Friday, 10 February 2023

Today we will be operating on our lovely vessel Eldey for the 9:00 and 13:00 Classic Whale Watching tours. Make sure to dress appropriately for the tours as it is always colder on sea than on land.

• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 9:00
• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 13:00

COVID-19: Keep in mind that passengers and crew are asked to ensure their own hygiene and safety at all times. Washing hands thoroughly with soap and using a hand sanitiser is advised.  

Report from Eldey: Finally we were able to head out after many days being cancelled. The waves were fairly calm and not too much wind. The wind did pick up a bit a few times as well as the rain falling. We did get a bit wet but boy was it worth it. We spotted a blow in the direction of Hafnarfjörður. We found a humpback whale. We saw this individual surface a few times in random places. Then we realised we actually had 2 individuals as they surfaced on both sides of the boat. One even breached! Most of us missed it but we saw the huge splash it left behind. Very quickly another two humpback whales appeared, we were now surrounded. Everywhere you looked a fluke (tail) was appearing. There were 4 around us. We spent a good amount of time with them seeing many surfaces. We also got to see one lunge feed. In the distance we could see another blow so perhaps there were even more in this area. This was a really amazing tour!

- Rob Hyman

Greater and lesser black backed gull, black headed gull, northern fulmar, European shag, Great cormorant, glaucous gull, eider ducks and common guillemot.