Whale diary

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Report from Elding and Hafsúlan: There were so many passengers booked on today's afternoon tour that we had to go out on two boats! Elding left first and then Hafsúlan right behind. It didn't take the crew on Elding long to find some white beaked dolphins. There were two to t

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Report from Hafsúlan: The wind was supposed to have calmed down on this tour but it felt much the same. We saw no minke on this tour but we did have a wonderful time with a pod of White-beaked Dolphins (7-15 animals) which seemed to alternate between feeding and playing arou

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Report from Elding: Again we sailed along the Reykjanes Peninsula with out finding any whales. The water was fairly still even though it was a little bit windy. We had a good sailing and enjoyed the day despite of the lack of whales in the area this time around. We gave our

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Report from Hafsúlan: The weather really improved as the day progressed and the view was great. We didn't see any whales up close today but we did notice a powerful blow so there were some whales in the area. They didn't want to be seen today so we will hopefully be able to

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Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out once again from Grindavík and as we headed out of the harbour we saw a Great Northern Diver (a big bird usually found in lakes but moves to the coast when fresh water starts to freeze up). Once leaving the harbour we headed west in search

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Report from Hafsúlan: The wind had picked up this afternoon and so the sailing had bit more of a rock to it. We sailed out for about 40 minutes and saw splashes in the distance, a pod of 5-7 White-beaked Dolphins, feeding and splashing around. They came past our boat a coupl

Tour at 13:00Report from Hafsúlan:The ocean was totally calm as we headed out and only after a short time we spotted the first Minke Whale. It was feeding and was hard to keep up with but we got to see it for a couple of times before we headed further out to search for something else. After arou

Touar 13:00Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed for about an hour with out any sightings, it seemed like the animals that were close to land earlier today had gone further out. After some searching we spotted a pod of 4-6 White-beaked Dolphins, with a baby dolphin with them! they came close but consta

Tour at 13:00Report from Hafsúlan: The sun had shown up and the weather looked quite beautiful although the wind gott a tiny bit stronger since this morning. When we got out on the bay tables had totally turned as there was not nearly as much life in the bay. We saw splases from Harbour Porpoise

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Report from Hafsúlan: This afternoon was a nice restful one. We sailed out in calmer seas, almost mirror calm. We sailed past Viðey first and found a small pod of 6-8 feeding Harbour Porpoises which were surfacing very close to the boat. At one point a large shoal of sandeel

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Report from Hafsúlan. Sailed out in beautiful weather once again. Saw three species on this tour. One Minke Whale, two pods of White-beaked Dolphins and two pods of Harbour Porpoises. We saw the Minke very well as it surfaced close to the suns glare, the blow so visible in t

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Report from Hafsúlan: The weather stayed just as lovely through out the day. We didn't sail for long before we ran into our well known Minke Whale, Humpy. It came close to the boat, like it usually does, and surfaced by the boat a few times. After getting a good look we carr

Tour at 13.00

Report from Hafsúlan: The afternoon was better than this morning, if that was possible. We saw more wildlife and the weather get calmer too. We saw at  least 4-5 Minke Whales close and in the distance, we even saw Humpie the Minke Whale, whale we have seen since 2011. The fi

Tour at 1300

Report from Hafsúlan: The wind had picked up a bit as we left the harbour this afternoon. We had almost a full boat so we were very eager to find some great whales. And as soon as we reached the area where we had seen the dolphins this morning, we were surrounded! White-beake

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Unfortunately due to bad weather conditions we have decided to cancel this afternoons tour. Sorry for any inconvenience caused. If you require further information you can drop in to our office, call us on 519 5000 or email us at elding@elding.is.

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Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: The wind was stronger than it was in the morning tour so we decided to sail along the Reykjanes peninsula. That area has proven to be successful at this time of year and the peninsula also provides some shelter from the swell. Even so, we didn't spot an

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Report from Hafsúlan:We sailed out in beautiful weather with sunning scenery, traveled a farse distance, further than we usually go to find the whales, dolphins and porpoises but unfortunately none were to be seen on this tour. They must all be getting ready for the lighting