Is this the end of Humpback season?!

So generally the best time for Humpback Whales is Feb/March in Faxaflói, now as we are in April the numbers of humpies that we have been seeing has been decreasing. So every tour we see some humpies I am very very grateful!
And during the summer months the most common species to be seen is the Minke Whale, and we just started seeing more Minkes over the last few weeks. Just today we saw at least 4, with more probably in the area! Though Minkes are a very elusive species (quite boring when compared to a Humpback) probably because they're still hunted and so have learned to fear boats.
So today's tour warrants a mention because of my actually having a good camera to hand and because of pretty cool sightings. So along with the usual dolphins, porpoises and occasional minke all making brief appearances often our tours rely on the best entertainment from Humpbacks. And on the 13:00 tour today it paid off! There were two incidents of note: First was when one of the whales took a dive and fluked using almost its entire body! Then right as we were leaving at the end of the tour a humpback did a full 360° roll right beside us! It scared the hell out of everyone on board but it was the perfect goodbye.

Fluke shots don't get much more perfect

I love Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) so much!

You can see how it threw over half of its body out of the water during this dive, pretty amazing.

And hey, a bird picture! Those are a lot less common now!

On the bird front hopefully in the next month when the Arctic Terns and Atlantic Puffins return to Iceland there'll be some more winged goodness.

And in a few days I'm off to Denmark for a short holiday so expect some touristy pics!

Thanks for reading!