whale, comming closer and closer. Surfacing many times in a row our guests can take good pictures of the Whale. 12 55 wonderful tour ;) Finally the minke whales are back !!!! We are so happy ~ now to day we were able to see all together 3 minke whales , some further away and one very close to our boat ! Unbelievably good show and .. we are just so happy ...Jubi !! ;) In this tour we have seen harbour porpoises , white beaked dolphins and minke whales . One very big ( fat , really it was ;) minke whales surfacing closely to our boat , remaining all time close to us ! So wonderful ;) Past days our crew had to start singing while sailing ~ to keep good hope, it was so difficult to find whales. But to day we had one beautiful creature and we also were able to smell its breath ~ Stinky Minky ;) We really had a wonderful time out there ~ sometimes our fat whale came so close that we were able to see its blowhole fore just one second , incredibly ! We saw the belly and the flippers too ! Fantastic tour :)
okt
Friday, October 7th
12:55 This tour we headed out in great weather and soon after we learned how to search for the Whales, a minke Whale appeared. we stayed with this nice Minke Whale for a time and saw it surfacing again and again. Suddenly something else cought our attention. A pot of Dolphins in a further distance was acrobaticly jumping and splashing all around. We decided to leave the minke whale and have a look at the dolphins. It turned out they were more than 30 animals, amongst them little calfs and great jumpers. The suddenly dolphins were all around the ANDREA and it was difficult where to look first. If my arms were 1,5 meters longer i could have reached these wild whitebeaked dolphins. On the way back we spotted our third species for this tour: Harbour porpoises. A phantastic tour!
okt
Wednesday, October 5th
12 55 new day , new tour , new adventure ;) to day we sailed very far ~ it seamed like we never stopped sailing ;) But we so much wished to find whales and have a more successfully tour then yesterday . So we kept on sailing and actually we was not able to sail any further ;) So we stopped and waited for a long time , sometimes this is a fantastic approach for whales ~ all over sudden they appear just ahead our boat , especially minke whales are so curious creatures , so we waited and there was no whale ;( Nun Jae , we decided to sail back to Reykjavik , cause we really tun out of time and just 30 minutes before Reykjavik we spotted a fine group of white beaked dolphins ;););) We was lucky enough to see them close to our boat and for some while they even appeared only 3 meters close ~ so fantastic ! Ok, we have not been lucky to see minke whales to day too ~ we tried so hard to find them , but our dolphins really made this day for us . So wonderful to watch them moving close to our bout . Many of our passengers were able to take good photographs cause they appeared so close !! ;) We was able to see there white stripes along there side and sometimes the undersides which are white coloured as well , so neat ;) We really enjoyed this time ~ not much of a time we had with them , but a wonderful time ;) Still , we offered our passengers to come again if they like too , for a better whale watching tour in fallowing days ;)
okt
Tuesday, October 4th
12 55 to day we had east wind and so we had to sail above big waves ;) Well , not so big , but some raging waves ;P After good lunch ~ we prepared our fine whale vessel Andrea ~ the most beautiful ship at the Reykjavik port , it really is ! of course , also cause of its wonderful crew ;) We just don't feel the waves so strongly and our cosy Coffeehouse , hot chocolate and home made waffle baked by Jana ~ one of our crew members , she is crazy about fishing and actually caught fish all over this season and now our fridge is stuffed with fish... and Jana gone by tomorrow ~ to day is here last day here on Andrea whale boat ~ and so to day she did not fish , she did not bake ~ she did find a tiny whale ;) One of the world's smallest cetaceans ! One harbour porpoise travelling on its own , which is none common behaviour of this type . Harbour porpoises are mostly seen travelling in groups , but this one travelled alone ;) we headed further out and there we saw one minke whales , a huge blow ! One more ;) Sailing closer we lost it ~ maybe this creature remaining for long time under the water and that's ok with us cause Jana caught some fish and we grilled it ~ having a small boats party ~ swinging music and good atmosphere ;)) We decided to hand our happy passengers a complimentary ticket ~ and hope to see them all back in fallowing days ~ here on our beautiful yacht Andrea ;)
okt
Monday, October 3rd
12 55 This morning when sailing towards a new adventure ~ we really were surprised to sight first snow at the top of mountain Esja . Beautiful , now the rainbows are gone and first snow have arrived ;) We had to dress warmly ~ slurping hot chocolate and home made captains coffee ;) while looking out for whales , and not long we saw a black back appearing ~ very far but good visibly for us . We sailed closer and then our "whale" never showed itself again ;( We kept on searching for a long time , but we were not able to find more whales in this tour ~ still the atmosphere was fantastic on Andrea and we enjoyed sailing back home to Reykjavik harbour ~ offering our nice passengers a complimentary ticket to come along with us in fallowing days for a better whale watching tour ;)
