Friday, 24 February 2023

Today we will be operating on our lovely vessel Eldey for the 9:00 and 13:00 Whale Watching tour. Make sure to dress appropriately for the tours as it is always colder on sea than on land. 

• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 9:00
• 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.

Report from Eldey: This morning we sailed out hoping for our humpback whale friends at Hafnarfjordur! There was a bit of wind on our outward journey making the sunshine a little cooler. We saw lots of bird life on our way showing us that the bay was full of life and food. After about an hour of sailing we got to our hotspot and soon after spotted two blows of humpback whales! One was very close to the harbour, and we could even see people from the harbour doing their own whale watching. We stayed with this individual for bit and even saw it lunge feeding! After we switched whales with the other whale watching company as to not overcrowd the whales. The second whale was a little less active, and much harder to track but still came quite close. We ran out of time and headed back to Reykjavik. 

- Anna Richter

Report from Eldey: Today we sailed in direction of Hafnarfjordur with high hopes of seeing the whales again since they spotted 2 in the morning. The swell was quite low but there was some wind. As soon as we arrived  Hafnarfjordur we a saw the blow of a whale in a distance. Going in the direction of this Humpback whale, we were surprised by another Humpback whale approaching us from behind. Was a really curious whale and got really close to the boat, less than 20 meters. We spent some time watching some beautiful fluke dives and unfortunately we had to return to Reykjavik after a very good whale watching trip.

- Rodrigo Silva 

Eider duck, black guillemot, common guillemot, long tailed duck, great cormorant, European shag, Northern fulmar, Northern gannet, lesser and greater black backed gull, black legged kittwake, glaucous gull, razorbill