Tour at 17:00
Report from Eldey: Starting conditions were good with some sun. No sightings of cetaceans for the first hour and a half. Suddenly, we spotted a pod of around 3 White-beaked-dolphins breaching from around 1km away. They were jumping out of the water and landing on their backs. As we tried to get closer, the dolphins stopped this behaviour, however they still surfaced a couple of times. The closest individual was around 30m away and most passengers got to take a look at them. This was the only sighting of cetaceans on the trip and without further success we had to turn the boat around. On the way back we were facing East wind and some rain; however, this cleared up as we were pulling into the harbour. Although, we enjoyed the dolphins, the encounter only lasted for a brief moment, therefore we offered everyone complimentary tickets to come on another tour.
- Friedrich Rittner
Tour at 13:00
Report from Eldey: A light rain came with us as soon as we started our whale watching trip at 1pm. Although, wind was with us as it was blowing from the east so we enjoyed a smooth ride to our main cetacean spotting area. Unluckily, we couldn't find any whales, dolphins or porpoises during our search, but we had a good taste of the most recognizable seabirds species that are currently in Iceland, such as Manx shearwater, Atlantic puffin, northern gannet, northern fulmar, guillemots and many more were with us along the afternoon. Despite our bad luck, we offered to all our passengers a complementary ticket so they can try a second chance to spot any cetaceans with Elding.
-Rodrigo A. Martinez Catalan
Tour at 9:00
Report from Eldey: Clouds were covering most of the sky this morning, but with eastern wind in the back and small weaves conditions for sailing were nice. The mountains from both peninsulas were well visible, making great opportunities for photos of the landscape. Especially mountain Esja was presenting itself in very dramatic way, with veins of melting snow it the top. We were lucky to spot small pod of Harbour porpoises passing by. Later on, the other boat informed us of spotting Minke Whale. When we reached in this area, were we saw this animal surfacing few times. This Minke was moving fast, changing directions so it was not easy to follow. But few passengers were lucky not only to spot it, but also to smell it's stinky blow! The time was running fast, and beside another pod of Harbour porpoises we haven seen much more. It was not enough for us, so we decided to give our passengers another chance to go for whale watching with Elding! Complimentary tickets are valid for two years for trips in Reykjavik and Akureyri.
- Ewa Malinowska
Bird species seen today include: Northern fulmar, kittiwake, razorbills, Atlantic puffin, Arctic tern, Arctic skua, lesser black-backed gull, great back-backed gull, common guillemot, black guillemot, northern gannet, eider duck, brant goose, manx shearwater.
Tour Status: RUNNING
We are sailing out from the Old Harbour in Reykjavik today. The sea might be a bit rough today so if you are sensitive to motion sickness we do provide seasickness tablets, free of charge! Hope you will be able to join us on our search for these magnificent animals in their natural environment.
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