AMAZING ENCOUNTER WITH A CURIOUS HUMPBACK WHALE!
We started our first trip of the day on Amma Kibba. The weather was incredible: finally summer had arrived and we got to enjoy temperatures around 16 degrees whilst sailing…and even though it was not too sunny, we could see the strong light from the sun as a reflection in the light clouds. It was almost like having sunset colors in Skjálfandibay. Above that, the sea was just like a mirror, calm and not windy at all.
Suddenly we spotted a humpback whale in a distance and got very excited. We were approaching the place slowly in order to get closer to the whale…
We waited for it for few minutes, but suddenly the whale showed up just next to our boat - not even four meters far...so we turned off the engines. The whale was extremely curious!
It was first showing the head so we could see all the details of the barnacles on top of the whale’s head, then it started to roll over: it was showing its white huge flippers and the belly. Then – finally – it was crossing very slowly underneath the zodiac, just to take another, but last breath before the final dive on the other side of the boat! It was such an incredible experience for all of us.
Definitely this humpbacks are amazing creatures as well as extremely smart and unpredictable!
- Belén
Photo: Belén Garcia Ovide
Humpback whales spyhop sometimes. Here you can see part of the whale's head.