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Monday, 18 November 2024
- CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 09:00, 13:00
All whale watching tours are on schedule today from Reykjavík! Remember to dress according to weather and feel free to borrow our thermal overalls if needed!
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This is the original whale watching tour from Reykjavík! Join our highly enthusiastic and experienced team in the search for whales, dolphins and birds of Faxaflói bay! Most common wildlife encountered are humpbacks, minkes, dolphins and porpoises.
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CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 09:00
Report from Eldey: We set off against some very strong and cold northerly winds. Despite this it only took a matter of minutes to spot a big blow. It was the same humpback as yesterday! Moments after we first saw it, the whale then breached out the water. The whole body flew into the air. We then got to watch this humpback for a long time again close to Viðey. During this 3 harbour porpoises also came to the surface a few times, taking a break from their feeding. There must have been a lot of food as there were also well over 100 seabirds around too. We then went off to see if anything else was around too but there was not. So, we came back for another look at the whale before heading back to harbour.
- Rob Hyman
CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 13:00
Report from Eldey: Our afternoon tour saw the wind coming down a notch, but it was still cold. At least the sun was out and about, so we headed out to try to find some wildlife. Not even 15 minutes into the tour, we stumbled upon a resting humpback whale! This was actually the same individual that we had seen on the morning tour. It was expecting us, just bobbling on the water line, like a good dog. It started to move a bit, going up and down with a few seconds in between, and then a fluke dive! This behaviour continued and we got to see several good ones and sometimes up close. Another animal was spotted on the water, a harbour seal! It was not too far from us, it looked more like a bottle but it was definitely a seal having a nice meal, which was what the whale started to do, coming up to the surface fast and moving even faster to catch all the fishies! We decided to go for a sail close to the shore, in case we had another cetacean around. After this big circle, we went to the same whale just before docking back at the harbour.
- Pedro Teixeira
Wildlife encountered today:
The Humpback Whale is quite spectacular undergoing the longest migration of any mammal (5176miles/8334km one way), attracting females by singing to them and of course their energetic nature. On many occasions humpbacks have been seen breaching, tail slapping, fin slapping, blowing bubbles and spy hopping just to mention a few. The humpback is also one of the larger whales we encounter
The Harbour Porpoise is the smallest and most abundant cetacean around Iceland. They are usually shy but occasionally they come and play around the boats. They can be relatively hard to spot from a distance due to their size and their abundance depends entirely on the food availability of our shores since they are opportunistic feeders.
Seals and Sea lions are collectively called Pinnipeds. Harbour Seals are the most abundant in Iceland and are frequently encountered on Akurey (puffin colony). There has been 7 species of seals recorded in Icelandic waters but only two of these species breed here; the Harbour Seal and Grey Seal.