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Wednesday, 27 December 2023
Today we will be operating on our lovely vessel Eldey for the 13:00 Classic Whale Watching tour. 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 WATCHING | 13:00
Report from Eldey and Hafsúlan: after having some mist and a very snowy tour yesterday, the day today was very sunny and the bay was extremely calm! It almost felt like summer, if it wasn't for the cold reminding us we we're nearly halfway winter. We decided to sail out, but first passing by the area of Engey and Videy area, very close to Reykjavík. Don't know if we were very lucky and the intuition of the captain hit the spot, but not even 20min in, we saw a blow not far from us! We had a humpback whale close! This whale was calmly going for deeper dives, probably feeding. Sometimes showing its fluke, sometimes not. Many times it came closer to us, coming in our direction and popping up at another place. After a while with this individual, we decided to explore other areas. The clouds around us were snowy and the sky presented a very pink color. Even the moon above Esja mountain was incredible, which made us amazed by the views during the rest of the tour. On the way back, we returned to the same whale from before, and before reaching it, we spotted 2 harbour porpoises passing by. We stayed a bit with the humpback, taking beautiful pictures and then decided to go back to the harbour, happy about the day and great weather!
- Anna and Miquel
Wildlife seen 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
The Harbour Porpoise is the smallest and most abundant cetacean around Iceland. They are usually shy but occasionally they come and play around the boats. They can be relatively hard to spot from a distance due to their size and their abundance depends entirely on the food availability of our shores since they are opportunistic feeders.