Friday, 27 October 2023

Today we will be operating on Þruma RIB for our 10:00  and 14:00 Premium Whale tour and on our lovely vessel Eldey for the 09:00 and 13:00  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 | 9:00, 13:00
• PREMIUM WHALE TOUR | 10:00, 14:00

Report from Eldey: Today we had pastel colours in the sky, some clouds but almost no wind and a calm sea on this chilly day. Not too long into our tour we spotted 1 harbour porpoise just cruising in front of us and then it disappeared. After that, a flock of birds feeding on fish at the surface caught our attention, so we went there to investigate and after 5 minutes of waiting we had ourselves a minke whale surfacing really nicely and showing up very close to the boat! We could even smell its breath! We continued our adventure into the bay and then we saw a blow in the distance. As soon as we got there we could confirm that it was in fact a humpback whale!! Such a nice animal to watch fluke diving. It was playing with us, always showing up where nobody was looking but taking its time when fluke diving so we could take that nice picture that we so much want. Time was up and on the way back to the harbour, we saw another minke whale. A delightful tour today!

- Pedro Teixeira

Report from Eldey: As we set off this afternoon the sun started to come out warming everyone up a little bit. We had a really nice journey out to find cetaceans. After a bit of travelling we saw a dorsal fin pop up above the water. It was a minke whale! It had a really nice, distinct dorsal fin so maybe we have seen this one before. We got to see it surface a lot which was very nice. We then saw a big big blow a bit further out. It was another humpback whale! We saw it then go for a fluke dive allowing us to get a bit closer. Each time it would surface about 6-8 times before the fluke dive. It looked very similar to the individual of yesterday but different to this morning. At one point the behaviour changed massively before going back to normal. It only surfaced once then went for a dive. So perhaps there was a second humpback. We then headed home after a great tour!

ps Happy birthday to my Mum!

- Rob Hyman

Northern fulmar, northern gannet, common guillemot, black guillemot, razorbill, eider duck, gulls