Whale diary

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: the wind was getting much stronger than in the morning tour, we had not expected that because the according to the forecast for the day it was not supposed to get so windy until much later in the day. When we headed out on the bay we

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: the wind was increasing trough out the day so the swells got also a little taller than in the morning tour. still the conations were quite good for spotting animals. We decided to sail towards the area where we saw the humpback whale

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: the conditions had not changed so much since the morning tour, but it rained a lot on us and hailed every now and then. we decided to sail first to the area where we had seen the minke whale on the morning tour. After searching there

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    Tour at 13:00
    Due to increasing wind we have cancelled the tour this afternoon. Please call +354 519 5000 for further information.

    Tour at 9:00
    Report from Hafsúlan: We traveled west with the winds for a nice calm sailing on the way

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: we headed out towards where we had had the numerous dolphins on the morning tour. The conditions were very good still but there was a bit more swell. However, we sailed through that area and onwards without seeing any dolphins. Then C

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    Tours at 9:00 and 13:00
    Due to rough weather the tours at 9am and 1pm have been cancelled. Please contact our office for further information.

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    Tour at 13:00
    Report from Hafsúlan This afternoon the easterly winds had picked up and we decided to head south along Reykjavik's west coast to begin with. There we found nice weather and enjoyed a relatively smooth sailing looking for cetaceans. We sailed for an hour alon

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    Tours at 9:00 and 13:00
    Due to rough conditions we have decided to cancel the whale watching tours. Please call +354 519 5000 to reschedule.

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    Tour at 13:00
    This tour has been cancelled due to stormy weather. Please contact our office for further information +354 519 5000 or elding@elding.is.

    Tour at 9:00
    We were lucky to be able to go out on the bay right before the storm

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: we went out from Reykjavik and found the sea conditions to have gone a bit better from the morning. We looked around until some dorsal fins showed up; this turned out to be 3-4 white-beaked dolphins and to our delight

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    Tour at 13:00

    Today we drove our passengers via coach at no extra cost to the harbour of Keflavík where our boat was waiting to take us and explore the coastline from a different perpective. Keflavik was the only viable place to venture from today due to the storm yeste

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    Tour at 13:00
    Due to rough conditions at sea we have cancelled the tour this afternoon.

    Tour at 09:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: we figured from the weather forecast that we would be able to do the morning tour before the storm would

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: out we went from Reykjavik again, for a rather long tour as we fancied looking for the humpback whale that was seen on Saturday and it would be a long sailing. After about an hour's journey we came across a smaller group of wh

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    Unfortunately due to unfavourable sea condions we have decided to cancel todays tours. Sorry for any inconvieniance and if you require further information please contact our office at +354 519 5000 or email us at elding@elding.is.

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: because of high number of passengers we went out on two boats this afternoon. We again went out from Hafnafjörður this afternoon and we decided to sail towards the area where we had seen the humpback on the morning tour. Th

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    Tour at 13:00
    Report from Hafsúlan: We could finally venture out this afternoon after the last days of blustery snow storms. The weather could not make up its mind and it changed constantly from sun shine, hail, snow, sun, snow, hail, dry but cloudy, hail. It was quite amu

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    Tour at 9:00 and 13:00
    Unfortunately due to rough weather the whale watching tours have been cancelled today. Pleae contact our office for further information.

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    Tours at 9:00 and 13:00
    Due to unfavourable weather we have cancelled our whale watching tours today. Please call +354 519 5000 for further information or send an email to elding@elding.is

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: having seen four humpback whales in the morning, and with the sea conditions being close to being as good as they could get, it was with great excitement that we left for the afternoon tour and headed straight west. As we came ar

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    Tour at 09:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: we decided to move the boat from Grindavik to Sandgerði for today's tours as the eastern wind would have made it difficult to go out from Grindavik but it would be easier from Sandgerði. Gulli, the captain that moved the boat, told us