Friday, 1 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: Today we were faced with cold strong winds but lots of sunshine! We sailed out and only 15min after departure spotted a humpback whale! This was Frodo, our current resident whale. She was in a calm mood, feeding around us and at times coming fairly close to the boat! After some quality time together, we continued our sail to see if there was anything else about. On the way we spotted 6 harbour porpoises in two seperate pods. Both pods were just passing by and feeding. We didn't have much luck in our other hotspot, so ventured back to Frodo! This time the wind was in our backs and the sun was still out. We stayed with her a few moments before our time ran out and we headed back to harbour. 

- Anna Richter

Report from Eldey: Sun's out boat's out! And away we go on another whale-watching tour in search of... whales! We started to scan around the same area previously explored in the morning but we didn't have the same success. But after another 10 minutes, we spotted a blow! We had ourselves a humpback whale! It looked quite active since it was doing loads of splashes! As we stopped the boat at 200 metres away, it did several tail slaps, as well as a peduncle throw!! That was a big splash! It then stopped with that and did several fluke dives on an area that we couldn't reach because of its depth. We followed this individual who was heading to the harbour where a massive flock of birds was feeding on fish at the surface. After we picked a place, this whale came very close to us and it did several rolls and we could even see her face and underside after we saw all the frightened fish trying to escape that giant. We left this whale alone and scanned a bit further away but without success. Oh well, it's very cold anyway, so we returned to the harbour with hot chocolate in our hands.

- Pedro Teixeira

razorbills, black and common guillemots, eider ducks, Northern fulmars, Northern gannet, herring gull, black backed gull, black footed kittiwake, great cormorant