Tour at 19:00
Report from Elding: A breath-taking sunset this evening. The wind had calmed down and it was nice to be out at sea. We had one minke whale seen on this tour. A little difficult but we got to see this individual many times. The bay looked bare, even of the birds. It was unfortunate that only one minke whale seen but is seems quite slow in the bay at the moment. One can only hope that things turn around soon and wildlife will flourish once more. Bjarni entertained everyone on the way home with live music whilst watching the beautiful sunset.
- Megan Whittaker
Tour at 17:00
Report from Eldey: The sunshine was beaming for this afternoons tour but strong winds blew from the north-west making it noticeably colder on top deck. We headed far out into the bay for todays tour and it was only from our journey back towards harbour that we spotted a large group of Northern Gannets. We stopped the boat to see if any cetaceans were nearby and were greeted with multiple diving gannets in front of the boat - which was quite a sight! Unfortunately there proved to be nothing nearby and it was only as we continued further into harbour where we were finally greeted with what eager eyes on top deck had been patiently scanning the surface for....a minke whale! This animal remained fairly elusive but we were able to follow it as it travelled towards Akranes in the setting sunlight. It surfaced and dived on at least 4 different occasions letting our passengers on top-deck a chance to catch it's dark back and sickle-shaped dorsal. It was a pity that we couldn't see more of what the bay had to offer on what was my last tour with Elding but it was still a pleasure to be able to see the magnificent minke whale in Faxa bay!
- Darcy Philpott
Tour at 14:00
Report from Elding: The weather was not as awesome as the one we experienced in the first tour at 10:00. There were whitecaps all around making the spotting activity quite difficult. We sailed for more than an hour all over the Faxa Bay, always following the tips that the other whale watching boats were sharing with us but, unfortunately we didn't have too much luck. We were about to turn around when, suddenly, a minke whale appeared out of nowhere, really close to the boat! We followed the animal in its swimming. Since it wasn't going for deep dives, and the surfacing patter was quite predictable, we assumed that the animal was traveling, or maybe just resting. Either way all of out passengers managed to get a good view of this beautiful individual, so we came back to the harbour quite happy about the encounter with the whale!
- Alberto Alejandro
Tour at 13:00
Report from Eldey: Consistent with the weather of our previous tours, we were cold again on this trip, making us appreciate even more the availability of full body suits on boards. Luckily the sun was still high in the sky, enlightening the landscapes all around us. The fisrt cetacean that we found on this tour was a minke whale, or it would be fairer to state that it's the minke whake that found us. It popped up right in front of us while the boat was dashing further away, granting us sudden and surprising cloose looks at it. We stayed few minutes with it untill we deemed it was becoming too elusive, then we left it to find something more. While searching more, a second minke whale just cut our way, forcing our captain to stop the boat quite in emergency ! Again we could have a pleasant sightings but this individual eventually disappeared. At some point another whale watching vessel let us know about a pod of white-beaked dolphin, so we went to check on it and could witness a small pod of rather shy dolphins. Once again the bay did not seemed to be packed with cetaceans, but we managed to find 2 different species and hopefully everyone could have good looks !
- Guillaume Calcagni
Tour at 10:00
Report from Eldey: The weather was awesome today. Unfortunately, we saw briefly 2 very elusive minke whales. Only a couple of passengers and the crew could catch glimpse of them. Northern gannets were all around and made our trip better too but we could not find more cetaceans on the tour. We gave out complimentary tickets so people can come again on a tour with us within a 2 years time. I would have liked to see more animals or at least better sightings of the ones we saw on this tour but unfortunately it did not happen this time. Maybe next time!looking forward to seeing the passengers again on one of our tours.
- Jorge Pascual
Tour at 09:00
Report from Elding: There was a dolphin party happening out there on this tour ! We set sails under a chilly wind, a gentle reminder that summer is coming toward an end, but luckily we had a nice and warm sun to help us out on this one. A little bit less than 35 minutes after departure we found our first pod of white-beaked dolphins. We started to follow it but were alerted by huge water splashes. There was another dolphin further away jumping out of the water so we decided to get there and found a second pod of those cetaceans. Among them, there was one individual that we recognised as Sophie, a white-beaked dolphin with a cool dorsal fin ending with two spikes ! This pod got extremely curious about our ship and got close and even started to do bow-riding in front of the boat ! They were surfacing both on left and right side, again and again, some time leaping out of the water, displaying an impressive acrobatic behaviour. Suddenly in the distances we saw more water splashes, there was other dolphins going crazy and giving it all ! We kept on going from one pod to another, and witnessed many of those beautiful black and white dolphins, with even some more bow-riding. We ended our tour with a quiet ride home under a bright sunshine.
- Guillaume Calcagni
Bird species seen on today's tour include: northern fulmar, atlantic puffin, northern gannet, common guillemot & lesser black-backed gull.
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