Tour at 13:00
Report from Eldey: The wind had gone down a little bit and the sea conditions were better than this morning but there was more cloud coverage and colder as well. We made good use of the complimentary overalls onboard, keeping us warm. We saw a lot of harbour porpoises throughout the whole tour and sometimes really close to the boat. It must have been around 20-30 porpoises seen from the boat at least. We encountered two minke whales, one was quite elusive but we had patient so we got a good look at the whale. The second minke whale was really relaxed and traveled slowly at the surface giving us very good views! When it went for a deeper dive it was time to go home and on the way back we saw more harbour porpoises and could enjoy a smooth sailing back to harbour.
- Bryndís Ösp Birgisdóttir
Tour at 09:00
Report from Eldey: We sailed out the harbour under a nice bright sky this morning, allowing us to have a very nice look at the scenery around the bay extending as far as Snæfellsjökull volcano. We had some wind from northwest but the sea conditions were good with a swell not too strong giving us good hope at better cetaceans sightings. Elusive and occasional harbour porpoises crossed our path on several occasions, with a tour total of 10-15. Despite this good conditions it took us a while for us before we could finally have a good look at a small pod of 5-6 white-beaked dolphins. We followed them quietly for a few minute before heading further West and finally encounter a fast cruising minke whale. The animal was obviously on an unknown mission and not planning to stay around long enough for us to enjoy its company. At the end we managed to get a few good looks at the minke before it was time to head back to harbour. A tour with sunshine, dolphins and a minke whale.
- Rémi Bigonneau
Bird species seen on todays tours include: common eider, black guillemot, Atlantic puffin, razorbill, northern fulmar, kittiwake, greater black-backed gull, northern gannet, common guillemot, lesser black-backed gull and Arctic skua.
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