Sunday, 28 November 2021

 Today we will be operating on our lovely vessel Eldey for the 09:00 and 13:00 Classic Whale Watching tours. Make sure to dress appropriately for the tours as it is always colder on sea than on land. 

• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 09:00
• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 13:00

  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 mandatory in areas where keeping distance from others is not possible. 

Report from Eldey: It was a miserable day out on the bay of Faxaflói but passengers were not deterred. Dressed up in or overalls many braved the wind and rain. Also nice to have hot drinks waiting for us if we chose to have them at our onboard cafeteria. We search far and long and came across some very promising areas with large flock of seabirds; glaucous gulls, kittiwakes, black-backed gulls and razorbills mainly. Alas no black backs, tails, dorsal fins or blows where spotted from whales or dolphins this morning so we offered our passengers complimentary tickets and hopefully they will have more luck on their next adventure.

- Megan Whittaker

Report from Eldey: Wind, rain, fog and dolphins - that was our day today. The wind was blowing in our face so we fully got to experience the Icelandic winter. Equipped with warm overalls and a hot chocolate, we were able to face the weather and searched for marine mammals. We didn´t have to wait long before our first sighting: three harbour porpoises were swimming underneath a big flock of birds. We left the harbour porpoises to look for another species, and when we arrived a bit further out into the bay we saw the dorsal fins of some white-beaked dolphins! The dolphins were scattered around the area, and we could enjoy them for some very nice moments, but then we lost them underwater and we sailed on. The rain started to increase and it got quite foggy, but that was no problem because we spotted another pod of white-beaked dolphins. These individuals were more playful, swimming close to our boat, leaping high out of the water, and swimming in groups together. For the bird lovers, there was also plenty to see with a sea full of common guillemots, razorbills, sooty shearwaters and seagulls. We came back wet and tired, but very happy.

- Eline van Aalderink