The season is getting higher and from 1st May we will have two tours scheduled daily; 9:45 and 13:15.The month of April has been better than expected; we started earlier than ever (on the 15th April) and all tours have gone out except for one.
It does not matter how many whales you have seen in your career. Every time you spot a new one it is always the same excited feeling rushing through your veins. Especially when the blow is visible (which is a sign of a bigger whale) like happened to captain Bessi, guide Ann-Sophie and all their passengers on our 9:45 tour earlier today when a humpback was found during adventurous conditions.
It seems like the whale season is starting for real now. Yesterday a nice group of white-beaked dolphins was swimming around the boat for half an hour. We got the chance to see them bow riding just in front of the boat.
Today as well as yesterday we could enjoy Skjálfandi Bay in gorgeous weather. Hardly any wind was blowing and the bay has been showing its full beauty. This compensates us for the lack of the big whales which have not been seen during the last days, when we instead enjoyed the presence of the smaller ones.
It is getting warmer day by day, the snow is melting and the first waterfalls are running down the mountain hills. The puffins have reoccupied Puffin Island to prepare their burrows from last year, ready for a new breeding season.
This morning we started our trip in bright sunlight. It seemed like the sun got really motivated due to all the celebrations going on all over Iceland yesterday to welcome the summer.After one hour we reached the other site of the bay, where we saw some harbour porpoises swimming quickly through the water.
Today it is the third Thursday in April and Iceland is celebrating one of its national holidays – Sumardagurinn fyrsti, The First Day of Summer.Nearly all the shops were closed and many festivities were going on all over the country – especially around Reykjavík.
After a good start in the season yesterday we continued today in even better weather. The sun showed its full beauty during the whole trip and not a single cloud dared to cross its way.Due to the fantastic weather we could welcome five passengers on board.
Today we went out for the first trip of the season 2012 – earlier than ever before! In best whale watching conditions we sailed on to Skjálfandi Bay in search for whales. The bigger whales must have had a long lie this morning but we encountered lots of cute harbour porpoises.
We do not count months or weeks anymore. It is only hours left until season 2012 starts on Sunday (15th April). Both crew and boat are ready to leave harbour for whale watching once again - even the weather forecast looks promising.
