Sunny Mountainside

Today was foggy out on Skjálfandi Bay, but luckily we ran into two humpback whales in the middle of the bay. Both were busy feeding close to the surface and diving very rapidly, lifting the fluke almost everytime, but only diving for a minute or so – just the perfect humpbacks to watch. After having watched them for a while the fog lifted and the sun burst through, giving a beautiful panorama of the mountains in the west of the bay, Víknafjöll. The birdlife was rich as well, a lot of arctic terns diving down, trying to catch the leftovers from the whales, and then, finally, as to end the show the white beaked dolphins showed up, jumping out of the water and swimming all fast towards us! Some of them also joined us on the way home, by riding the bows of the boat.

-Huld, guide.