okt
Sunday, October 2nd
12 55 in this tour we were lucky ~ cause we didn't had to search for to long ~ a beautiful minke whale appeared closely enough so we were able to observe it for some while , watching the minke whale surfacing several times close . After some while our whale decided to remain under the water ~ we had beautiful weather conditions , even do some rain came as a sweet refreshment ~ we were able to see rainbows , lots of them . wonderful tour ! ;)
sep
Thursday, September 29th
In calm sea conditions and a cloudy sky we sailed out and found a young minke whale. The Whale was very interested in the ANDREA boat and came closer and closer. Finally so close, that we saw the sideflippers under the surface! For more than 30 minutes he was in a distance of 3 to 35 meters from the vessel. Amazing to see how he enjoyed our company all the time! On the way back it started to rain a bit but we just had some coffee and waffles under Deck.
sep
Tuesday, September 27th
Sailing out today we got wind that was increasing more and more and than it also started raining. So we had really hard conditions to search the Whales. At some point we decided to just use the trip differently so no valuable holydaytime would be wasted. We turned around, went to a point without rain and way less wind and tried the sea angling. This was way more successful, we cought cod and makrill which the people took home. Also of course they got a Ticket to come back for the Whalewatching.
sep
Sunday, September 25th
8 55 this morning when we started to set up our fine boat weather conditions seemed a bit more rough than yesterday ~ an ease haze overlaid the sea and the mountains around the fjord were covered in clouds , soft rain and wind ~ all together typical Icelandic weather conditions , but there is something about this weather ~ silent , peaceful and still a bit mystical ;) Perfect atmosphere for whale spotting . We sailed out ~ towards whale area and there were so many gannets to see , unbelievably cool . Watching their spectacular dives into the water from the air , some from the height of 20 to 30 meters . Plunging from high in the air , it's so magnificent ! After some while we spotted our first minke whale surfacing fairly close to our vessel ~ one beautiful creature ;) But since everything this morning started up so promising ~ our first whale decided to sneak away from us and we never saw it again ;( We sailed a bit further and found one more minke whale and it was just the same story .. mhhhh . But we detected white beaked dolphins and they came very close , very close ! Only 5 meters ahead of our vessel ! We had them just for a little while around , but to have them so closely was brilliant . We were able to see all of them ~ especially their grey stripes on each side and the white colours on their belly, white coloured beak . Really nice ! We gave our passengers another complimentary whale watching ticket to come along with us again in following days for a better whale watching tour . 12 55 After a good pause and delicious hamburgers for our crew ;) We sailed out , now with hope that this might be a better whale watching tour and the whales perhaps remain a bit longer close to our boat than in the morning ~ We sailed our common course and still there was dense fog around ~ but quickly after sailing some while the fog was lifting off and so we had a clear sea surface . We sailed for a long time and again there were so many gannets around , such a beautiful atmosphere ;) But no whales at all this time . We had many rainbows rising above the mountains , the ocean and once just above our vessel . Magical colourful ;) September is the months of rainbows here in Iceland and together with the veil of brume and soft rain ~its just something so different about it ~ just Iceland ;) We found no whales in this tour and we gave our passengers another gratis tour for free to come along with us again for a better whale watching tour here with our nice whale yacht Andrea ;)
sep
Saturday, September 24th
8 55 in our morning tour we had some rain and it was pretty cloudy , but sea conditions were very calm . Good weather for whale spotting . Morning brume made our tour more mystical and adventures , always nice to spot whales in this kinda ~ typical Icelandic weather conditions :) After a short while searching ~ a beautiful minke whale rocket up , suddenly ~ just ahead our vessel . It was sorta amassing to see this creature so close and unbelievably “suddenly appearing ahead our vessel “ . It surfaced several times , but than we lost our morning stranger ;) From some other boat we knew there were white beaked dolphins around and when we came to the spot ~ they were gone ;( We sailed further out searching for a new whale and somewhere far we really did detected a blow and also many gannets diving into the water ~ we stopped our vessel and waited , but we have never seen the whale that might have been possibly there . On our way back home to Reykjavik harbour we spotted harbour porpoises and for one moment they came fairly close to our vessel , but for just a short while . We decided to hand our passengers a complimentary whale watching ticket , to come along with our fine Andrea vessel in coming days or week ~ when ever they
