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The sunrise created pink and orange clouds as we sailed out this morning. We arrived in an area with a lot of birds and soon spotted a pod of 3 white-beaked dolphins, then a feeding humpback whale and a minke whale. In the afternoon we saw 3 harbour porpoises and a small humpback whale, but was tricky to follow so we gave out complimentary tickets.
We explored areas further into the bay this morning and found a pod of 6-8 feeding white-beaked dolphins. In the afternoon, we spotted 6 seals (one of which jumped completely out of the water!), and after a while searching we spotted a blow and the dorsal fin of a humpback whale, but ultimately decided to offer complimentary tickets due to the quick encounter.
- NORTHERN LIGHTS CRUISE | 21:00
Due to unfavourable weather conditions, we have decided to CANCEL the Northern Lights Cruise tonight!
- NORTHERN LIGHTS CRUISE | 21:00
We could see a few stars in the sky in between the clouds. We waited for the lights to come out as we enjoyed warm drinks in the cold wind. Unfortunately, we were not lucky, so we decided to give out complimentary tickets to all passengers!
- NORTHERN LIGHTS CRUISE | 21:00
- CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 9:00,13:00
Due to unfavourable weather conditions, we are forced to CANCEL all whale watching tours from Reykjavík today!
Iceland is still safe for visitors
The Elding team would like to reassure its guests that travel to Iceland remains open and safe for visitors, despite seismic activity described in news reports, which are highly localised to the town of Grindavík on the Reykjanes Peninsula. The rest of Iceland remains unaffected.
- NORTHERN LIGHTS CRUISE | 21:00
Due to unfavourable weather conditions, we have decided to CANCEL the Northern Lights Cruise tonight!
We saw a black object and we couldn't decipher what it was until we got closer, it turned out to be a small zodiac with 4 surfers trying to catch some waves - a very odd find! The course was then set to investigate further and eventually we found our resident humpback whale Flak! The afternoon tour was unfortunately cancelled due to weather.
We saw a blow towards Viðey, it was Flak the humpback whale doing a peduncle throw! Then after this they came within metres of our boat, it was so so close. In the afternoon we decided to go in the inside part of Videy, very close of Reykjavik, and there was Flak the humpback whale. We also spotted a grey seal showing its head a few times having a look at us.
- NORTHERN LIGHTS CRUISE | 21:00
Due to unfavorable weather conditions, we have decided to CANCEL the Northern Lights Cruise tonight!
We sailed out in the morning and only 20 min later spotted Flak, our winter humpback whale. With the sun present it was significantly 'warmer' as we sailed out this afternoon. We quickly spotted Flak the humpback whale swimming around Engey and went to have a closer look and also saw 2 harbour porpoises that were jumping out the water!
- NORTHERN LIGHTS CRUISE | 21:00
We stayed hopeful as we were expecting low clouds and while we spotted a star at one point, the clouds stayed with us during the tour. As we didn't have any luck with the lights tonight we handed out complimentary tickets so that everyone gets a chance to return for free. On the way be stopped at the IPT as it glowed and brightened up the now foggy night.
After 10 minutes of sailing we came across a humpback whale before also seeing 5-6 white-beaked dolphins. In the afternoon we went to the same area than this morning to find Flak the humpback whale that this time was in Skarfabakki harbour. We also encountered 2-3 pods of harbour porpoises, one of them was fairly large with maybe 7 individuals.