Monday, 1 August 2022

Today we will be operating on our lovely vessel Eldey for the 09:00, 10:00, 13:00, 14:00 and 19:00 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 | 10:00
• PREMIUM WHALE TOUR | 10:00
• PREMIUM WHALE TOUR | 13:00
• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 13:00
• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 14:00
• PREMIUM WHALE TOUR | 14:00
• PREMIUM WHALE TOUR | 15:00
• PREMIUM WHALE TOUR | 16:00
• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 19:00
• PREMIUM WHALE TOUR | 20:00

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 sanitizer is advised. Masks are not mandatory but are recommended in areas where keeping distance from others is not possible.

Report from Eldey: Battered by a strong northerly wind carrying the lovely cold but fresh arctic air we pierced through the waves on our way to find some whales and dolphins. Given the conditions we decided to follow the north coast for a while before turning and travelling with the wind out into the bay. On our way out we began to see a bunch of birds and a massive swarm of moon jellyfish, so we know we reached a productive area. However despite the food underneath us we couldn't seem to find any whales or dolphins. Suddenly, emerging from the sun glare to the south a pod of about 5 white beaked dolphins cut across the from of our bow. Just a quickly as they appeared however they decided to change direction and head back into the glare where they melted away like ghosts. While trying to find them again we stumbled across a minke whale, and turning the boat we followed it for a minute before it disappeared too. Despite waiting around in the area some more to find more animals we didn´t manage to see anything and we eventually had to leave and head home. It´s possible that the recent tremors and earthquakes in Reykjavik may have affected the whales, as earthquakes have been linked the beaching or stranding. However unless we can ask them we may never know. Needless to say we gave out complimentary tickets today due to the poor sightings.

- Liam aka "The king of the toilets"

Report from Hafsúlan: The sun was shining but the wind and waves challenged us and our boat a bit, so we were off to a rocky start. We sailed across the bay for quite some time before a crew member got a fleeting glimpse of a minke whales dorsal fin. Unfortunately this minke was shy and did not want to be whale watched to much so it did not come up again. After that we tried our luck with several promising seabird aggregations, fighting for food, but these birds seemed to be on their own so we made our way back to port and gave our complimentary tickets and let the passengers enjoy the sunshine on a clear but windy Icelandic summer day.

- Cindy Schwenk

Report from Eldey: The weather this morning was bad however weather reported it will get a bit better during the day. So we started to go out into the bay hoping to be lucky this time. There was quite a lot of white caps like in the morning and a strong wind coming from the Arctic. Spotting in this conditions were difficult but not impossible. However despite this we unfortunately did not see cetaceans. We saw still a lot of birds such as Atlantic puffin, Northern gannet, Northern fulmar and more but not whales, dolphins and porpoises. Due to this, we gave passengers complementary tickets so they can come whenever they want in our tour again for free.

- Enorha aka "the red orca"

Northern Gannet, black-legged kittiwake, common guillemot, black guillemot, Atlantic puffin, Arctic skua, Manx shearwater, sooty shearwater, greater and lesser black-backed gull, Arctic tern, herring gull