Tour at 14:00
Report from Elding: The sail out was nice and sunny but the wind had grown stronger and the swell was higher. After sailing out into the bay a few fins were spotted in the distance, once we were closer we were able to identify these animals as 3-4 white-beaked dolphins. They surfaced numerous times all the way around the boat coming up only 5 meters away at times. You could even see them swimming under the water. They surfaced many times and all the way round the boat and even swam under the boat. As the dolphins were being a bit sporadic we decided to leave these animals and try to find something else. Unfortunately, the swell was growing and we were unable to find anything else so we sailed for harbour in the lovely warming sun.
-Tess Hudson
Tour at 13:00
Report from Eldey: Sad entry for our afternoon trip, the wind had worsened, many more white caps were clouding our spotting conditions, and the bay did not seem to get any fuller. We went far away, made a big circle, looked around us again and again, kept communicating with other whale watching boats, but our efforts and patience remained vain. Even the seabirds were scarce! It was just one of those day (that were fortunately kept to a minimum so far). There were some suspicion of harbour porpoises at some point, but mainly saw twice by the crew. In our terrible luck, we could at least enjoy a blue sky, clear sun and a calm sailing despite the wind. Complimentary tickets were handed over with a heavy heart, let's wish good luck for the next trip of our returning passengers.
- Guillaume Calcagni
Tour at 10:00
Report from Elding: It was a beautiful sunny day as we sailed into the bay. It was high winds but not as much swell as we were expecting. It took us a long time to search for animals, as there were a few white caps making it harder to spot cetaceans. Just as we started turning for home a passenger spotted 8-10 white-beaked dolphins. The dolphins surfaced beautifully and came really close at times. Surfacing multiple times all the way round the boat coming up a few times and then going for a longer dive. Unfortunately, time was running out so we had to start heading back to harbour and only arrived in 25 minutes late after seeing some beautiful dolphins.
- Tess Hudson
Tour at 09:00
Report from Eldey: A little windy today, many white caps but the swell was not too bad this morning and the sun was shining not all in all not too bad. It was great team work out on the bay and even though we are all different companies, we work together to optimize our success. We searched all area and we got word from another whale watching company about a pod of white-beaked dolphins. A pod of 8-10 adults and calves that were busy feeding under a small flock of arctic terns. They were fantastic and frequently surfaced so all our passengers could get some nice photographs. We searched a large portion of the bay for whales and the crew and a couple of passengers saw a minke whale a couple of times but most on board unfortunately missed it. The bay is looking a tad bare this afternoon but the dolphins kept up everyones spirits.
- Guillaume and Megan
Birds seen on todays tours include; northern fulmars, arctic skua, northern gannets, black-backed gulls, arctic terns, eider ducks, kittiwake, manx shearwater, atlantic puffins and common guillemot.
Status: RUNNING
We are sailing out from the Old Harbour in Reykjavik on a beautiful day. There is strong winds from the north in the Faxabay so it will be pretty choppy today. Hope you will be able to join us to try to find these magnificent animals in their natural environment
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