Saturday, 2 February 2013

Tour at 13:00 Report from Elding: Today we departed from Hafnarfjörður, it was a very nice day, not too much swell and light wind. We did encounter a few showers and double rainbow along the way. After about 10 minutes some passengers spotted harbour porpoises but they were shy and dove down quickly. We headed on further and fond a large of White-beaked dolphins. They turned out to be very playful and we spent about an hour with them. They were bow surfing behind us and breaching out of the water. Some came very close and dove under the boat. Among them were a few young ones as well. After having enjoyed the company of those beautiful animals we headed even further but only found a couple of kittiwakes and a gannet. On our way back the sun came out and we encountered a few more dolphins, but this time they were feeding and did not pay any attention to us. All in all a very beautiful day with great sigthings.

 

Birds seen on this tour include: Kittiwakes, Eider ducks, Gannets, Cormorants and Gulls.