Friday, 13 September 2024

• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 09:00, 13:00, 17:00
• PREMIUM WHALE TOUR | 9:00, 10:00, 13:00, 16:00

Report from Eldey: We started this sunny day very excited due to the calm waves which would hopefully make it easier to spot any cetaceans. Not even too far out the harbour we spotted our first minke whale. This one was coming to the surface so much and even went for 2 huge lunge feeds. It must have been having a lot of breakfast. We then carried on sailing and spotted a second minke but this one was very elusive and we only saw it once. Then we saw another minke this one was again much better and came very close to our boat. Whilst we were with this one we spotted a big blow further away too. It was a humpback whale! As it then next surfaced we got to see the big blow before it did a peduncle throw creating a huge splash! We now got to see it surface and fluke dive a few times. Then we headed back very happy in the sun after a great morning.

-Rob Hyman

Report from Eldey: We sailed out to Faxaflói Bay on this sunny afternoon eager to spot whales and dolphins. After about 40 minutes of scanning the horizon, we finally had our first sighting—a minke whale! It appeared a bit shy and kept its distance, so we continued onward. Before long, we encountered another minke whale, this one much closer which we saw resurfacing gently. As we sailed further, we received word of white beaked dolphins in the bay. We approached a small group of 5-10 dolphins, and to our delight, they began jumping and bowriding alongside our boat, an amazing sight. As the trip was coming to an end, we decided to head back to the harbor, but not without one final stop. Two minke whales were feeding near the boat, offering us an incredible close-up view before our journey ended.

- Maria Ernesto

Report from Eldey: We set off once again under the sun very excited. On our way out we managed to spot a few minkes but we didn´t stop for them as we had heard about other things further out. Eventually one was very close on our left so we did stop and watched it surface quite a few times. Then we carried on to the big blow ahead from a humpback whale. This whale was generally appearing to be resting. It was diving for longer periods but moving very slowly and only taking 1-2 breaths. A couple times it did surface within 10m of us which was really cool. Randomly it also went for a lunge feed. But we then left it be and then came across another 5-6 minkes. All feeding probably across a smaller area of the bay. One in particular looked quite big. We then headed back to the harbour to bring a great day of whale watching to an end, seeing 7-9 minkes across the tour with us stopping for 3-4 along with a humpback :)

- Rob Hyman

Northern gannet, sooty shearwater, Northern fulmar, great black headed gull, lesser black backed gull, common guillemot, Manx shearwater