4th April 2024
3 minute read
03 Apr 2024
Whale Safari Guides
Species seen today: Harbour porpoise
Bird species seen today: Atlantic puffin, Northern gannet, Northern fulmar, blkack guillemot, common guillemot, eider duck, Great cormorant, European shag, herring gull, glaucous gull, black legged kittiwake, great black backed gull and black headed gull
09:00 - There was a bit more swell today as the wind had increased. On our way out this was behind us, as we headed south again, so it wasn´t too cold. Not too long into the tour we saw our first pod of harbour porpoises coming up quite close. There was around 3-4 individuls in this pod. They looked so cute when they came up for breaths, sometimes we could even hear the little puff sound as they exhaled. We carried on and saw a flock of birds and underneath we saw another porpoise. Every few minutes we were stopping to see more porpoises. In total we saw 4-5 pods but the last was the best. Around 10 individuals surfacing a lot giving us a great view. On our way back it was very wet as the waves sprayed us. We then gave out complimentary tickets so our lovely passengers can come back and hopefully see some more larger cetaceans.
Crew: Captain Gunni & Guide Eline, Captain Oddi & guide Rob
Today our tour at 09:00 is ON whilst our tours at 12:00 & 15:00 are unfortunately cancelled due to worsening weather conditions throughout the day.
For more information, come see us at Ægisgarður 5D, email us at info@whalesafari.is
or call us on +354 497 0000!