Thursday, 27 April 2023

Today we will be operating on Þruma RIB for our 16:00 Premium Whale tours and on our lovely vessel Elding for the 09:00 and 13:00 Classic Whale Watching tours. Make sure to dress appropriately for the tours as it is always colder on sea than on land. 

• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 09:00
• PREMIUM WHALE TOUR | 10:00
• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 13:00
• PREMIUM WHALE TOUR | 14:00
• PREMIUM WHALE TOUR | 16:00

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 Elding: We start an unusually April snowy day with some wind and a bit of swell but with a heart full of hope. The sea wasn´t perfect but we wanted to see some whales! We saw lots of puffins flying around us which was quite a nice view during the journey out. At about an hour into the tour we started to spot blows not too far from us, that meant there were whales close by! It was confirmed, a humpback whale that was travelling very gracefully, like a good whale would do. The boat felt a bit rocky because of the wind and the swell but we could take it easily. And so, we were out of time, we started heading towards the harbour, with our heart filled to the brim.

- Pedro Teixeira

Report from Elding: Thankfully the wind and waves had calmed down a little from this morning. This made our outward journey nice. We got to see a very nice little pod of 4 harbour porpoises. They were surprisingly visible and easy to spot as they swam along the left side of our boat. Shortly after this we saw some very active seabirds so slowed down. We then saw a blow. Sometimes the birds are great bioindicators for where to find the whales. This humpback whale was going for deep dives and hard to find. Then suddenly it appeared so close across the front of our boat. This was so cool! After it went for another deep dive we decided to move on to another blow we saw. As we got closer we realised this was 2 humpbacks, bringing our total to 3! This pair again was going for deep dives. But we got to see one of them go for lovely fluke dives with the other being a bit fluke shy. The individual that showed its fluke we have seen quite a bit recently. We then came home against the wind after a great tour.

- Rob Hyman

Northern gannet, northern fulmar, atlantic puffin, razorbill, black and common guillemot, greater black backed gull, black headed gull and black legged kittiwake.