Whale diary

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    Tour at 1300

    White-beaked Dolphins, Harbour Porpoises, Puffins and Gannets seen on this tour but in not the nicest of weathers.  Not only was the sea a bit rough but it was raining :(, We went back to the area were we saw the Humpback Whale and Minkes from this mornings tour but no luck.

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    Tour at 1300

    The swell seemed to calm down a little on this tour but you could still practice your surfing skills on the way out by bending your knees with the swells, a lot of fun. Again, we saw many Puffins and some Harbour Porpoises. We went straight to the area from the morning tour t

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    Tour at 1300

    Starting again from Hafnarfjörður we sailed again into the foggy and rained Faxaflói Bay. Not that far than in the morning tour we found the first 2+ Minke Whales of the afternoon. As they were harder to spot than those in the morning we decided to head further out to the pla

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    Tour at 13:00

    Starting again into the calm Faxaflói Bay we hoped to find the Minke Whales from the morning tour again. Still we had not a lot of swell and in the bay seemed not to be a lot marine life around. So we had to be really really patient and searched for a long time until we had

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    Tour at 13:00

    Again we tried our luck in the windy and not very calm Faxaflói Bay. It was still not very much going on there and we had to search for a long time until we spotted the first group of Harbour Porpoises. As usually they were shy and hard to spot, so we headed on hoping to fin

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    Tour at 13:00

    There was even less wind in this tour then in the morning and the sea was calm as a mirror. It was great to sail in such a peacefully bay again. And it didn't take us long until we encountered our first Minke Whale of the tour. Heading further out, we found a second Minke Wh

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    Tour at 13:00

    Wow what a tour. The wind had calmed down considerably to the point that the sea was almost like a mirror. Smooth sailing in Faxaflói Bay on this tour. Once again we saw many Puffins and Harbour Porpoises as we headed further offshore and it wasn't long till our first Minke

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    Tour at 13:00

    Once again it was a great Whale Watching tour, many Minke Whales, Harbour Porpoises and Puffins. Everywhere we looked there was something coming to the surface. We got word of a Humpback Whale further out so we went to try and find it, we searched and searched but unfortunat

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    Tour at 13:00

    The sky was still clear and the sea was absolutely calm, even the cold wind we had in the morning was a bit less now. We sailed for a while until we spotted the first Minke Whales again. This time they seemed to be a bit better to spot than in the morning tour, so we stayed

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Elding: I don't think I need to repeat the report from Hafúlan, but I will anyways, WHAT A DAY! We started the tour by seeing nice pod of harbour porpoises. They were just everywhere around us and some of them came very close to us! Little later we saw a minke wh

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report for Hafúlan: Once again the whales and the weather didn't fail us. Right where they have been the last couple of weeks. Minke Whales, Humpback Whales and my favourite at the moment the Harbour Porpoises. There are so many porpoises at the moment it has been just incre

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    Tour at 13:00

    Again we started the tour in this brilliant spring weather and the bay seemed to be even calmer than in the morning. We sailed for a longer time until we spotted the first signs of life, which was a group of White Beaked Dolphins coming really close to the boat. But while we

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    Tour at 1300

    Report from Hafsúlan: In the afternoon the sea was even calmer than in the morning and the weather absolutely brilliant but still there was a really cold wind, to remind us where we are sailing! And Iceland’s largest bay was really good visited by different species this after

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    Tour at 13:00

    The wind had died down a little which was nice but the whales were still quite difficult until, nearer to the end of the tour when one Humpback came to check us out maybe asking us to help him as he was being harassed by a pod of Harbour Porpoises. It was good for us though

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    Tour at 13:00

    The wind died down a little but still quite choppy seas as we headed against the wind back to land at the ends of the tour. The Humpback Whales were a bit easier to approach this tour and we even had one surface just meters from the boat bringing up its glorious tail so clos

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    Tour at 13:00

    Sailing out into the bay in perfect weather we hoped to find the Humpback Whales from the morning tour again. Due to this we headed straight out into the bay. On the way out, there were again some Harbour Porpoises that showed up in front of the boat, as usually shy and just

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafúlan: Knowing about the sightings in the morning we headed straight back into the same area. The sea condition was still great but we had a little bit of rain in the beginning of the tour. But who cares about a bit of rain after such an unforgettable day!!! On

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafúlan: After this amazing morning we had high hopes when sailing out into Faxaflói Bay in brilliant weather. Already on our way out we found a pod of Harbour Porpoises, as usually they were quite shy and surfaced just a few times. Just a bit further out we enco

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    Tour at 13:00

    Once again the weather was delightful. We headed to our favourite place and again Humpback Whales and Minke Whales galore. We turned of the engines on a couple of occasions too enjoy the sounds of the whales and birds and watch as the birds swoop down to grab the fish, Humpb

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Elding: As we had a lot of passengers in the afternoon tour we decided to go on two boats. On the way out we had the wind behind us so it was calm to sail into the bay. When we spotted a flock of birds we wanted to have a closer look if there were Whales around a