Whale diary

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    Tour at 13:00 Report from Hafsúlan: Today we sailed out from Reykjavík. It was very misty but not raining and almost no wind. We sailed out on Faxaflói Bay and then headed towards Hvalfjörður. Unfortunately we didn't encounter any cetaceans on the tour. Still we saw a lot of seabirds including a

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    Tour at 13:00 Report from Hafsúlan: Today we sailed out from Reykjavík. It was raining when we left and pretty misty. After a short sailing the sky cleared up and the sun started shining. Some crewmembers spotted white-beaked dolphins but when we got closer we weren't able to locate them. We con

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    Tour at 13:00 Report from Hafsúlan. Today, we sailed from Reykjavík. It was pretty windy and the ocean was a little rough. We spotted some white-beaked dolphins but they went for a deep dive pretty quickly. We headed in to the Hvalfjörð and ran into another pod of around 5-10 white-beaked dolphi

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    Tour at 13:00 Report from Hafsúlan: Today we sailed out from Hafnarfjörður, it was pretty windy with a little bit of rain but the ocean wasn't so bad at all ! We sailed in the Hafnarfjord area for a while but then decided to head to Reykjavik or Faxaflói bay. There we found three pods of Whi

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    Tour at 1300 Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out today in not the nicest of weathers. The sea was ok but it was overcast and it rained throughout most the tour. However, this did not deter our eager passengers who just wanted to be out on the water and enjoy the wildlife. We saw many birds an

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    Tour at 13:00 Report from Hafsúlan and Elding. We sailed out from Reykjavik todaywith two boats in very nice sea conditions. Though the sky was overcast and it rained lightly occasionally. We were actually quite glad it rained because without the rain we wouldn´t have the beautiful rainbows. The

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    Tour at 13:00 Report from Hafsúlan and Elding. Once again we took out two boats to make our passengers more comfortable. We sailed out with the swell at the beginning of the tour but it got rougher further out. We found one pod of White-beaked Dolphins (10-12 individuals) that were great. Su

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    Tour at 13:00 Report from Hafsúlan and Elding : We took two boats out today from the harbour in Reykjavik. The ocean was very still to begin with but a little rain and some wind. Right in the beginning of the tour we saw 2 pods of White-beaked Dolphins that were hunting, we could see that from t

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    Tour at 13:00 Report from Hafsúlan: Today we went out from tha harbour in Hafnafjörður because the sea conditions in Reykjavik waren't so good, but from Hafnarfjörður it was really good apart from a little wind ! After a short sailing we saw a pod of White-beaked Dolphins jumping around and hunt

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    Tour at 13:00 Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out in beautiful weather once again. At first it was a little bit chilly but in some areas of the bay (where we were for example) it was almost mirror calm. blue skies with the clouds rolling in at the end and of course the snow capped mountains and

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    Tour at 13:00 Report from Hafsúlan: Today the weather was amazing, clear sky and sun with a little bit of wind ! although it looks like the summer is on it's way, it's still cold outside, but it does'nt really matter because the sun is here. We saw 2 pod's of Harbour Porpoise's, first pod had ma

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    Tour at 13:00 Report from Hafsúlan: Summer is definately on its way, its incredable to have this weather at the beginning of February. Flat calm seas, snow-capped mountains and blue skies. Who can ask for anything more. We got to see a wonderful pod of White-beaked Dolphins, maybe 40-50 all toge

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    Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out once again from Reykjavík as the last couple of days have been very good. The wind had picked up a little bit but it was still very nice conditions. Today we got to see two pods of White-beaked Dolphins. There were about 4 or 5 dolphins in

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    Tour at 13:00 Report from Hafsúlan. Once again we sailed out from Reykjavik on a beautiful day. My favourite time of year with the snow on top of the mountains and the light so perfect that you could see every detail of the mountains too and the fresh crisp cold air. It was wonderful. We sailed

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    Tour at 13:00 Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out of Reykjavík Harbour on a beautiful day. Sun was shining, sea conditions were great and the snow-capped mountains showed every detail. After about 10 minutes of sailing a passenger came to me the guide and said he thought he saw something about 1

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    Tour at 13:00 Report from Hafsulan: Today we sailed once again from Hafnafjörður. It was a beautiful day and not very cold at all. We had a very calm sailing for most of the trip but got a little cold and a bit more swell torwards the end. At one point we had the sun rays in one side and an

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    Tour at 13:00 Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out from Hafnafjörður today as the wind was coming from the South East so we got a lot of protection from the land. We had very smooth sailing for the first half of the tour as we were heading with the swell and wind however, it did get colder and we