Tour at 17:00
Report from Eldey: The weather was getting better with every trip today - at the evening the clouds covered sky again, but the sea was flat and it was warm enough to enjoy sailing without overalls. Unfortunately it was to calm evening on the bay - even birds were just relaxing sitting on the surface. Beside short sightngs of few Harbour Porpoises passing us by, quickly like always, we spot only one very elusive Minke Whale. We were disappointed us much as our passanngers! That is why we offer to them a complimetary tickets for another whale watchig trip with Elding, valid for next two years, here in Reykjavik or in the North of Iceland - in Akureyri.
- Ewa
Tour at 13:00
Report from Eldey: Our departure from the old harbour was promising. Sun, wind in the back and warm weather were with us the first moments of the tour. As soon as we got out of the harbour we could contemplate the incredible view of Faxafloi. Today's tour was plagued of seabirds, northern gannets were extremely active and we were able to witness their incredible behavior when diving vertically in order to feed. In the middle of our northern gannet's ecstasies we spotted an elusive minke whale a couple of times while surfacing, but she disappeared quickly. We didn't give up in our pursuit and we kept an eye on the sea, looking for clues that indicate where the cetacean were. We found another big flock of northern gannets plunge-diving, showing us were the food was and, luckily the presence of cetaceans. And yet we were right! We experienced a fast encounter with a minke whale just 20 meters away from our boat! We could even heard the sound of her exhalation while breathing. Nonetheless, it wasn't enough sightings from us and we decided to offer a complementary ticket to our passenger. Hopefully, we will see them again to enjoy another lovely afternoon at Faxafloi.
-Rodrigo A. Martinez Catalan
Tour at 09:00
Report from Eldey: The morning started with a little shower, but where is a rain and a sun, there is also a rainbow! We sailed out on a calm sea, leaving rainy clouds behind and enjoying more and more sun rays coming out. The bay was full of life today. It didn't take us long to spot a big flock of feeding birds, including new arrivals: Arctic Tern, and spectacular in their feeding technics Northern Gannets. When we were focus on watching birds, some of our passengers spotted big splashes not far a way from us. It appear to be a pod of 3 white-beaked dolphins, but also a Minke Whale suddenly surface it the same area. Because it's always easier and more fun to watch, we decided to follow dolphins. It was a good decision because soon after we found another, bigger pod of this dolphins with at least 4 curious and cute calves. It was a pleasure to see this creatures swimming around, and with the shinning sun, it was also possible to see their black and white bodies moving just under water surface. After spending good moment with dolphins, we decide to look back for the Minke whale, which we saw before. On the way we encounter a pod of 3-5 Harbour Porpoises, but as usually, as fast they appear, they disappear. We found Minke in the same are, but it was not a friendly whale. It surface really fast, with long gap in between, changing directions so only the most lucky passengers were having chance to spot 3 times his slender body with small dorsal fin.
- Ewa
Bird species seen today include: Northern Fulmar, Kittiwake, Atlantic Puffin, Arctic Skua, Arctic Tern, Lesser Black-Backed Gull,Great Back-Backed Gull, Common Guillemot, Black Guillemot, Northern Gannet, Eider Duck
Tour Status: RUNNING
We are sailing out from the Old Harbour in Reykjavik today. The weather and sea conditions look good today but if you are sensitive to motion sickness we do provide seasickness tablets, free of charge! Hope you will be able to join us on our search for these magnificent animals in their natural environment.
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