Tour at 13:00
Report from Eldey: The wind had calmed down since this morning and fewer waves were around us now. After about 50-60 min of sailing, the dolphin magic from the morning continued! We first saw a pod of about 6-8 white-beaked dolphins which we followed for some time. During this encounter we noticed more dolphins jumping about 1-1.5 km away from us and decided to head over there. The dolphins were kinda spread out over a large area but there were quite a few around everywhere, some preferred to keep a distance from the boat, while others became very playful every now and then and came towards the boat. The second pod also contained some calves and a particular playful one that kept jumping out of the water. We also kept our eyes open for any whales to show up but today the white-beaked dolphins were the rulers of Faxafloi! Difficult to estimate how many we saw on the tour, probably 30+ during the entire tour. Even on the way back we saw 2 pods of this dolphin species and again the calves were all over the place. No whales, unfortunately, but the dolphins totally made up for it!
- Alberto Alejandro
Tour at 09:00
Report from Eldey: Finally a beautiful, clear, sunny morning to be out on the bay. A warm sail into the bay but a chillier journey on the way home as we traveling into the wind. It took us just over an hour before we got word of a pod of white-beaked dolphins. We could see them jumping in the distance but unfortunately not in a whale watching mood so it was hard to find them once we got closer. Luckily we came across another pod of white-beaked dolphins, a pod of about 6-8 individuals with calves, very cute to see the baby dolphins surfacing next to their mothers. Then another pod of 4-5 individuals, you could see others breaching in the distance jumping too. On the way home we had a quick surface from a minke whale but only the guide saw it sadly. All in all a nice morning on the ocean with lots of seabirds and white-beaked dolphins.
- Megan Whittaker
Birds seen today includes: northern gannets, black-legged kittiwakes, lesser black-backed gulls, iceland gulls, razorbills and common guillemots.
Status: RUNNING
We are sailing out from the Old Harbour in Reykjavik today. There is some wind from the South East so there will be movement on the boat.
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