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Report from Eldey and Hafsúlan: Easter is here! This afternoon many people wanted to go whale watching with us so we took out the two biggest boats we have in our fleet of whale watching ships. The wind was strong from northeast meaning freezing cold outsi
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Report from Eldey and Hafsúlan: The wind had calmed down a little on this tour but it didn´t matter because the whales were very close to land, just on the other side of the island Viðey. Five humpback whales in total, one pair and four sc
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Report from Eldey and Hafsúlan: It took us only 20 minutes to find the first blows! There were many humpback whales in the area close to Reykjavík, at least 10 individuals! Our boats split up to watch separate humpbacks. Eldey had tw
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Report from Eldey and Hafsúlan: Easter week is proving to be very busy, a nice get away to the land of ice and fire. We again took out two boats to accomodate the 260 passengers we had this afternoon. Unfortunately the weather did take a turn for the worst
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Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: We thought that we could not bet this morning´s tour but we were wrong. The sea calmed down further so it was like a mirror. Sunglasses and sunscreen was definitely needed this afternoon. There were less dolphins in the bay
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Report from Hafsúlan: Again it was smooth sailing out on the bay because then we traveled with the swells. After about 50 minutes we saw a blow at least 2 kilometers away from the boat. When we got closer we saw that this was a humpback whale
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Report from Hafsúlan: The weather was not so comfortable as we sailed west into the westerly winds with the rain, the complimentary overalls definitly came in handy this afternoon. The mist also reduced visibility so that we couldn't see the landscape arou
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Report from Hafsúlan: As we were leaving the harbour the conditions looked good but as we all know out in the bay can be a whole other story. We knew about the swell and chance of rain so we recommended everyone to take a seasickness tablet if sensitive an
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Report from Elding and Hafsúlan: The sun today had brought out lots of lovely sea going passengers, we took out two boats once again to accomodate. The swell was still there which caused a few green faces but most enjoyed the beautiful day with some chilly
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Report from Hafsúlan: The weather did not change much this afternoon, less drizzle and the sun was higher so the overall brightness was much better, this made taking photographs easier. We headed towards the same area as the morning, took us about an hour
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Report from Hafsúlan: The weather was incredible and sea conditions couldn't be better. After about 40 minutes sailing we spotted blows in far distance. It was clear that this was a lively are as we saw also
Status: RUNNING
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Report from Hafsúlan: An incredible tour this afternoon. The weather wasn't so bad although we experienced some winds and swells. We didn't have to sail for long for our first sightings of the tour and to our
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Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: The wind had picked up a little more on this tour. However as it was coming in from the south-east the sailing offshore was not too bad, a couple of splashes over the bow of Elding
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Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: Today we sailed from Hafnarfjörður, using the Reykjanes peninsula as cover from the south-westerly winds. That strategy worked quite well and we were only met with minor swells on our way out. It was a calm start to th
Status: CANCELLED
We will still be experiencing very strong winds from the south east and therefore will not be operating our whale watching tours on Sunday.Please contact our ticket sales team to reschedule your tour or to change your
Tour status: CANCELLED
Due to strong wind and storm warnings, we will not be operating our whale watching tours today, Saturday. Please contact our ticket sales team to reschedule your tour or to change your tickets. Our office will be open from 08:00-21:00 and you can
Status: CANCELLED at 9am and 1pm
Due to unfavourable weather conditions, we have to cancel our Whale Watching tours today, at 9am and 1pm
For more information, please contact us at +354 519 5000 or elding@elding.is.
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Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out this afternoon from Keflavík to get shelter from the worst swells due to the stormy weather. On this tour we got to experience all kinds of weather, everything from sunshine to hail storm. The last hour was insanely wind
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Report from Hafsúlan: It was windier on this tour than in the morning but the sea conditions were about the same. We decided to sail to the area where we had seen the minke on the way back on the morning tour
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Report from Eldey: It had cleared up since the morning tour and we could enjoy sunshine and good weather during the whole tour. We knew since the morning tour that the whales were far out in the bay today so we prepared for sailing for a long time. We coul
