✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 19:00
Report from Elding: The sea conditions and weather was almost the same than during the other tour, maybe even a little bit better, with less wind and less swell. We directly went to the same area than this afternoon, hoping that we will find the same animals. So we were looking around the boat, scanning the surface to find the presence of whales or dolphins. But wildlife always find a way to surprise you. We find a basking shark, the second biggest fish in the world. This peaceful giant was so close of the boat it was amazing to see. It stayed a while at the surface before desappearing. We decided to continue our search of whales. Unfortunately we were not able to find any cetacean so we offered to our passengers the chance to come back for free with complementary tickets.
-Miquel Pons
✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 17:00
Report from Eldey: As we had had two great tours already today in a similar area, there was no question of where to sail this trip. We searched and searched and were beginning to be dissapointed by how long we were searching until - basking shark!! They are just stunning creatures that seem like they should be in the dinosaur aera, the way they filter the water with their mouth wide open. It came within just half a meter of our boat and we were able to count each of it's gills, see the white spot on it's tailstock and look right into it's mouth. Fascinating. And so special!
- Jose Manuel Marco Valero
✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 14:00
Report from Elding: The wind picked up a bit through the course of these tour, but did not held back our passengers, as most of them stayed in our outside deck for the entire tour. Once we reached the area where we tend to find our whales and dolphins more frequently, we ran into a minke whale! We kept rack of it for a while, but as these giant was foraging, at some point it went for quite a long deeper dive, so we decided to use our time to search for something else. Few moments later we ran into another of the same species! These one we were able to follow for much longer, as it even went really close to our vessel! Pretty sure these 2 minke whales provided very good memories to our guests!
- Inês Cunha
✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 13:00
Report from Eldey: This is why we love waves. Because often the dolphins love them too! And they really showed this on our trip as we encountered a pod of 8 white-beaked dolphins. First we saw only 3, two of them jumping over and over enjoying the momentum of the waves. As we followed them, they joined with another 5 dolphins and within the pod of 8, we saw 2 juveniles. Really great how they just kept jumping and also interacting with one another. Within a moment, their behaviour changed and they began hunting and, eventually, lead us to an area where we also saw a minke whale. We had some close surfaces of this whale by our boat and thus returned to the harbour happy and keen to go out on our next tour.
- Sabrina Voswinkel
✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 10:00
Report from Elding: This morning tour was under an ovecast sky but almost without rain, only small short drops.The sea conditions were good so we could go far to look for the cetaceans. We found first a pod of white-beaked dolphins. They were a bit difficult to follow, diving a lot. It was nice to see that our passengers started to be good at spotting the dorsal fins after a while. We were looking for the dolphins when we saw our first minke whale. It desappeared as fast as it appeared. A lot of northern gannets, impressive and majestic seabirds, were plunge-diving in this area. After a while we spotted a minke whale again, maybe the same, The animals were hard to follow this morning maybe because of the behaviour of the schools of fish, but it was a good area to whale watch !
-Miquel Pons
✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 09:00
Report from Eldey: I bit of a gloomy morning with overcast skies and light rain, but we know this does not bother our beloved dophins and whales in Faxafloi. As the weather really was not restricting us in any way, we just sailed through the center of the bay and towards our main sighting areas. After precisely an hour of leaving the harbour we sighted a minke whale that was feeding inbetween diving birds called northern gannets. The whale was so focused on feeding, it did not mind us around at all and so we could just stay and watch it for fourty minutes, something one should not just take for granted. On our way back to the harbour we kept our eyes open for further minke whales or other species but our sighted minke whale remained the star of this tour.
- Jose Manuel Marco Valero
Birds seen today: northern gannet, northern fulmar, eider duck, common guillemot, black-backed gull.
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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