Whale diary

Unfortunately due to unfavourable weather conditions the whale watching tour today has been cancelled. Please call +354 519 5000, send an email to elding@elding.is or stop by our office for more information.

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Report from Elding: Since the weather was rough today in Reykjavík we decided to go out from Grindavík instead. This decision turned out to be a good one. After only about 15 minutes of sailing we found a family of Orca (Killer Whales). There were two males, showing of their

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: The weather was mostly very good today, at the start of the tour the sun was even shining! The sea was quite calm and when we sailed with the wind it was very relaxing. We sailed from Reykjavík past Viðey and toward Akranes, after that we headed offshor

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Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out from Reykjavik in beautiful weather. Overcast but dry skies and of course the beautiful snow capped mountains. Unfortunately, the weather took a bit of a down turn when further out in the bay when the rain started but some of our passenger

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We had a very windy day today. We sailed out from Hafnarfjordur and went west along the Reykjanes peninsula. On our way out we sailed into the wind. What started out as rain soon turned into snow. It started snowing heavily and it was like christmas all

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Report from Hafsúlan: Today we sailed out from the harbour of Sandgerði. The sea conditions were good even though the wind was blowing a little bit. Almost as soon as we came out of the harbour we  spotted a few Harbour porpoises in front of us. When we stopped the boat they

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: The weather today was absolutely perfect, the Sun made its first appearance for a long time and the sea was almost glassy it was so still. To top it off there was barely any wind, it was actually quite warm! We sailed from Keflavík and moved along the R

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: The sailing today was very pleasant, the sea was almost glassy still and there wasn´t much movement in the waves. For most of the tour there wasn´t even any wind, it made for a very relaxing tour. We sailed from Reykjavík and headed along the Reykanes p

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We had a lovely sailing today. The fog from yesterday had lifted and the sea was very smooth. We went out from Reykjavík harbour and sailed past Whale-fjord and towards Akrafjall. Even though we did notice a few small flocks of feeding birds in the area

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Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: The sailing was very smooth today, there wasn´t much movement in the waves and there was a refreshing light shower of rain. We sailed from Reykjavík, past the islands of Akurey and Engey and out into the bay. The good weather allowed us to sa

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out from Hafnarfjörður today since the day started out rather windy here in Reykjavík. When we got out the weather had calmed and the ocean was very still. We got a glimpse at the landscape during the first part of the tour but it was later co

Tour at 13.00

Report from Hafsúlan; We sailed out from Hafnafjörður in very very nice weather. Slight swell but this didn´t seem to affect anyone today and the sun was out shining on the mountains and the birds. We sailed along way but only a flock of gannets was observed out at sea the r

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Report from Hafsluan: We sailed out from Grindavik with a relatively calm wind, overcast skies and it rained for most the tour but the sea conditions were good, except for the swell which was good but a bit too much for some of our passengers. We searched the areas we have b

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: Since we have been having so much luck in Grindavík lately we decided to sail out from there yet again. We started our tour by sailing to the same area where we found the humpback whales and orcas yesterday. When we got there we saw that there wasn't mu

tour at 13:00Report from Hafsúlan: We headed out from Grindavík again and the weather was just beautiful. There was some movement in the ocean but still no braking waves and the ocean looked like mirror. After only sailing for 30 minutes we found a pod of 5-7 Killer Whales and 3 Humpback Whales ,

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Report from Hafsúlan: Once again we sailed from Grindavík and once again the tour did not disappoint. The sailing was mostly good, though some swell in the water made for some thrills. The bird life was excellent, there were plenty of Northern Gannets, Kittiwakes, Black-Back

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Report from Hafsulan and Elding: Once again we sailed out of Grindavik after a 45-60 minute bus ride from Reykjavik with all our passengers. Everyone must have heard about yesterday's tour as we had about 190 passengers joining us. Thus, we took out two boats so that our gue

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsulan: Well what can I say, today was incredible! We sailed out from Grindavik harbour due to to the lack of whales on the other side of the Reykjanes Peninsula. If there was something to be seen, it was sure to be here that we would see it. Just 10 mins out o

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: The sailing today was extremely smooth, the sea was very calm and the waves were never high. Though we had an overcast sky and had some rain it never really bothered the smooth sailing. We sailed from Reykjavík harbour and straight out into the middle o