✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 13:00
Report from Eldey: Clouds were still in hanging low in the sky but the snow had faded almost completely and so we sailed out with better visibility this afternoon. We sailed out a bit more into the western side of the bay for this trip, searching different areas hoping to find the place where our cetaceans had decided to be today. This changes constantly and can't be predicted, which makes it difficult but is also the beauty of it as a sighting is always something special that way. Aware of this, everyone kept their eyes sharp in search of the dark coloured fins on the back of the cetaceans back which one can expect to see when they surface to breathe. A rather curious pod of 3 harbour poroises showed itself quite well today, so well we even stopped for it, which we usually do not as they tend to be very shy. As we continued this route, more porpoises showed here and there. And then - a pod of 13 amazing white-beaked dolphins. They were milling, which is a type of resting behaviour, so super easy to follow and photograph. But the star in the pod was a juvenile, jumping, leaping and inverted leaping, clearly having loads of fun. Only us watching likely had even more fun!!!
- Louise Bergqvist
✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 9:00
Report from Eldey: Winter weather this morning - but a beautiful winter weather! Although the skies were gray, the sea was flat and we had near to no wind so when the snow started falling heavily, it was like a winter paradise. Our passenger enjoyed it so much, we had not only snowball fights but also some snowman builders on our outside deck. Great to see how everyone enjoyed the weather and took it so positively. Despite visibility being a more difficult with the thick snow, we kept our eyes sharp and were optimistic thanks to a variety of active seabirds around. We had a brief encounter with 3 shy harbour porpoises and as the snow stopped a little over 2 hours into our tour, we also got to enjoy the landscape surrounding us. Unfortunately, we had no luck with the whales and dolphins on this tour. For that reason, we provided and encouraged everyone to get complimentary tickets to come and try again, whether now or on another holiday in Iceland.
- Sabrina Voswinkel
Birds seen today include: eider duck, common guillemot, northern gannet, black-backed gull, glaucous gull, cormorant, herring gull, northern fulmar, shag.
We are sailing from the Old Harbour in Reykjavík today. there could always be some movement out on the bay, so if your are prone to sea sickness we have sea sickness tablets available at our ticket office. Make sure to dress warmly and make use of our warm overalls as it is always colder on sea than on land. For more information contact us by email elding@elding.is or by phone +354 519 5000.
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