Tuesday, 2 January 2024

Today we will be operating on our lovely vessel Eldey for the 13:00 Classic Whale Watching tour. Make sure to dress according to weather, as it is usually colder at sea than on land.

• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 13:00

Report from Eldey and Hafsulan: Another day around the islands near Reykjavik watching humpback whales! The sea was calm with some eastern wind. It was cold so our passengers were happy to wear the overalls we had onboard. The same humpback whales from last few days were still there swimming and feeding separately. We stayed for about half an hour with each of them. One that we started calling Calamity was showing its beautiful fluke and going for short 4-5 minutes dives. The other one was very unpredictable, changing directions very often but diving for short time, and never showing its tail. We went further out trying to spot something else but were quickly out of time so we came back to the harbour.

- Anna Richter and Miquel Pons

 Herring gull, black backed gull, black legged kittiwake, eider ducks, glaucous gull, razorbill, common guillemot, Great cormorant, Great northern diver, whooper swan.