Thursday, 23 March 2023

Today we will be operating on our lovely vessel Eldey for the 9:00 AND 13:00 Whale Watching tour. Make sure to dress appropriately for the tours as it is always colder on sea than on land.

• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 9:00
• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 13:00

COVID-19: Keep in mind that passengers and crew are asked to ensure their own hygiene and safety at all times. Washing hands thoroughly with soap and using a hand sanitiser is advised.

Report from Eldey: The conditions were perfect this morning. We set sail in very little wind meaning it wasn't too cold. The sea was also nice and calm with great visibility. After travelling for about an hour we spotted a blow in front of us. We had found a humpback whale. This whale was very calm; it wasn't moving too much and was very slow. Perhaps it was resting. This gave us a fantastic opportunity to observe it. We even got to see quite a lot of fluke dives allowing us to ID it as Socrates. It would often go down for only 2 minute dives. Whilst this sighting was going on another blow appeared so we decided to investigate this second humpback whale. This one was a bit more elusive at first but we still got a good look at it's fluke and body. We then travelled for about 10 minutes to find ourselves surrounding by a pod of about 50 white beaked dolphins. There were some juveniles in this pod which is exciting too. It is so cool to see such a large pod of dolphins. This was a really great tour seeing so many cetaceans!

- Rob Hyman

Report from Eldey: After an exciting morning, we sailed out hoping to find the same group of dolphins, whales and more. We didn't waste time and went straight to the area that they were seen on the last tour. After more than one hour, we started wondering where they were. The passengers were excited and even the cold and wind didn't hold us back. Finally, we saw a blow. And then another right next to it. Two humpback whales were in the area, a few hundred meters ahead. But they were not alone, no sir: a pod of about 50-60 white-beaked dolphins was at the same area of the humpbacks, a bit scattered. Part of the group of dolphins swam at the same spot, back and forth and we understood they were feeding all together! A quite interesting interaction between the dolphins and the humpbacks, probably working all together to get their goodies. Yum! We enjoyed them for a bit before time ran out and we headed back to land.

- Anna Richter

Razorbills, black guillemot, common guillemot, great cormorant, eider duck, black legged kittiwake, black backed gulls and northern fulmar.