✘ TOUR CANCELLED | at 20:30
✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 17:00
Report from Eldey: The wind was still blowing strong during our tour but the crew and the passengers, we were ready to face it. We headed out to Faxafloi bay with the confidence that some big animal was waiting for us. We enjoyed a variety of birdlife: fulmars, gulls, puffins, terns and even the great northern gannet, the biggest seabird that we have in iceland, but unfortunately we did not get to see whales or dolphins. So we offered our braves passenger a second chance to come back and try to see how beautiful this animals can be.
Jose Manuel Marco
✘ TOUR CANCELLED | at 14:00
✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 13:00
Report from Eldey: Its always amazing how the weather changes with a different wind direction. Today we had south westerlies bringing with it clouds, foggy conditions and rain. We first sailed south west and for an hour and a half we had very little to see but the waves. All the landscape was hidden behind all the fog and very few birds except the fast flying puffins flying to and from their colonies. Suddenly in the distance birds started to form and it looked very promising, we slowed down and gave the area a thorough search, after 20 minutes of watching the birds, plunge into the ocean for food, skua´s stealing the food from other birds a minke whale popped up. Finally! We were able to follow the whale fot a while even though the surfacing was fast and unpredictable using the birds to aid us. In the end two minke whales were in the area. It was challenging to photograph the whales but we enjoyed the feeding frezy of the whales and birds.
- Megan Whittaker
✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 10:00
Report from Elding: The sky was overcast today and there was some light rain, when we were heading out. There was quite a bit of swell, turning our journey into a little rollercoaster ride, but our excellent captain kept the boat steady anyway. While on our search for cetaceans we could see a lot of northern gannets around the boat. These are the largest seabirds in the North Atlantik and really beautiful birds. Due to the fog hanging around the bay we could not make out most of the landscape around us, but were doing our best in trying to spot cetaceans. In the end it was not meant to be today, we did come across a variety of seabirds from artic terns to manx shearwaters, but no cetaceans. Therefore we gave our passengers complimentary tickets to try their luck again on another whale watching adventure with us, free of charge.
- Diana Besel
✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 9:00
Report from Eldey: It was foggy and there was some light rain, but the weather was quite calm. We went out in search of whales, we had quite an undercurrent, so the ride out was rocky but our passengers were real heroes and stood in the front of the boat and seemed to have fun in the waves. We ended up finding a minke whale very close to the boat, but it disappeared very soon unfortunately. We kept looking for other animals but sadly the weather conditions proved to be difficult in the search, with the fog limiting our visibility. So we offered our passengers the chance to come back on another tour for free and hope to see them again soon!
-Kristín Viðja Harðardóttir
Birds seen today: common guillemot, black guillemot, atlantic puffin, northern gannet, northern fulmar, manx shearwater, great black-backed gull, lesser black-backed gull, black-headed gull, black-legged kittiwake, arctic skua, arctic tern, eider duck.
We are sailing from the Old Harbour in Reykjavík today at 9:00. The weather today is beautiful, but if you are prone to getting sea sick, we do have sea sickness tablets available free of charge at the office and on board. 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.
