Wednesday, 2 February 2022

Unfortunately we had to cancel the 09:00 tour due to the weather. The 13:00 Classic Whale Watching tour is ON schedule. The seas may be rough so as always we have sea sickness tablets available free of charge at our ticket office. 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 not mandatory but are recommended in areas where keeping distance from others is not possible.

Report from Eldey: With sunshine and blue skies that could have belonged to a summer´s day, we were excited to sail out into Faxaflói. The sea, however, reminded us that it is still Icelandic winter, as there was a high swell and a cold wind blowing. We motored out west, in a different area than yesterday to see if we could find some cetaceans there. The bay was filled with birds, ranging from individual fulmars who glided within meters from our boat to huge flocks of European shags flying off in the distance. Halfway through the tour, we turned around in a northwards direction and the sea conditions were much more favourable after that. We were surprised not to see any marine mammals around considering the amount of seabirds, but with marine wildlife we never know exactly what is going on beneath the surface and where the whales, dolphins and porpoises were today. We gave all our passengers complimentary tickets to come on another tour with us where we will hopefully be lucky enough to observe the marine mammals of Faxaflói. 

- Megan Whittaker

Common guillemot, european shag, black-legged kittiwake, northern fulmar, black-legged kittiwake, black-backed gull, glaucous gull, herring gull, red throated diver, great northern diver, eider duck, purple sandpiper.