Tuesday, 15 February 2022

Today we will be operating on our lovely vessel Eldey for the 09:00 o'clock tour. 1PM tour has been cancelled due to the sea conditions, for more information contact us by phone +354 519 5000 or by email elding@elding.is.

• 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 1 meter distance from others is not possible.

Seas are rough so we are offering complimentary seasickness tablets in the ticket office.

Report from Eldey: A snow blizzard welcomed us into Faxaflói this morning giving quite poor visibility for spotting, about 500m. With conditions like this we hope cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) pop up in the area we are sailing through. After about 30minutes of motoring a large black fin cut through the waters surface 50meters of our starboard side. At first I thought it might be a white-beaked dolphin but later wondering if it was actually a minke whale. It´s sometimes hard to tell when all you see is the dorsal as they both have quite large curved back fins. We hoped to see the owner of that fin but absolutely nothing showed itself again. We searched a little in that area and there were plenty of birdlife; seagulls, gannets, guillemots but after a few mixtures searching we decided to carry on. The swell by this point was getting quite large and causing some seasickness so we turned the boat in a more comfortable course and checked the areas nearer to shore. We found a large flock of birds and 2 pairs of harbour porpoises feeding in that area. Without any other sightings we gave our passengers complimentary tickets in the hope of seeing more next time. The skies started to clear on the way home allowing us to enjoy the beautiful snow covered scenery.

- Megan Whittaker

Common guillemot, razorbill, European shag, great cormorant, northern fulmar, black-legged kittiwake, black-backed gull, glaucous gull, black-headed gulls, red throated diver, eider duck, red-breasted mergansers.