Thursday, 10 March 2022

Tour at 09:00 has been cancelled, but the 13:00 tour is ON.

• 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.

Report from Eldey: We were in quite the ride this afternoon, with rough swell that made sure to train our sea legs! Overalls were used to keep warm and hot chocolate available to purchase if necessary. After an hours sailing we found a pod of 3 white-beaked dolphins, and they were hard to follow as they were clearly having lunch. Another pod of about 4 white-beaked dolphins came across before we finally had a superb encounter with a beautiful humpback whale. We stayed with it for a while and enjoyed its presence. It was the same individual that we saw yesterday, and it is still waiting to be named. Whale was swimming peacefully, staying on the surface for 4-5 breaths and then showing fluke and going down for 5 minutes. It was quite easy to follow as it maintained more or less its course. We tried our best to not be in its way and it paid off as two times the whale came up very close to our boat. We even could hear how loud whale exhale! Beside this humpback we also had great bird watching time as there was plenty of northern gannets and European shags. On our way back to the harbour we were also delighted by a third pod of about 5 white-beaked dolphins. What a spectacular tour!

- Estel Sanchez Cami

Common guillemot, European shag, great cormorant  northern fulmar, black-legged kittiwake, black-backed gull, glaucous gull, herring gull, long-tailed duck, eider duck.