sep
Friday, September 23rd
8 55 this morning we had good weather conditions ~ sunshine and calm sea . But weather and time is becoming unfairly cold ~ slowly ;) This tour we can call successful , cause we spotted white beaked dolphins on the very beginning of our tour . They appeared so close to our boat , but just for a short while and soon after that we spotted our first minke whale ~ a blow further out ;) when we sailed closer we saw the black back and a beautiful creature surfacing several times closely to our vessel :) But we found out that we had more minke whales around ~ and not even far away from us . All together we was able to observe 4 minke whales and couple of them appeared alongside our vessel and we had a fantastic time watching them and there way of surfacing , its always breathtaking to watch . Also we have seen many gannets diving into the water and so we had one big adventure out on sea . A wonderful whale watching tour ;) 12 55 now after having a good lunch break we headed out ~ back to the place where we found so many whales in the morning . Weather now was warming up and sunshine became so strong ~ almost like back in old summer days this year .. :) We sailed and to our surprise there was no whales . We thought maybe we just have to search a bit longer and sometimes we stopped the boat and just waited ~ a good method that often works in whale spotting . But also nothing , the ocean looked endless and no movement , so sign ;( But still beautiful , to be out on sea with such a calm sea surface and fantastic weather conditions . We came far over our the time limit ~ searching until the very last minute and we found no whales at all . We handed our passengers a complimentary ticket ~ to come with us for another , of course better whale watching tour in fallowing days ~ on our fine whale boat Andrea ;)
sep
Thursday, September 22nd
8:55 12:55 In great sunshine we sailed outm found quickly a pot of Dolphins, continued to 2 big minkes and a calf. On the way back we found another group of about 8 Dolphins this time jumping out of the water and as close as 30 meters. Suddenly something drove them away and in the same second 2 minkes appeared even closer to the Boat! All of this in Sunshine and calm Sea. Amazing Tour and everybody went with a big smile of board.
sep
Wednesday, September 21st
8 55 this morning was beautiful ~ when we arrived at the harbour to prepare our fine whale vessel, sunshine and calm sea were laying ahead of us . Our captain boiled good strong " sailors cafe " and the first passengers arrived and so we sailed out into this beautiful day awaiting us ~ towards whale area . We sailed our common course and not much time passed as we sighted splashes far ahead and when we looked through our binoculars we saw white beaked dolphins , lots of them . Same story ~ bow riding ahead our vessel and jumping ;) Sometimes they appeared so close we were able to see the white light coloured beak , conic head . We had about 10 animals , maybe more surrounded our vessel ! But this is so common ~ white beaked dolphins are attracted by boats and often they bow ride , its so much . Well , we headed further and the mountains around Faxi bay looked so magnificent with the different colours of the sunshine ~ sheering trough the clouds , and it wasn't long as we detected a minke whale rocking right ahead our vessel ~ showing its big black back and we also had a wonderful time here with this creature . Not long , one more minke whale showed up ~and so we had 2 minke whales surfacing close to our vessel ;) On our way back to Reykjavik we spotted one more minke whale , but further away. Still we was able to observe this creature very well ~ seeing its big blow and several times coming up with its big triangulate shaped snout first , we've gotten a real fantastic picture of this creature . White beaked dolphins showed up again ~ this time jumping and jumping alongside our vessel and also 2 little white beaked dolphins calf's were to see :) We sailed back home ~ very happy ! 12 55 In beautiful sunshine we went out it did not last long to find a pot of Dolphins! First five, than ten, than more! 2 mothers with calfs amongst them. We spotted them, because they jumped high out of the Water and when we came closer many kept jumping and some turned around in the air, landing on their back! A Great show! Continuing further we found 2 minke whales coming as close as 30 to 50 meters we stayed with them for a while. On our way back we got so lucky to spot a minke calf, which was 4 to 5 meters long. Unexpectedly a fourth minke came up right in front of the Vessel as we continued further, this time a really big whale! All in all a fantastic tour in great weather.
