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Tuesday, 5 December 2023
Today we will be operating on our lovely vessel Eldey for the 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 | 13:00
CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 13:00
Report from Eldey: Good weather and sea conditions today. There was a cold wind coming from the east but not strong enough to create big waves, and the sky was blue with beautiful landscape. We first checked around Videy to see if there was the whale that stayed there for two weeks last month. We could not find it, but saw a grey seal, so we went further out in the bay starting towards the south. We received the info from another boat that they spotted a blow so we went further north and could see those blows ourselves. There was probably 4 different humpback whales in the bay. We tried to observe two of them. One seemed to have quite a dark tail and the other one that we could observe from closer had a whiter one. The animals were moving a lot so it wasn't a easy task but we managed to have a few good looks at them and had a beautiful fluke dive for a goodbye. We went back to the harbour listening to nice music.
- Miquel Pons
Bird species encountered today include:
Black backed gull, herring gull, eider duck, red-breasted merganser, common loon, great cormorant, razorbill, common guillemot, black-headed gull.
Wildlife encountered today:
The Humpback Whale is quite spectacular undergoing the longest migration of any mammal (5176miles/8334km one way), attracting females by singing to them and of course their energetic nature. On many occasions humpbacks have been seen breaching, tail slapping, fin slapping, blowing bubbles and spy hopping just to mention a few. The humpback is also one of the larger whales we encounter
Grey seals are generally distinguished from harbour seal by their straight head and fewer spots. Males are darker and larger than the females who tend to be a silver, grey or brown in color. Grey seals and harbour seals are the only seals that have been reported breeding in Icelandic waters.