Tour at 19:00
Report from Elding: We still had some wind with us this tour but sailing out was good and warm as we had the wind in our backs. We saw the outline of Snæfellsjökull and some nice orang sky on the other side of Snæfelsnes peninsula. After 20 minutes of sailing we got a quick look at a seal which was a fun bonus. Our first encounter of the tour was a minke whale that surfaced a couple of times for us so everyone got a good look. Then we saw another one in the area, but it was more elusive. We then got a report of some long-finned pilot whales in the bay so we headed to have a look. We got to see 4 pilot whales traveling together, but pilot whales are not that common in the bay so the crew was very excited to see some. We got to spend some time with them before heading back to the harbour with the sounds of our musician on board.
-Kolbrún Þóra Sverrisdóttir
Tour at 17:00
Report from Eldey: The bay was ready for us this evening as we had a lot of visibility and very cooperative animals. Firstly, 2 harbour porpoises surprised us surfacing two times next to us. It was a mother-calf duo. Later, a pod of 4 white-beaked dolphins was surfacing several around the boat and we could see a new born calf in between them following the mother and some of them were jumping out of the water displaying a good show. But the best was kept for the end. At least 3-4 minke whales were actively feeding in a vast area as well as dozens of northern gannet, in an spectacle of blows and splashes around the boat. The way back was a bit windy but peaceful.
-Rodrigo A. Martinez Catalan
Tour at 14:00
Report from Hafsúlan: When we started the tour the wind from the morning was gone, on the way back it had picked up again. Along these three hours three minke whales showed up in the distance to disappear again and not to be seen anymore. Then a pod of white beaked dolphins came along, the animals seemed to be mating since it is the time of the year for it and they moved body to body, sometimes turning around underneath each other. Also they kept jumping and slamming on to the water surface. Sometimes it is hard to be convinced these are wild and not trained animals.
- Valentin Witek
Tour at 13:00
Report from Eldey: For our tour this afternoon we had rather calm seas and the wind in our back, when heading out into the bay. It took us some time to get to a more promising whale watching area today, but after we searched the bay for a while we came across a pod of 6-7 white-beaked dolphins. The cetaceans were incredible, doing a lot of jumping, spinning in mid-air and swimming up close to the boat. A really amazing experience for everyone! We were able to spent a lot of time with these lovely animals, before we returned to the harbour, with this great memory still fresh in our minds.
-Diana Besel
Tour at 10:00
Report from Hafsúlan: Yet another gray morning in Reykjavík, but that never stops us from going on the whale watching adventure. We had to sail a very long time today when we had our first encounter. We saw a big pod of 10 white-beaked dolphins, that was social and came to our boat to check on us. We got to stay with them for some time before they decided to leave the area. We then had some good sailing with the wind right in our face which made it a little hard to spot animal. But still we had a good sailing and good sightings.
-Kolbrún Þóra Sverrisdóttir
Tour at 9:00
Report from Eldey: Saturday morning might be sometimes hard for our passengers, specially when we have pride celebrations going on in Reykjavik but today everyone was at time and we could start our adventure without delay. It was dark and windy morning but as it was blowing mostly in our backs we didn't feel it much. First thing which we noticed was a big amount of sea birds flying around, plenty of northern gannets, puffins, fulmars and others. It was nice to watch birds but we were looking for whales. We found cetaceans later on, first just a blow from elusive whale and then pod of 6 white-beaked dolphins. They were in their best mood playing around boat, so close that we needed to look down at them. After playful time with dolphins we saw a minke whale. It was a very fast individual, most likely feeding, but it was surfacing in energetic way very close to our boat, so even if it was hard to predict when it will be next we had many opportunities to look at it.
- Ewa Malinowska
Bird species seen today include: atlantic puffin, northern gannet, common guillemot, northern fulmar, arctic skua, great skua, black-legged kittiwake, great black-backed gull, lesser black-backed gull, arctic tern, manx shearwater
Tour status: RUNNING
We are running our tours today from the Old Harbour in Reykjavík, it is a little bit windy out on the Faxa Bay today so be prepared for some movement on the boats during tour tours today. Please don't hesitate to contact our ticket office for further information, either via phone +354 5195000 or elding@elding.is
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