Tour at 17:00
Report from Eldey: On the very first 17.00 tour of this summer, we headed straight back to the area where we had seen the humpback whale on the previous tour. It took about 50 min to get, and when we approached the area, we slowed down to check it carefully. While we were waiting we saw a small pod of 7-9 harbour porpoises, quite funny and easy to gaze. After a few minutes more we saw a large blow in some distance and soon afterwards also got to see the majestic tail of the animal rising above the water surface as the animal dive down - it was the humpback whale!
We waited patiently and after a while it popped out again just 20-30 m away from the boat, although for our surprise it was not the humpback but a minke whale! So while we were waiting for the big one we continued observing this majestic minky. After that we focused seriously our efforts in the humpback whale, but was a really difficult task. As soon as we approached the animal, it moved constantly to a different area several hundred meters away from the point of origin. So we stood there, playing hide and seek, until we admitted our defeat by the whale. We will so who laughs the last on the next days!
- Alberto Alejandro
Tour at 13:00
Report from Eldey: The weather had calmed down a little bit in comparison with the morning, so almost during all the tour we enjoyed a relaxed trip over the Faxa bay. Just at the very end a little bit of west wind started to be a little annoying, but definitely nothing in comparison with the last two days. After half an hour of sailing we spotted our first cetaceans, a small pod of 4-5 harbour porpoises, although they escaped us as soon as they appear. After traveling for one more hour, we received a call that a minke whale was feeding in the area. So we checked it out and, although it was quite frustrating for a little while, we did gave a gaze at the sneaky minky. After deciding to move on a little bit we encounter a humpback whale, and we saw the animal going twice for a dive and showing us its fluke. But none of the encounters was quite prolonged and thus we decided to give complimentary tickets to our passengers. Definitely good times are ahead us, so be tuned and come and join us again soon!
- Alberto Alejandro
Tour at 09:00
Report from Eldey: After two days with mainly canceled tours we headed out this morning again on our search for whales, dolphins and porpoises. The winds were still pretty strong and the sea was covered in white-caps. However, the sea conditions were not too bad, just on the way back it got quite shaky. We searched for cetaceans for a very long time and after more than 1,5 hours we spotted a white-beaked dolphin. It seemed to be a single individual, even though that usually means that more dolphins are around. Unfortunately we only saw it 3 times and then it disappeared between the waves. After searching the area for a while without spotting the dolphin again, we decided to move on and look for something else. Joined by another whale watching boat we kept searching but the lock was not on our side. Since we did not encounter any further animals apart from the elusive dolphin, we offered complimentary tickets to everyone onboard. These tickets are valid for two years and allow for another whale watching tour from Reykjavik or from Akureyri in the North of Iceland.
- Hanna Michel
Bird species seen on today's tours include: northern gannet, northern fulmar, common guillemot, Atlantic puffin, lesser and great black-backed gull, kittiwake, Arctic skua, and eider duck.
Tour Status: RUNNING
We will be sailing out from Reykjavik Old Harbour today. The sea will be quite rough due to the storm the last days. We do provide seasickness tablets at our ticket office, free of charge! For further information please don't hesitate to contact our ticket office at +354 519 5000 or elding@elding.is.
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