Whale diary

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: Flat sea and sunshine, was this the last day of summer here in Iceland? Either way we had perfect conditions for a successful whale watching trip. It didn't take long until we found the first minke whale of the tour. It

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: Even though we still got to enjoy the sun shining all over us on this tour, the sea conditions had become a little worse. So we made our bumpy and rocky way in to Faxaflói hoping to still find minke whales around in the same area as this

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: After a rather bumpy tour without cetaceans we were hoping to have more luck on this tour. We were taking a different route sailing to the Northeast close to shore searching for any signs of cetaceans. In the rough conditions with many w

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: The weather was really good today in Reykjavík and the sea conditions were just perfect for whale watching. The sea was completely flat so it should have been easy to spot the cetaceans. But still we had to work really hard to find our f

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: Still strong winds from the north, making the swells hit us from the side as we headed out in Faxaflói. After only 40 minutes of sailing the guide spotted very big splashes in the south. Three big splashes were seen towards the horizon,

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: What a way to finish an amazing summer here in Iceland! We had about 20 plus white beaked dolphins in several pods coming right up to the boat. They were breaching and leaping, showing off as usual! then we had a

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: This evening tour started similar to the tours earlier in the day, with a pod of white- beaked dolphins. They seemed to be interested in our boat, coming up quiet close, which gave us a very close view at these animal

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: We decided to sail again out from Hafnarfjörður to get better sea conditions. The wind was getting down and the swell was not as high like in the afternoon tour so our sailing was more comfortable. Our first sighting was of two m

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    Tours at 9:00, 13:00 and 17:00

    Unfortunately we have to cancel all our tours today due to rough weather. Please contact our ticket office for further infortmation, 003545195000, elding@elding.is

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    Tours at 9:00, 13:00 and 17:00

    Due to rough conditions at sea, all tours today have been cancelled. Please contact our ticket office for further details / elding@elding.is or +354 519 5000

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    Tour at 17:00

    Unfortunately due to increasing wind the tour has been cancelled. Please contact our office for more information +354 519 5000 or elding@elding.is

    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: We decided to sail closer to Reykjanes

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: Same weather conditions as earlier today. We sailed more south in the beginning of this tour. We had been sailing for a while before we spotted some very elusive white-beaked dolphins. 2-3 dolphins just traveled by us

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: We sailed out from Hafnarfjörður again but this time ended our tour in Reykjavik. While sailing out on the bay we headed into the swells so our boat was rocking up and down. It was also raining in the beginning of the tour which made it

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: The calmness continued under the evening tour, amazing to see the sea so flat with only some rolling swells from yesterday's wind. The overcast sky gave good conditions for spotting cetaceans. We started off with some playful whi

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: Still some western wind and high swells when we headed out for the evening tour. A mist lowered the visibility to only a couple of hundred meters close to the coast. When we got further out it luckily cleared and we could start searching

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: We sailed for about half an hour before we saw a pod of 8-9 white beaked dolphins. They were swimming slowly around our boat so it was easy for everyone to follow their movement. We only spent about ten minutes with the

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    Tour at 17:00

    Tour from Elding: With amazing conditions we made our way out. There was zero wind and no swell. So we were really optimistic and for good reason because only 15 minutes in to our trip we had a pod of 10 white beaked dolphins just lazing a

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: In the evening tour the weather was still considerably good, but it obviously worsened during the day. We traveled west straight away, looking for the high amounts of animals found during the day. After a short trip into the bay we encou

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: the sea conditions were still good but now we had a long rolling swell that rocked our boat a little bit. We didn't need to travel for a long time before finding our first cetaceans, a minke whale. It was easy to follow

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: Cold and rocky could be the main words used to describe this tour. Even if we had some sunlight and excellent visibility, a strong and freezing wind was coming to us from North-East. Still we left Reykjavik in excellent mood, hoping for