sep
Tuesday, September 20th
8 55 this morning south ~ east wind formed our bay ;) But nothing to worry , still very nice waves to enjoy sailing towards whale aria . Small clouds and blue sky :) we sailed our common course and just as we reached our spot a huge blow was visibly ~ still far out , but very good to see for us . We were so excited and as we came closer a huge minke whale surfaced several time before than disappearing under the water ~ waiting .... looking for our found creature ~ huge whale ;) , it actually didn't make us wait to long and appearing suddenly alongside our vessel ~ incredibly close and so we were able to observe this beautiful minke whale so well ! Our new friend bide a while with us ~ a long while :) Staying with us all the time and we had a wonderful morning tour . Once our minke whale surfaced only 10 meters close and so we have gotten our perfect whale watching moment and fantastic photograph's were taken by our very excited passengers;) 12 55 our second tour to day ~ after good lunch and now more sunshine and less waves we sailed out into a new adventure . we actually were not so lucky in this tour ~ searching so much and we found not really a whale that we were able to observe closely . One creature was spotted further away and surfacing several times but when we came closer it was gone ;( we remand for some while in this area ~ hoping for our creature to appear again , but nothing . On our way back to Reykjavik harbour we saw harbour porpoises appearing fairly close ~ but since we can not call this a perfect whale watching tour we offered our friendly passengers a complimentary tour in fallowing days or weeks , or even years ;) Still it was a nice tour precisely the sunshine and sailing and excellent atmosphere at our coffeehouse !
sep
Monday, September 19th
8 55 new morning ~new week , new adventure ;) so excited about sailing , cause yesterday bad weather came into the Bay and we were not able to sail out , so now we was even more excited to sail out and weather conditions have calmed totally . to day was the rainbow day ;) so beautiful ~ so many and one big one surrounding our boat and another one just above the mountain Esja , the colours were so strong and magnificent . So we sailed trough rain and Sunshine and rain and sunshine and many rainbows in between ~ beautiful Monday morning ;) we actually had to search for a long time and there was no whales ;( After long time searching we thought we have found dolphins , but they left so quickly , mhhh ~ but we still had the rainbows ;P we also saw harbour porpoises and they also were occupied ~ speeding away . We gave our nicely passengers another complimentary tour to come again with us ~ in fallowing days or years ;) 12 55 now we had lots of sunshine and a few passengers from our morning tours came along with us again ~ we think because of the rainbows over the ocean , they are just so unbelievably beautiful ;P Only in Iceland , in the months of September ~ most beautiful time to sail ;) weather is still warm and many whales are still present in the bay before travelling to south . Very often we see minke whales surfacing just underneath a rainbow . But not to day ;( Well , but we have seen dolphins , lots of dolphins !!! Many white beaked dolphins , and they remained close to our boat for a very long time . Sometimes they were only 2 metres close , we was able to observe them so well and had a fantastic time . Also they were bow riding ahead our boat and so we saw there white lines at there body shining trough the surface ~ magnificent moments . But we wanted to find a whaaaale , a real big one ;) and so we headed further out and we had to search for a long time and all over sudden a young boy was yelling “ a whale , a whale !!! " We stooped our fine big boat and there was a whaaale surfacing alongside our boat ~ only 10 meters , just as we wished so much before ~ a real big creature , minke whale , rushing like a mad whale trough the waves , no .." throwing " is the better way to describe its lively movement ;) ~ most likely feeding on mackerel , a very fast moving delicious fish ;) We only saw this minke whale creature several times surfacing and then disappearing into the deeps of the ocean , never seen again ~~ Well we decided to sail back home to Reykjavik ~ preparing our fresh catched mackerel for a dainty dinner ;) ;P
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Saturday, September 17th
