✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 13:00
Report from Elding: The afternoon weather did not differ much to the morning. We had a little more of the sun coming through gaps in the clouds and a bit more swell, but nothing that could have an influence on whale watching. A pod of about 3 harbour porpoises greeted us on our way out and as we were concentrating on spotting black backs or a blow – splash!! A humpback whale breached out of nowhere. It did this twice in a row and then did a complete change of behaviour, becoming rather elusive. Thus we moved on and used our remaining time to search further. It took us only a few minutes to spot another promising area with some bigger flocks of birds indicating the presence of fish, and after a thorough search, we found a pod of 3 white-beaked dolphins that were a bit shy at first but then came to play around our boat and bow-ride as well. Always fantastic and so much fun to see them under the water. Finishing off the tour we decided to be back to the harbour past our schedule to stop where we saw a total of 3 minke whales. So although all species were somewhat shy this afternoon, we still had a 4 species tour which everyone could enjoy.
- Megan Whittaker
✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 09:00
Report from Elding: After two days of storms, we were finally able to go out again and were very happy with only a bit of a swell remaining from the storms. The sea was otherwise smooth and a cloudy sky helped a lot for a great visibility. Not having been out for two days we did not know at all what to expect. However, it turned out that the great amount of whales we had been seeing in the last weeks were still in the bay. A little over an hour of sailing out we encountered 3 species nearly all at once – around 10 minke whales, 2 humpback whales and a pod of 3 white-beaked dolphins. Plenty of birds indicated that fish for food are still around and the humpback whales sure demonstrated that with their lunge feeding show. Leaving the area as other boats arrived, we encountered another, much larger pod of at least 15 white-beaked dolphins as well as 2 solitary humpback whales and minke whales showing in the distance.
- Sabrina Voswinkel
Birds seen on today’s tours include: atlantic puffin, arctic tern, manx shearwater, common guillemot, razorbill, arctic skua, northern gannet, kittiwake, black-backed gull, northern fulmar, eider duck.
We are sailing from the Old Harbour in Reykjavík today for the tour at 09:00 and 13:00. There is still a strong undercurrent after the last days storm, so if your are prone to sea sickness we have sea sickness tablets available at our ticket office. 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.