✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 17:00
Report from Elding: Last tour of the day, but not less excited we started off into Faxafloi bay once more. It took us almost one hour but we did find a pod of around 5-7 white-beaked dolphins. There were at least two individuals, that were very active and kept leaping out of the water one time after another. They were difficult to count though, as they were split up on two sides of the boat. Based on our previous tour we continued our search for the humpback whale, had a brief encounter with another pod of 3 white-beaked dolphins and one minke whale, before we encountered another pod of maybe 10 white-beaked dolphins, which had at least one calf with them. There we also had a closer encounter with another minke whale and finally saw the blow of the humpback whale. We were able to get close enough to identify it as the same individual as from the last tour. Happy to see it again, we waited for it a few times to show its tail, before finally heading back into the harbour. Lets hope the action will continue tomorrow!
-Christina Winkler
✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 13:00
Report from Elding: With a sunny start into our second tour of the day as well, it took us over one hour to finally get our first whale sighting. But it was definitely worth the wait. We saw a huge aggregation of seabirds from far away, with uncountable northern gannets amongst them, plunge dive into the water all around us. And right in between all this action surfaced one humpback whale. While mainly focusing on that beautiful animal, there were at least 2 minke whales surfacing around us as well and prooved themselves right, being called 'stinky minkies'. We were able to stay within the midst of it all for about 30 minutes before we had to head back to the harbour. On the way we encountered a small pod of 4 harbour porpoises passing by super close to the boat and returned all smiles. What an incredible tour!
-Christina Winkler
✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 9:00
Report from Eldey: This morning the sun was shining, not a single cloud in the sky, and the sea was very calm. We couldn't ask for a better way to start this day! We sailed out with smiles on our faces and after a while we spotted a big flock of active birds, feeding on some fish underneath the surface. The fish attracts whales as it is their main source of nourishment, and just a few minutes after finding the birds, we spotted our first minke whale of the day! It was changing direction quite often, suggesting it was feeding. It was a little bit elusive, so we stayed with it for a bit and decided to go find something else. A little while later we spotted another minke whale! And this one was not shy at all, it came up to the surface just beside our boat! It was wonderful seeing it so close to us, it happened a few times before it swam a bit further away from us. At that time we had run out of time, so we headed back to the harbour and enjoyed the beautiful landscape on our way back!
-Kristín Viðja Harðardóttir
Bird species seen today: northern gannet, northern fulmar, arctic tern, atlantic puffin, common guillemot, black guillemot, black-legged kittiwake, arctic skua, great skua, lesser black-backed gull, great black-backed gull.
We are sailing from the Old Harbour in Reykjavík today at 9:00, 13:00 and 17:00. The wind is pretty strong today, so we are expecting some swell in the sea. If you are prone to seasickness we have some seasickness tablets free of charge at our ticket office. The sun is shining, but make sure to dress warmly and make use of our warm overalls as it is always colder on sea than on land. For more information contact us by email elding@elding.is or by phone +354 519 5000.
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