8:55 A very nice day to start with a wonderful whale watching tour ;) Very successfully tour and also weather conditions didn't disappointed us ~ calm sea surface , no waves and wonderful atmosphere ~ so silently ;) We didn't had to sail very far to day , cause just as we arrived close to our common aria where we find mostly whales ~ we spotted a minke whale , very small creature and she surfaced only 2 times every time , once she surfaced . Nice , to observe a more younger creature and it was very occupied feeding and so we headed further out where we saw from further away jumping withe beaked dolphins !!!! so many and so many of them were jumping ;);) We had to sail a bit to reach them , but actually we was so lucky ~ cause they were travelling towards us and so fairly soon they appeared very close to our boat and stayed for whole time with us ;) We had a really fantastic time with them ~ withe beaked dolphins ;) Often they jumped and also there was sooooo many of them all around the boat , some further away and some very close ~ nice morning tour and now we are sailing back to Reykjavik harbour for a yummy noon meal ;) 12:55 Our second tour to day ~ wonderful !!! We headed out , sailing above totally calm sea surface and also the colour of the ocean changed compare to the morning ~ now very bright , which is very good to spot whales ;) At the very beginning of our tour we spotted a minke whale surfacing in further distance and as we sailed closer we saw a wonderful creature surfacing several times closely to our vessel ! Once appearing so close we was able to observe her black back and the triangulate South coming up first while it was surfacing ~ magnificent moments , also we could listen to the sound of the whale , breathing while coming up to surface . But our attention was taken by the withe beaked dolphins that appeared again further away ~ of course jumping ;) We remained a bit longer with our minke whale , but then heading towards the dolphins and again ~ fantastic time with them ! This time they came so lose to the boat ~ we could have touched them , really ;) We could see there white and light grey patches on there sides , also the white stripes alongside there body , there huge dorsal fin ~ and also the light coloured beak ~ so closely !! ;) We are so happy with this tour and now sailing back home o Reykjavik harbour ~ enjoying the rest of the Saturday's evening ;)
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Thursday 15.9
8 55 our morning was actually really nice , cause of the sailing tour was so incredibly nice . we didn't had to sail very far and there was a minke whale rocking underneath the morning sunshine , appearing just ahead our vessel ;) Nice creature and for some good while we was able to observe it from all edges ~she was so close to our boat , but then all over sudden she disappeared , we searched and looked all around our boat and there was nothing then entire endless ocean ;) Beautiful ! We decided to sail further out were we found a small group of withe beaked dolphins ~ but they also ... all over suddenly needed to go some other place ~ so we gave our brave passengers a complementary ticket to come along with us again in fallowing days ~ for a better whale watching tour ;) 12 55 ohhh no , a very unlucky tour ;( och no ;.( ... we searched every where , but not able to find any whales ~ but we got a nice sailing tour around the bay ~ always nice !!! ;) so our passengers will come again , of course with a complementary ticket ~ for a more successfully whale watching tour in fallowing days ~ or even years ;)
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Wednesday, September 14th
8 55 we sailed out in this beautiful weather conditions ~ sunshine and calm sea , and also our morning tour was so successfully ;) When we reached whale aria we saw a minke whale further away and soon after that we detected several minke whales , about 4 different minke whales ;) Also we was so lucky to find withe beaked dolphins appearing in our tour . Again we had a mother and her little calf and actually the group of dolphins we saw cam very close to our boat ~staying with us for a very long time ! On our way back we saw harbour porpoises and all together we had a very successful morning tour ! ;) 12 55 our second tour to day ~ we headed out , sailing our common avenue towards whale aria and being so lucky in the morning we hoped now for the very best whale tour again . Very quickly we detected our friends the withe beaked dolphins again and this time there was so many of them ;))) The group we have spotted was just so huge and dolphins everywhere around our vessel ! we sailed further out to find more whales but everywhere we sailed we just saw dolphins ~ very nice tour and they remained with our boat for so long time ! bow riding ahead our vessel and especially the little calf sometimes jumped out the water ~ so wonderful to watch . Very very nice tour !
