✘ TOUR CANCELLED | at 19:00
✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 17:00
Report from Eldey: Again weather conditions changed a bit for this tour. While the waves had calmed a bit, the rain definitely picked up. So everyone on board was going along with the Elding fashion, wearing our red overalls to stay warm and dry. It was a long search through the bay until finally we spotted a minke whale. Looking at it's dorsal fin we could even recognize that it had been the same one as on our previous two tours. It was feeding and difficult to follow until it suddenly appeared out of nowehere within only 20 meters of us. That was absolutely worth the long search and rain.
- Sabrina Voswinkel
✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 14:00
Report from Elding: The bad rainy weather stayed mostly over Reykjavik so we had a relatively dry tour. First cetaceans to be seen was a pod of about 6 white-beaked dolphins after about 1 hours sailing offshore. We tried to see them well but they obviously were not interested in us and only seen from a distance of a few hundred meters. We have to show these animals patience and respect so we left them in peace and travelled further to the west. We found another area where two minke whales were spotted. We were able to spot them a few times before they too disappeared and we continued to look, instead we enjoyed the birdlife for the journey home.
- Megan Whittaker
✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 13:00
Report from Eldey: It was dry during this tour but waves had woken up from their Monday morning sleep in. But as we know from experience, waves can be exactly what the whales and dolphins want to show us how good they are at jumping through or surfing on them. And this was demonstrated to us by a pod of 6 white-beaked dolphins that we were able to observe for nealry 40 minutes. They came to our bow, dove underneath us and surved the waves until they suddenly began to change their behaviour and followed their instinct, hunting fish. Following them we spotted another pod of 3 white-beaked dolphins but decided not to stop for them. With our remaining time we aimed to find hopefully another species. So we did - a minke whale that showed itself to us feeding on the richness of Faxaflói's fish.
- Jose Manuel Valero
✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 10:00
Report from Elding: After the storm always comes the calm so we had a really calm morning after the big storm that was happening yesterday around the capital city. It stopped raining right after leaving the old harbour and we were quite lucky during the whole tour because only a few drops fell down. After roughly half an hour sailing we had our first encounter, although it was extremely fast. An small pod of 3-4 harbour porpoises appeared close to the boat to disappear after 2-3 surfaces. We didn't have to wait much more to enjoy an amazing sighting of 8-10 playful white-beaked dolphins. Some of them, the younger ones, were jumping out of the water and some of the individuals decided to play with the bow of the boat. It was wonderful! After this, we continued our way until we found a minke whale! It surfaced a couple of times really close to us! After a few minutes with this animal, it was time to go home with a big smile after spotting 3 of the 4 main species in Faxafloi bay.
-Elena Gutiérrez Ruiz
✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 09:00
Report from Eldey: After yesterdays storms it was wonderfully calm in Faxaflói. The ocean had really calmed down over night. There was still a bit of rain around but this kind of overcast sky is great to spot as there is no sun glare making us squint our eyes. It was a long search this morning until we found a feeding minke whale. It was close to an area where there were some fishing boats around and the minke was clearly going for fish as it was doing a lot of direction changes, at times coming right towards us! On our way back to the harbour we then encountered a pod of maybe 6-8 white-beaked dolphins that were traveling towards the East. Midst the pod was even a juvenile, always staying close to one of the adults. So, despite clouds and rain, a great tour and sights super worth being outside for.
- Sabrina Voswinkel
Birds seen today include: northern fulmar, kittiwake, black-backed gull, northern gannet, black guillemot, common guillemot, manx shearwater, sooty shearwater, eider duck.
We are sailing from the Old Harbour in Reykjavík today. If you are prone to getting sea sick, we do have sea sickness tablets available free of charge at the office and on board. 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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