Wednesday, 20 April 2022

Today we will be operating on Þruma RIB for our 10:00 and 14:00 Premium Whale tours and on our lovely vessel Eldey 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

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: Icelandic weather really can change in a heartbeat. We now faced some easterly winds and these brought waves with whitecaps with them and rain. But we know that wildlife doesn't mind the weather, so of course we were optimistic to find some cetaceans in the bay. We were heading into the direction where we had our last whale sightings on the previous tour. Around that area it was, that once more we encountered quite some bird activity and decided to stay for a while, until we spotted our first of 3 humbpack whales. We thought that there was one individual, but there were two together. One of them we recognize it, it was the famous Neila, an animal that visited us during all the summer 2021 and lately during the lasts weeks. It was beautiful to enjoy their presence, specially when Neila suddenly tail breached. As more boats arrived we decided to check out another flock of seabirds close by, where we encountered our third animal. This time the animal was surfacing once very close to our boat and then continued it's journey away from us. We did enjoy the encounter with the whales and a lot of seabirds around us, the music, and of course, the views and the company.

- Estel Sanchez Cami

Report from the Ribs: The wind which caused the mornings cancellation had settled but a cold, grey, rain filled sky remained. Luckily, the waves were small and didn't pose too many problems. We headed west to one of our most successful areas where we spotted the fluke of a humpback whale rise tall from the surface amongst a couple of boats. These boats left within 10 minutes of our arrival, leaving us alone to watch the humpback. The whale would often surface around five times, roll to one side to slap the pectoral fin against the water, centre itself and dive deeply. After a little time, it changed its behaviour to one or two breaths and shallow dives. We left the humpback when a pod of white-beaked dolphins swam close to our bow. The pod consisted of 4-5 individuals who moved close alongside our vessel, cutting the dorsal fins smoothly through the water. All of a sudden there was a sudden burst of speed and the dolphins shot off with purpose. 

- Mike Smith

Northern fulmar, eider duck, long-tailed duck, razorbill, common guillemot, black guillemot, atlantic puffin, northern gannet, herring gull, icelandic gull.