Whale diary

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: The weather changed slightly from the nine o clock tour we were able to see the sun and a blue sky we hope this indicates that the winter may be ending finally.  Passengers on Elding seen harbor porpoises staying in li

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from boats Hafsúlan and Elding: We departed by coach from Reykjavík to Hafnarfjörður due to rough weather, tour will take around 3-4 hours today with transfers. We sailed along the Reykjanes Peninsula gaining shelter from the land and staying in the

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsula and Elding: The tour started from Reykjavik harbor. the reason for this was because the sea conditions had calmed from the morning. because of the increased number of passengers it was necessary to have both boats in operation. The pass

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    Ný frétt

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    Due to unfavourable weather at sea we are unable to run any tours today. Please call us at +354 519 5000 or send an email to elding@elding.is for further information.

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    Tour at 09:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: After a stormy day yesterday it was nice to actually get out on the water today. The sea was not rough, just a rolling swell which caused a few faces to go green but mostly everyone had fun. We sailed south past the light house grotta

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    Due to rough conditions at sea, we have decided to cancel today's tour. Please call us for further information.

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: today was quite pleasant; cold but not so much if you wore the thermal suits provided. We started off to the north, where another whale-watching boat alerted us to the presence of a few harbour porpoises but they saw

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: today was a modest but very cold eastern wind with all around beautifully covered in white. Three boats went out together; two from Elding and one from another company, very beneficial as then more area can be searched for cetace

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Elding and Hafsúlan: We have been canceled due to the unfavorable wind direction and swell height for the last 3 days. Today, it was forecasted to be better so we took the chance to get out. Due to the forecasted westerly winds and swell height

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    Due to unfavourable weather conditions we have cancelled the tour today. Please contact our office for further details.

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    Due to rough weather conditions at sea, we have decided to cancel today's tour. Please contact us for further details, +354 519 5000 or elding@elding.is.

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    Due to rough conditions we have cancelled the whale watching tour today. Please call or send an email if you require further information.

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: We went out on two boats today because of high number of passengers and sailed out from Hafnarfjörður so we could get more comfortable sailing. It was a rather windy day out on the bay but at least it stayed dry. We got a g

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    Unfortunately due to rough weatherconditions at sea we have decided to cancel the tour today. Please contact us for further information +354 519 5000 or elding@elding.is.

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    Tour at 13:00

    We are departing from Hafnarfjörður today. Bus transfers from the Elding ticket office in the old harbour in Reykjavík at 13:00. We expect the tour to be about 3-4 hours today due to transfers.

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from hafsúlan: Today the wind was coming strongly from west so we decided to go out from Keflavík because then we could sail with the swells and get more compatible journey. We had heard news from local fishermen t

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: we went out under more cloudy skies than yesterday but the sea conditions were much better, although they had started to worsen slightly towards the end. Yesterday we started off north-west but today we went west and

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: after yesterday's success with the dolphins, we went out today hoping to have the same or better as we are now in a period in which we had good luck last year. The sea conditions were ok but it was very cold and somewhat strong northe

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from hafsúla: before we sailed out we had heard news from another boat from Elding which went out on a private tour at 10 a clock, they had seen dolphins not so far from Reykjavík. We decided to sail towards that area and look extra carefully around