THURSDAY, 6 OCTOBER 2016

Status: RUNNING

We are sailing out from the Old Harbour in Reykjavik today. The wind is coming from the South and there could be some movement on the boat. 

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: The magnificent view was improved by the sudden presence of a large pod of 12-14 white beaked dolphins that were, indeed, feeding as well in the same area. We stayed with these lovely animals for a while, watching them changing directions extremely often as they were chasing their food. But the best was yet to come.. As soon as we left this dolphins, we spotted not only one but two HUMPBACK whales! They were swimming together and one of them was clearly smaller, so we assumed that it was a mother and a calf. Since they were surfacing quite often, and due to the omnipresent presence of the northern gunnets, we assumed that the whales were also feeding. A marvelous way to end this beautiful day, with the return of the humpback whales in the middle of the Faxa bay!

- Alberto Alejandro

Tour at 09:00

Report from Eldey: Today we sailed out from The Old Habour in Reykjavik again to look for whales, dolphins and porpoises. The sea was a bit rough and we had to be very patient on this tour until we finally got to see some animals. It took almost two hours before we came across a few white-beaked dolphins. It seemed like two individuals, maybe 1 or 2 more, that were moving all around the boat. Every now and then they came towards us, played around the boat for a bit and surfed in the waves in front of us. They were sometimes a bit tricky to follow but since we managed to stay with the dolphins for a bit and they were come soo close, we hope that everyone got a nice look at these dolphins. The way back was a bit rockier but we could enjoy even a bit of sun shining through the clouds.

- Hanna Michel

Bird species seen on todays tours include: northern gannet, Iceland gull, glaucous gull, red-necked phalarope, and common guillemot.