Sunday, 15 August 2021
Today we will be operating on Þruma RIB for our 09:00, 10:00 and 14:00 Premium tour and our lovely vessel Eldey for the 09:00 and 13:00 Classic tour. Make sure to dress appropriately for the tours as it is always colder on sea than on land. Join us by booking online or contact us directly for more information (elding@elding.is / +354 519 5000). It is windy out in the bay today, so there will be some movement on the boat. Sea sickness Tablets are always available free of charge from our ticket office, and onboard our boats.
✔ CLASSIC WHALE TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 09:00
✔ CLASSIC PUFFIN TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 10:00
? PREMIUM WHALE TOUR PENDING | 10:00
Report Þruma RIB : This tour was quite an adventure, the sky was covered in clouds with a light rain and wind was coming from the west building quite big waves. If the average wave was around 1.5m they were some waves reaching 2-2.5m. It was impressive but not as rough as it could be thanks to the very smooth sailing of our captain. We first stop to see the puffins in Akurey, then went further out to find whales. We were going in zig-zag to try to go out in the bay but it was a bit to rough to go far so we explore an area not very far from the land. We found a minke whale that did not want our passenger to leave without a sighting. The baleen whale surfaced three times and disappeared. It is very challenging to spot the minkes in this type of sea condition. Our passengers really enjoyed the experience of a heavy sea but we still gave them complimentary tickets, the sighting of the minke being extremely short.
- Miquel Pons
✔ CLASSIC WHALE TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 13:00
✔ PREMIUM PUFFIN TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 13:00
✔ SEA ANGLING TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 13:00
? PREMIUM WHALE TOUR PENDING | 14:00
✔ CLASSIC WHALE WATCHING ON SCHEDULE | 19:00
Report from Eldey: The ocean was still pretty rough as we headed out for the evening tour, but the weather was still rather nice, we almost had the evening sun shining through the clouds and the wind had dropped. On our way out, a passenger thought it had seen a white-beaked dolphin, but we were unable to spot it. We did however spot 2 minke whales, one we did not manage to follow and the other one we actually smelt before we spotted it, because of its stinky breath. We did not spend much time with it though as we spotted a humpback whale blow in the distance. We tried to head there but we may have sailed over it, because when we were in the area that we saw it, we spotted another blow in the same direction but it was so far away that it was impossible that these were the same individual. That one we managed to track down and it gave us a good show! We managed to identify it as Captain Hook, with its hook-like dorsal fin. It brought its head repeatedly out of the water and slammed it on the ocean surface – a very interesting behaviour. It also gave us about 3 good fluke dives before we had to head back as our time was running out.
- Fróði Guðmundur Jónsson
Bird species observed: northern gannets, northern fulmars, puffins, black guillemot, great skua, arctic skua, arctic tern, black legged kittiwake, herring gull, lesser black backed gull, greater black backed gull.
COVID-19: Keep in mind that passengers and crew are asked to ensure their own hygiene and safety at all times. Washing hands thoroughly with soap and using a hand sanitiser is advised. Masks are not mandatory but are recommended in areas where keeping distance from others is not possible.