✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 17:00
Report from Elding: This evening the forecast certainly had underestimated the Icelandic wind. It had picked up a lot since the afternoon and accordingly had the swell and waves. Still, we went on out journey to see if we could find the 2 whales from our previous tour and naturally aimed towards where we had left them. We did spot a blow, much firther out than where we had been searching, but as we sailed to search for it, it did not appear again. Turning towards Hafnafjodur, the real adventure began for those of our guests who decided to remain outside despite us warning them that they would be in for a sea water shower. Going along the Reykjanes Peninsula and along Grotta, we kept our eyes sharp around us but still this tour, to all of our surprise, remained unsuccessful. Everyone on board was thus offered a complimentary ticket for a return trip with us for another chance at seeing whales and dolphins.
- Elena Gutiérrez
✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 13:00
Report from Elding: Although the clouds were now covering the wonderful sunshine, the wind was in our backs as we started this tour and so we were in for a smooth sail. We went directly to where we had left the humpback whale and were successful in finding it. However, shortly after having a better view of this whales dorsal fin, we realised it was a different individual than this morning. Just then, also the humpback we had seen in the morning, showed up with an impressive lunge feed. Both humpback whales moved towards the same area, lunge feeding, rolling on their sides and lifting their pectoral fins to keep balance, even letting us glimpse their pink flesh as their throats expanded. It was a spectacle when one whale came SO close to us, we could have counted the number of baleen plates in it's upper jaw. Let's keep our fingers crossed the day continues like this.
- Sabrina Voswinkel
✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 9:00
Report from Elding: A southeast breeze was greeting us as we left the harbour in Reykjavik.The temperature was warmer than usual so that made us feel comfortable and optimistic for this mornings trip. Sailing along Snaefellness peninsula, we spotted at a mysterious blow whose owner never showed up. Thus, we continued our course towards a really big flock of birds, plenty of artic terns. A really hungry humpback whale was waiting for us there and gave us a really exciting feeding show! We could see how it opened the huge mouth again and again, while rolling and showing the white pectoral flippers. It stayed close to the boat for the bliss of all the passengers. We enjoyed the show for more than 30 minutes. As another boat arrived to the spectacle we decided to go somewhere else to see if the bay had more surprises for us. We started to see small blows coming from different minke whales, at least 2 of them, but they decided to keep the distance from us. At last, quite close to the harbour, two pods of white-beaked dolphins made a quick visit to make sure we entered the bay with a huge smile.
-Elena Gutiérrez
Birds seen today: black guillemot, common guillemot, northern fulmar, northern gannet, atlantic puffin, eider duck, black-backed gull, black-legged kitiwake, arctic tern, glaucus gull, manx shearwater.
We are sailing from the Old Harbour in Reykjavík today at 9:00 and 13:00. It is quite windy today, so the sea is going to be rough, seasickness tablets are available at the office. Make sure to dress warmly and make use of our warm overalls as it is always colder on sea than on land. For more information contact us by email elding@elding.is or by phone +354 519 5000.
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