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Tuesday, September 13th
8 55 weather condition became so excellent ~ still strong waves , but not so big as yesterday :P after boiling strong captains cafe we headed out to whale aria to find Hrefna Jonasdottir ~ and we did :) Sailing our common "avenue" ;) and at the very beginning we met a group withe beaked dolphins . Absolutely fantastic show ~ they stayed very close to our boat and there was a mother and her calf ... so sweet !!! The little one was jumping over and over again ;)) We had such a wonderful time and stayed with this group of withe beaked dolphins for a very long time . But then we headed further out where we found all together 4 minke whales !!! One appeared so close to our boat ~ only 10 meters ! After some while also Hrefna Jonasdottir came along and showing us a wonderful time , surfacing several times close to our boat as well ~ A happy tour ;) 12 55 our second tour was also very successfully ! We headed ~ sailing our common avenue , especially back to the spot we was so lucky in the morning tour . Now , waves have totally calmed and sailing was just fun ~ sunshine pure ! This tour we did something very special ~ we stopped at the same aria where we detected the minke whales in the morning and we just waited :) A really special way ~ cause we never know and there is so much trust .... and really, after about 10 minits waiting time all over sudden a huge creature appeared just 5 meters ahead our vessel !!!! A beautiful formed minke whale ~ one magnificent moment ! The way she appeared was just so incredibly and she remained all time close to our vessel . Sometimes moving away for about 100 meters and then again appearing just 5 meters close to our boat . The manner how she appeared was so spectacular ~ unexpected cutting the surface , wow ;) Very adventures tour with many happy tourists waving us thankfully good bye ;)))
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Monday, September 12th
8:55 weather conditions at the harbour looked rather calmly ;) but ~ when we reached into the bay banging waves awaited us , so our fine whale boat Andrea became a wiggle seesaw ~ heavy north east wind made it a raving sea and so we were not taken by surprise when splashy waves were showering above us , we actually enjoyed it a lot and so to day we did not were really successfully with finding whales , but surly many passengers are now called real sailors ;);) We did spotted at the very beginning of our tour withe beaked dolphins ~ but unfortunately lost them pretty soon ;( We headed further , well as fast and good we were able too ~ most of us drenched by the oceans spectacle and out of nowhere suddenly rocks up this huge minke whale , but so wild ~ bashing itself trough the waves ~ very beast like picture ;) But the sea colour appeared so dark and so it was difficult to behold to our whale ~ we saw this stranger several times surfacing and then we lost hold of it . A few harbour porpoises appeared but so shortly and then tehy were gone phhhhhh ~ well , we did offer our brave passengers another tour for free to come along with us again for a better whale watching tour ~ of course a complimentary tour ! Despite the bad sea conditions, many people actually enjoyed this adventures tour ;) 12:55 Tour cancelled due to a strong wind in the bay.
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Sunday, September 11th
Kl. 8:55 Sunshine in the middle of September in Iceland...so nice and also the sea was very calm today. The visibility was perfect to go out whale watching :) We encountered soon a pod of Harbor Porpoises who prefered to leave us...sometimes rather shy animals. We kept on sailing and found 3-4 Minke Whales. Once in a while close to our boat and twice we heard and saw the blow clearly. While we waited for our Minke Whale to surface again some Harbor Porpoises appeared but like before they left us immediately. What a nice and excinting trip :) Kl. 12:55 Sunshine in Reykjavik and in Faxaflói Bay :) On our second trip today we had to sail quite far out and search for a while until we spotted a little group of White Beaked Dolphins. They were pretty active, splashing water and once in a while they approached our boat so we could see the white stripe on their
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Saturday, September 10th
8:55 Finally weather conditions calmed ~ so nicely !! Juhu ;) we are ready to sail out into a new adventure and this morning really rocked ;) first of all ~ sunshine pure and yes , bretty cold ~ lately , but we are real solid sailors and so no weather conditions kink into our sailor temper ~ first we met some harbour porpoises very close actually and so as we sailed further out we found dolphins !! white beaked dolphins ;) Bow riding and staying very close for some while ~ after some while they disappeared and we headed further out , where we detected one minke whale further out . Fantastic creature ~ cause after some little while she appeared unbelievably close to our vessel and this for a long time period !!! This creature rolled around and so we were able to observe her so well and surfacing so often ! All together we have seen about 4 minke whales and 2 of them remained very close to our vessel ;) Super tour and good weather conditions are back at the ocean ~ happy day ! Kl. 12:55 What a great sunny day and very calm sea...best condition to go out whale watching :) On our way to Faxaflói Bay we encountered a little pod of Harbor Porpoises but unfortunately they only stayed with us for a little while until they left us...sometimes they are very shy. We kept on sailing and searching...sailing in all directions in the bay we sadly did not find other whales and decided that this tour was not good enough therefore we gave our tourists an extra ticket for free and they can join us again at any time :)
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Friday, September 9th
8:55 No tour 12:55 Today was a bit windy day but we had beautiful sunshine. Early in the Tour we stopped the boat for something swimming around us that disappeared as fast as it came. But sailing out we heard about the Whales, how they behave and how to spot them. We had a lot of Northern Fand even more Great Gannets around. Birds with a wingspan up to 1,8meters were hunting for fish all around us. And than we spotted a minke Whale!!! The minke was very interested in the Ship and came several times really close to the boat. Even though we had waves, we could see the back and eyes clearly above the surface and the white bandages on his Sideflippers below the surface. Blue sky and sunshine followed us all the way back to the Harbour and made it an even better (holi-) DAY!
