Whale diary

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: it was raining a lot in Reykjavík when we headed out this evening but it cleared up when we got further away on the bay. We headed straight to the area where we had seen the minke whales in the afternoon tour. Just right after we slowed down in the area

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: it rained now and then on us this evening while the sun sneaked down between the clouds. It took us longer than one hour to see the first whale of the tour, a minke whale. The whale came up just in front of the boat in about 400 meters distance. It was

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    Tour at 17:00

    Unfortunately the tour at 17:00 has been cancelled due to rough sea conditions. Please call +354 519 5000, stop by our ticket office before 18:00 or send an email to elding@elding.is for further information.

    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: the wind had pick

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: The weather was absolutely stunning as we left the harbour in Reykjavík this afternoon. It was calm, sunny and the seas were nice despite a long, deep westerly swell. It started with a pod of white-beaked dolphins that were travelling northwards. There

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    Since a strong gale is forecast today, we have decided to cancel the 9am, 10am, 1pm and 2pm whale watching tours and the 11am sea angling tour. Decisions regarding the afternoon tours will be made in due time. For further information, please stop by the ticket office, send us an email (elding@eld

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: It had been a great day so far with fantastic weather and we certainly didn´t want it stop this evening. There was still some rain but it was very light and our visibility was still very good across the bay. The day seemed to he getting harder though an

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: Finally the cloud cover broke up more so that we could enjoy the sunshine on us, but also on certain parts of our surroundings like the mountain chain Esja or the capital Reykjavik. We found 2 minke whales which we could not identify, one closer and one

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: The tour started out with almost no wind, moderate amount of sunshine and calm sea - excellent whale watching weather. Initially, we had to search for quite some time before we spotted a blow in the distance. This blow belonged to a minke whale that sur

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: This time around, we started the tour from Keflavík. Our passengers were driven from the old harbour in Reykjavík to Keflavík harbour and we headed out on the bay, aiming to end the tour in Reykjavík. The sailing was pleasant as we were sailing downwind

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    Tour at 17:00

    Due to strong winds and rough seas on the Faxaflói bay, we have had to cancel the 5pm tour. For further information, please stop by the ticket office, send us an email (elding@elding.is) or call +354 519 5000. Weather forecasts from the Icelandic met office can be found on w

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    Tour at 17:00

    Due to strong winds on the Faxaflói bay, we have had to cancel this tour. For further information, please stop by the ticket office, send us an email (elding@elding.is) or call +354 519 5000. Weather forecasts from the Icelandic met office can be found on www.vedur.is.

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    Tour at 17:00Report from Hafsúlan: we had been out for about twenty minutes when we noticed a black head looking at us from a distance. I almost would have liked to believe that it was a mermaid but it would more realistically have been a common seal. However it went down and we never got a good

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: As the sun was setting the wind was getting stronger, but it was still pleasant to sail and watch for whales. Due to the great visibility we were also able to see Snæfellsjökull in the distance over-towering the bay of Faxafloí. We were searching alread

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: Yet again, the wind had picked a notch on this tour but the skies were still clear, the sun was shining bright and the Snæfellsjökull glacier greeted us from across the bay as we sailed out of the harbour. This time around, it did take us quite a while

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: It was still quite windy this afternoon as we headed out. We had to sail for a while until we finally found some diving northern gannets. They were apparently feeding and seemed to be plummiting from the skies! Awesome! We did find some two or three min

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: The weather was interchangeable throughout the tour: light wind, soft rain, sun shine in between, fog and rainbows - typical icelandic weather. After only 20 minutes we spotted a minke whale in the bay of Faxafloí. Our researcher identified the individu

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: The wind was picking up more and there was still swell but most people enjoyed the blue sky and the sunshine. In the haze at the horizon Snæfellsnes and Reykjanes were to be seen and all the other mountains around. In this nice scenery we were strugglin

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed onto a sunlit Faxaflói bay this afternoon and were greeted by a feeding minke whale quite early on in the tour. It was changing its speed and direction a lot and unfortunately, it did not really come up that frequently, so we decided to leave

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: The wind had picked up steadily this evening as we sailed along Faxa Bay's southern coast. We began our search by Kjalarnes and continued past Hvalfjörður and up to Akranes. On our way we saw quite a few northern Gannets and even a lone harbour porpoise