Whale diary

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    Tour at 2030

    Unfortunately the midnight tour is cancelled for this evening.

     

    Tour at 1700

    Report from Hafsúlan We started the tour again at the Puffin colony Akurey and were happy to find a lot of them there. After that we sailed for a very long time trough the bay

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    Tour at 2030

     

    Tour at 1700

    Report from Hafsúlan We stopped again on our way out at Akurey to see the Puffins. Then we headed far out into the bay, where the wind picked up a little bit. We searched for a long time until we spotted the first Minke Whale af the tour. It sho

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    Tour at 2030

    Report from Elding; What a crazy night. The conditions were just stunning, beautiful light, calm seas and the sun set behind the whales surfacing was breath-taking. We started the tour at Akurey but most the puffins must of been snuggled up in their burrow as there were n

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    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Skrúður: The wind had picked up a bit when we headed out to search for the whales. We wanted to go far out this evening to search for the whales. But after only 20 minutes or so we saw that the wind was picking up a lot and we could not get further out. We search

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    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Hafsúlan: We were so excited to go out on the first midnight tour of the season. We decided to head straight out to search for the whales and stop by at Akurey on the way back home. We searched in a very large area and after a long time we saw a blow from a minke

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    Tour at 1700

    Report from Hafsúlan: disheartened by the lack of sightings on the 1300 tour, we bordered for the 1700 tour and decided to try our luck in a different area. Instead of sailing towards Snæfellsnes Peninsula, we decided to head west, alongside Sudurnes Peninsula and towards Gar

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    Tour at 17:00 Report from Elding

    The wind had picked up a little bit this afternoon but we were very excited to go out after a great succes with previous tours. We headed very far out and once we were in that area where they were seeing the humpback whale we saw a big blow. We saw the blo

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    Tour at 1700

    Report from Hafsúlan: After a rather dull start we spotted two subsequent blows in the beautiful evening light. After a while of waiting the minke whale finally showed us its shiny back and dorsal fin. It didn't surface again so we moved on. After turning the boat around in d

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    Tour at 1700

    Report from Hafsúlan: It was a beautiful evening light tonight but the tour started off very slowly with a couple of Minkes on the way offshore but very elusive ones that were only seen once or twice and not showing up again. It wasn´t until much later in the tour that we got

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    Tour at 1700

    Report from Hafsúlan: The last tour of the day was not that productive than the two others we did before. The weather was still great just the wind picked up a little bit and the surface of the ocean was not that calm anymore. We were sailing very far out and searching for a

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    Tour at 1700

    Report from Hafsúlan: This tour we decided to head straight out into Faxaflói Bay and stop at the Puffin colony on our way back to Reykjavík. The weather was still great even the wind picked up a little bit but it was not that cold than in the morning. Once we were in the bay

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    Tour at 1700

    Report from Hafsúlan: When we left the harbor we already knew from our sister vessel Elding that we should start our search close to land. So we did not head far out and stopped already in the area around Grótta to start the searching. Just when we wanted to go further out in

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    Tour at 1700

    Report from Hafsúlan: This was an incredible tour. Not so many Minke Whales but the rain stayed off us and we found a Minke Whale practically in the harbour. It was so close to land, just milling around and enjoying the scenery no doubt. We stayed a little while with this

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    Tour at 1700

    Report from Elding: The skies started to dim as the sun lowered in the sky and clouds were rolling in. No rain though which is always apprieciated. We headed east this time as we were sure the orca were long gone in the rough seas to the west not sheltered by land. We searche

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    Tour at 1700

    Report from Elding: As the wind was increasing in Faxaflói Bay and the sea conditions got worse during the afternoon we decided to move one of our vessels to Sandgerði a harbor on the other side of the Reykjanes peninsular. There we got a shelter from land and we hoped to hav

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    Tour at 1700

    Report from Hafsúlan: Once more we headed into Faxaflói Bay. The sun was still shining, just the wind picked up a bit, and so the sea wasn't that calm than in the morning. We stopped at Akurey again on our way out to have a look at the Puffins. There was not that many than in

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    Tour at 1700

    After a very successful day our last tour was a little bit difficult. At the beginning of our tour we saw a group of harbour porpoises. It was very nice since they were close to the boat and all passengers could see them very good. We continued our tour and also found a minke

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    Tour at 1700

    Report from Hafsulan: At the beginning of our evening tour it was not clear at all that this will be a very special tour, even the highlight tour of today. We went again to the area were we spotted the minke whales this morning. It took a while until we spotted some harbour p

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Elding II: The weather was still just perfect for a whale watching tour. After stopping at Akurey the puffin Island we decided to go very far out as we heard from fishing vessels that there were whales in that area. After about 20 minutes sailing we heard

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    Tour at 1700

    Report from Elding: While all our passengers are important to us, it was a particular delight to welcome onboard a couple from the USA who had been Puffin watching earlier today and a lady from the UK who was on her fourth whale-watching tour with us just on this holiday! Ret