Whale diary

Tour at  13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: The wind turned to the north but it felt calmer as we found a sheltered area behind mount Akrafjall as we were sailing along the coast towards Akranes. There were still some birds to be seen and some of them accompanied us for a while flying in the air

Tour at  13:00

Report from Elding: Our second tour of today also went out from Grindavík where we found shelter behind the land when we were close to coast but we noticed the strong wind when we reached the unprotected part of the North Atlantic Ocean. At the beginning we enjoyed the blue

Tour at  13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: the sun was shining on us when we sailed out on the calm bay this afternoon. We headed straight to the area where we had been getting the best sightings. It did not take us a long time to find the first group of white-beaked dolphins. These dolphins we

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: we could not have asked for better weather with the sun shining on us and the sea as flat like it was today. We headed straight to the area where we had seen the dolphins on the morning tour. We had not even reached the area when we noticed breaching do

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: the sailing out on the bay was calm because then we were travelling with the wind and the swells. We headed straight to the area where we had seen the dolphins on the morning tour. The area had changed since this morning, we didn’t see as many birds and

Tour at 13:00Report from Hafsúlan: We had similar conditions as in the morning but the last rain clouds disappeared and with them the rainbows but more blue sky was above us and more sunbeams did reach us. Soon after leaving the harbour we found harbour porpoises just in front of Viðey. Like the

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: we went out faced with the strong ocean winds already by the islands off Reykjavik. We sought shelter and scouted along land; observing snowy-peaked Mount Esja and Mount Akrafjall along the way. Then we turned out into the bay. After about an hour and a

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: It was raining heavily on us when we sailed out on the bay but of course we did not let that stop our enthusiasm to search for the cetaceans. It was windy but we decided to sail along the reykjanes peninsula to get shelter from the waves. We could enjoy

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: we went out after cancellations this morning and yesterday but were hit by the wind while trying to go out using our regular route so we had to pass by Viðey Island and follow the shoreline up towards Hvalfjörður fjord where, due to stronger winds tha

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed towards the area we saw lots of birds the last tour hoping our luck might change with the whales. It did, a minke whale surfaced just in front of our boat but only twice and very quickily. Some passengers saw it but not all. We carried on for

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: the air was more or less still and the sea surface was very flat and bright so it was easy to spot animals from a great distance. We headed to the area were we had seen the minke whales on the morning tour in hope to see them again. When we arrived we s

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: the wind was getting down and the sea surface flatter than in the morning tour but still we had long and big under swell since the day after.  The sun was shining on us throughout the hole tour but it seemed that we were not getting as lucky with sighti

Tours at 9:00 and 13:00

Unfortunately we need to cancel today´s tours due to rough weather conditions at sea. Please contact our ticket office for further information. +354 519 5000 or elding@elding.is