Tuesday, 7 May 2024

Today we will be operating our Classic Whale Watching on Hafsúla and Elding 1

• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 9:00, 13:00
• PREMIUM WHALE TOUR | 10:00, 11:00, 14:00, 15:00

Report from Hafsulan: this morning we sailed out in stereotypical Icelandic weather - sun one moment, pouring rain a second later. However, the weather would not stop us, so we kept sailing out looking for activity. Right of the harbor we spotted bird activity, many northern gannets and puffins flying around. Despite that, it took us a while to spot first marine mammals, after more sailing we spotted a first blow of a humpback whale. We were hoping to see it again but after waiting for a while it seemed like the whale is attempting new diving record. We kept sailing further until we found a spot with big concentration of northern gannets. Soon after we spotted splashes of white-beaked dolphins in the same area and two minke whales made a quick appearance. The highlight was yet to come as a humpback whale surfaced very close to our boat a few times giving us a great last look before we headed to the harbor. 

-Aleksandra Lechwar

Report from Elding: It was a very cold day and one of those where you have all seasons within 3 hours. We sailed all around trying to find cetaceans, but unfortunately we had no luck. We gave out complimentary tickets and all passengers are invited to join another tour for free.

- Rosalinda Cipro

Atlantic puffin, Northern gannet, Northern fulmar, black guillemot, razorbill, common guillemot, leach's storm petrel, eider duck, common gull, herring gull, black-legged kittiwake, great black-backed gull.