Wednesday, 3 April 2024

All tours are on schedule today! Today we will be operating our Classic Whale Watching on Eldey, and our Premium Whale Watching on Þruma.

• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 9:00, 13:00
• PREMIUM WHALE TOUR | 9:00, 12:00, 15:00

Please make sure to arrive at least 15-30 min. before departure to our ticket office for check in and remember to dress according to weather!

Report from Eldey: today the sea conditions were amazing and the wind was very weak, giving us the hint that was indeed almost summer! So off we went, excited with the day ahead. About 35min of sailing, we spotted a couple of tiny dorsal fins, and getting closer we saw it belonged to a pod of 5 harbour porpoises, swimming around very fast. Continuing the way, we spotted our first minke whale not too far from us, but we decided to continue our journey since we saw it was going more and more away for us. We spotted another pod of porpoises, about 7 of them very predictable cutting the surface! We all could have a good look at them, watching them feeding in this very calm sea. Later one we spotted a 3rd pod of more porpoises, about 4 of them, doing the same thing. We also got to an area where we spotted a little splash in the distance, and we went to check it out. This was a minke whale, and there was others 2 more around. The minke we had closer to us did another splash, and as we were closer, we noticed it did a head slap! This was amazing to see, because the minkes don't usually do many different behaviours, and we had a great look of the very pointy snout out of the water. On the way home, we even spotted a pod of 8 white-beaked dolphins, to end our morning! It was a great encounter because they started to bow-ride and then jump when getting more speed, giving us great looks. We spent a couple more minutes with these ones before returning to the harbour.

- Milla Brandao

Report from Eldey: What a great tour!! Today's sea conditions were absolutely fantastic! Just a few minutes after leaving the harbour we were greeted by a small pod of 5 harbour porpoises! However it didn't take long before they swam rapidly away from the boat! Then after 30 min of sailing we had the luck of seeing  minke whales! Some of the minkes even got super close to the boat resurfacing close to our bow and showing some curiosity towards us! The area was crowed with minkes and we were able to count at least 4 different whales! But nothing prepared us for the amazing surprise we were about to have! Our captain spotted a group of Orcas further away! We continue sailing before we reached them! The group was of at least 5 orcas with males and females scatered in the area! They approached the boat with interest, showed their fluke and rolled right in front of the bow! An unforgettable sighting for our passengers! Unfortunately it was getting late and we needed to say goodbye to these incredible animals and head back to shore!  

-Maria Ernesto