Tour at 17:00
Report from Eldey: No real change in weather conditions from this morning, only the wind had gotten a little colder. We headed out into the area where we had been very successful on our previous tours with two minke whales. This tour, we did see both of them again but the larger, adult minke whale only showed us it's large blow. The juvenile, however, surfaced several times. As it did this very randomly and unpredictably, it was difficult to know where to look and sometimes we heard it's loud exhale before we actually saw it. What was great, however, was how close it came to the boat. On 3 surfaces it was within 15 meters from us! This and the great weather overall made this an enjoyable tour.
- Sabrina Voswinkel
Tour at 13:00
Report from Eldey: It was a little warmer on this afternoon´s tour, as evidenced by the fact that not everyone had to wear the overalls. The sun was beaming down on us which helped keep our spirits high when our first minke whales weren´t feeling very cooperative and only surfaced once. However, perseverance won out and on our way back we had a short but great encounter with two minkes together that surfaced very close to us. What a great end to the tour!
-Rachel Pool
Tour at 9:00
Report from Eldey: There was little wind but the wind we did have was definitely icelandic cold. Nonetheless we had only few waves and sunshine throughout the tour. We went to an area with a lot of Northern Gannets feeding all around us. And after spotting a blow further out and heading there, we encountered 2 minke whales. The first minke was still very small, so most likely a juvenile born last year and in the bay of Faxafloi for the first time. The other minke, which we only saw a few times and very randomly, was much larger, so possibly it's mother, although we can't be certain of that. Both were feeding and although they were difficult to follow and only surfaced very randomly, some of the surfaces were extremely close to our boat! We stayed in the area for most of the trip as we knew with all the bird activity the whales were most likely to stay there too. Only once we started running out of time did we turn around to make it back to the Old Harbour in time.
- Sabrina Voswinkel
Birds seen today: Common Guillemot, Northern Gannet, Northern Gannet and Kittiwake.
Status: RUNNING
We are sailing out from the Old Harbour in Reykjavik on a wonderful sunny day. Hope you are able to join us on our search for these magnificent animals in their natural environment