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Thursday, September 8th
8:55 Cancelled due to a strong wind 12:55 Cancelled due to a strong wind
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Wednesday, September 7th
08:55 weather conditions was not so fantastic to day ~ we had big rolling waves and so we sailed out to try our luck :) To sail upon waves like that can be really adventures and so it was ~ unfortunately we did not find any whales , but we had so much fun to just sail ~ vertical and horizontal trough Faxi bay ;) We offered our nice brave passengers another tour for free to come along for a better whale watching tour in fallowing days ! Still we had a good time out at the ocean ;) 12:55 Cancelled due to a strong wind
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Monday, September 5th
8:55 our first tour and a nice one ;) we sailed out upon calmly sea conditions and , soft wind blowing from south east . really nice to sail out and actually we didn't had to sail far to make the first find ~ a minke whale , very nice one ;) greeting us good morning , rocking up ~ just 10 metres close to our boat ~ ahead the boat ! Beautiful creature and she loved to stay under the water for a long time and sometimes she surfaced again , appearing so close to our boat . After some while we headed further out and we detected withe beaked dolphins !!! A group of withe beaked dolphins gave us a fantastic " show " !! ;) they remained for quite some while , long while and we saw there body and coloured withe lines so good , very close ~about 5 metres to our boat . Very nice tour ! 12:55 wonderful tour , our second tour ;) we sailed our common course and found a wonderful minke whale appearing only 20 metres close to our boat , just like in our first tour this morning :) we remained for some good while , but again this minke whale stayed so long time under the water surface . Most likely this is the minke whale we have seen in our morning tour ;) later we detected withe beaked dolphins and again ~ good show !!!!!! So many of them and so amassingly close to our boat ~ for a very long time ! On the way back to Reykjavik ~ we saw our minke whale again and greeting good bye ;) 16:55 weather conditions are so magical ~ in our evening tour we had so many rainbows , so colourful shining trough the gray evening colours ;) Very beautiful and we shut many good pictures . Sailing out we found a big , really big group of harbour porpoises ~ this time behaving differently then usually , jumping and surfacing all the time close to our boat ~ so unbelievably time we had with them ! Also lots of gannets in the show and the harbour porpoises appeared over and over so close to our boat !!!! Underneath the sunset ... wow ! We was able to observe them so good , good vista :) After we sailed very far and found a minke whale surfacing several times ~ also good show ;) This nice creature appeared only 10 metres to our boat ~ alongside and so , yes eventually we had to sail back home and go to sleep ~ Game over , day over ;))
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Saturday, September 3rd
08:55 This morning we had beautiful weather and the bay, that was crowded of birds. But we also saw minke whales and harbour porpoises. The porpoises really surprised us, because we expacted the minkie to come up when they appeared infront of the vessel. One of the minkies was so playful to turn around under water and showed us its white Stomach and fluke!! Also at a time we were surrounded by at least 2 or 3 minkes, so it became difficult to decide where to look first. A great tour!!! 12:55
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Thursday September 1st
Kl. 8:55 Tour was cancelled because of bad weather conditions. Kl. 12:55 It was not so windy anymore and it even stopped to rain. We went whale watching and we had to be very patient until we found one Minke Whale who surfaced a couple of times but left us afterwards immediately :( not everyone was able to see this animal and we decided that this tour was not good enough and gave our tourist an extra ticket for free so they could come and join us again :)
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Wednesday, August 31st
Kl.8:55 It was raining a bit but we had some very nice and motivated tourists who wanted to see whales ;) We sailed to Faxaflói Bay where we soon encountered one Harbor Porpoise who was so shy that he left us immediately :( sailing a little bit further we spotted 3-4 Minke Whales and one calf :) so cute and small but not shy at all. The calf came even closer and checked us out. Kl. 12:55 Second tour for today and it stopped raining :) We found a little pod of Harbor Porpoises who were not as shy as the animal we had spotted earlier today, they surfaced constantly...sometimes all of them at the same time -wonderful- We found the 3-4 Minke Whales again and one particular animal approached our boat :) so we were even able to see the whole animal through the surface of the water and could even see the white stripe that Minke Whales have on their flippers. Very successful tour!!!
