Monday, 11 March 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: With a beautiful day in our sight, we sailed out into the bay in search of cetaceans! We were very expectant since the seas were as calm as a lake, so sightings would be easier to spot. Not too long into the tour, we spotted a dark body near Videy, it was a humpback whale! This was a known whale, named Frodo since it has a ring-shaped scar on her left side. We stayed with this individual for about 15 minutes before we put our heading towards West, to the middle of Faxaflói. The wind was on our back, so we were feeling warm from the sun, which was nice for a change! About an hour into our sailing mission, we received a call from another boat saying they had stuff. So, we went there to investigate this event. When we got there, in a place where we could even see the mountain's reflection on the water, we saw 2 dark bodies from another 2 humpback whales!! They were feeding in pair, helping each other like good buddies. One of them was smaller so we think it was mother and calf!! A rare event that we were very lucky to witness. The time was unfortunately short, we had to sail back to the harbour of Reykjavík.

- Pedro Teixeira

Report from Eldey: Another sunny day out in our beautiful bay! Today we needed a lot of patience as we had to wait almost to the end of the tour to see whales! But eventually our patience was rewarded! We encountered a beautiful humpback whale right next to skarfabakki harbour! He shown his fluck a few times and also spied on us. Amazing sighting!

- Rosalinda Cipro

Northern fulmar, great black-backed gull, lesser black-backed gull, herring gull, great cormorant, Icelandic gull, european shag, eider duck, black guillemot, razorbill