Thursday, 29 February 2024

Today we will be operating on our lovely vessel Eldey for the 9:00 and 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 | 9:00, 13:00

Report from Eldey: This morning we sailed out onto a gorgeous calm sea, there was barely any wind and no swell. We watched the sunrise and only after 10min of sailing spotted our first whale! We saw the back of a humpback whale in the distance, and getting there, we realized it was Frodo, a humpback whale that we've been seeing a lot on the last couple of weeks. Frodo was feeding actively, sometimes even rolling at the surface, showing off a pink belly and white pectoral fins! We decided to check another areas, enjoying that the weather was fantastic, and we ended up finding a pod of 5 harbour porpoises swimming by. They were very predictable and easy to spot, since the sea was like a lake this morning. We watched the tiny dorsal fins coming up and then we came back to Frodo, the humpback. It was still feeding, but this time very close to us! The blow was super loud and Frodo was passing underneath us! It also pooped right in front of our eyes, very classy. We then returned to the harbour after a lovely morning in this beautiful sea.

- Milla Brandao

Report from Eldey: This afternoon we continued with glorious sunshine, the wind picked up slightly but depending in what direction we were in you couldn't feel it. We headed out and soon found Frodo our current resident humpback whale again, still feeding and very calm. There was a few instances where she was extremely close to our boat, we could feel the blow on our faces - sometimes the light would catch it and it would become a rain-blow! We then decided to head futher out and see what else was there. After a little tour we spotted some harbour porpoises. There were about 4 and we could see some very clearly through the water. They stayed with us for a few moments but quickly vanished. We decided to once more go to Frodo, and at one point had her on our right and some 3 porpoises on our left. While some of us were watching the porpoises, Frodo did a fluke dive and so we thought this was the perfect moment to head back. 

- a slighty sunburnt but happy Anna Richter

Northern gannet, razorbill, black and common guillemot, common gull, herring gull, graylag geese, black-backed gull, lesser black-backed gull, great cormorant, European shag, black-legged kittiwake, Northern fulmar