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Tuesday, 30th of August
Kl. 8:55 From now on we only run 2 times a day and on our first trip this morning we sailed into Faxaflói Bay where we soon encountered a Minke Whale who surfaced a couple of times but then prefered to dive deeply and stayed under water for a while so we kept on sailing until we found 3 Minke Whales who appeared more often. On our way back we encountered our little friends the Harbor Porpoises, a little pod who was surfacing at the same time ...so cute :) All of a sudden there was one of the Minke Whales again, surfacing right in front of our boat :) Wonderful! 12:55 This tour we had a cloudy sky and good conditions on Sea. On our way out we learned about the Whales and how to spot them. Than we saw jumping Dolphins, which were of course the white beaked dolphins. They joined us for some time and surfaced again and again right infront of the vessel. Further on we found 2 different minke whales and both of them came quite close to the Boat. A successful tour also for everybody, who hat to catch a flight!
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Monday, 29th of August
8 55 what a tour ;) we saw withe beaked dolphins , harbour porpoises and one beautiful minke whale !!!! weather conditions were still a bit wavy and so we sailed out ~ ~ not very long we found a group of harbour porpoises surfacing so nicely , really ~ we was able to observe them very well ! Our guests was so excited and taken , also we did not had to sail for very long as we detected our first minke whale and this creature remained for so long time ! Further out several more minke whales , but just as we wanted to kip sailing a group of withe beaked dolphins showed up and gave us theeee time ;) the dolphins remained for more than 20 minutes close to our boat and also the minke whale showed up again ~ staying a long time ;) so nice tour ~ 12 55 Now weather became sooooo beautiful , so silently and calm . sea surface bright like a mirror and the ocean became so inviting . Now soon the time for the rainbows here in Iceland will start ( September ) , out on sea this is just so beautiful . Not cold , not warm ~ just fresh breeze's of ocean air ;) well well , we sailed out and just as we arrived on our common spot we spotted a fine minke whale . A special one .. Oscar ? this wonderful creature came very close to our boat from the very beginning we meet ;) and then all over sudden disappearing , rocking up behind our vessel and JUMPED ! this kind behaviour just belongs to one whale called Oscar ;) also our minke whale remained ALL time with us , and so CLOSE !!! the strangest thing ~ there was no other whale close by ;) There is no doubt our old friend was back ;) ;) We had to eventually sail back .. ;( But time ~ always returns back to us ;)
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Sunday, 28th of August
8:55 News from our first tour to day ;) wonderful tour . wow ! All birds were back ;) and with them many minke whales . so unbelievably beautiful scenery ~ there no perfect word to describe the magic in the air ~ we sailed out above a carpet of big rolling waves ~ drifting coming from west . The colour of the sea surface so bright and slowly a brume , so beautiful laid a veil ~just above surface . The scenery so beautiful , mist all around and so many gannets diving into the water ~ the gannets are back and so many :)))) large white birds , they often make spectacular dives into the water from the air , heights of up to 30 metres !!! and to day we had theee show ;) we have seen a group of harbour porpoises appearing very closely to our boat and also we have seen all together 4 minke whales . One creature stayed all time with our boat and we had a perfect time to observe different individuals ;);) 12:55 Our second tour was just so wonderful ~ weather conditions were not for every one ;) but , still enjoyably for most if us ~ now waves boost even more , sailing out vertical and horizontal , kinda ;) lots of fog and small rain showers , but wind came smoothly , not cold like in past days ! After some while sailing we stopped they boat and waited for a while . Being so into the waves and scenery ~ quipping a whale might show up soon " we just stay and wait " ;) really out of the blue ~ a magnificent minke whale creature rocked just 20 metres close to our boat ~ surfacing so nicely and several times over and over again . Wilde creature ;) throwing itself<