Whale diary

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    Tour at 17:00

    On this tour we almost could buy ice cream at the Keflavik airport because we had to go MUCH further out than we usually do because the bay was quite empty tonight, but it was worth it and after a long time sailing we spotted finally two Minke Whales at the same time and the

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    Tour at 17:00

    The weather was also great on our last tour. We could enjoy a calm sea and really beautiful sunlight. First of all we went to Akurey the puffin island and saw some puffins sitting on the surface and flying around the island. There where also some eider ducks on the island. T

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    Tour at 17:00

    Again we sailed very far out to were the Minke Whales were on the previous tour but unfortunately the flocks weren't there anymore but we did see at least 2-3 Minkes without the birds. They were however very difficult to follow. Only surfacing twice before disappearing and t

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    Tour at 17:00

    A very good tour. We set out on really calm seas and saw the Puffins at Akurey, Puffin Island. Then we headed straight to where we saw the Minke Whales on the 13:00 tour. We stuck it rich once again. First we found a couple of White-beaked Dolphins that were travelling at a

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    Tour at 17:00

    The sea conditions were great for this tour. couldn't believe how much calmer the sea was from the earlier tours. Once again there was not many puffins on the Island but we saw a lot offshore. It wasn't long before we saw a large flock of feeding seabirds which is a really g

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    Tour at 17:00

    We headed out again from Grindavík harbour in sunny and windy weather. The wind had picked up a little bit but that did not stop us searching for the whales. We sailed out about 30 min without seeing anything, but then suddenly we spotted a blow! And again we found a very ni

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    Tour at 17:00

    Tour has been cancelled due to a strong wind out in Faxaflói bay

     

    Tour at 13:00

    Again we saw lots of puffins around Akurey. The wind was picking up when we headed out to Faxaflói bay. And like this morning the whales were very difficult to find. We fou

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    Tour at 17:00

    Wind had definitely picked up on this tour. It was also a long time before we came across a Minke Whale. It surfaced a couple of times but far away. The next Minke Whale surfaced many times but always in the wrong direction so the swell would always cover the whale. Later we

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    Tour at 17:00

    Unfortunately the 1700 was not that good. The weather had calmed down a lot but the wildlife was very difficult. We did come across a small pod of White-beaked Dolphins which surfaced a couple of times but in completely different places. This made it very difficult to point

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    Tour at 17:00

    Tour has been cancelled due to a strong wind out in Faxaflói bay.

     

    Tour at 13:00

    On this tour we sailed straight out to Faxalfói bay to the area where we saw the fin whale, but had no luck seeing him again. We spotted a blow in a distance but didn't se

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    Tour at 17:00

    Again we sailed straight out to Faxaflói bay, the weather was the same as the earlier tour. It took us a while before we saw our first minke whale. After we saw the first one we spotted few other minke whales surfacing all around us. It was almost hard to decide were to look

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    Tour at 17:00

    Tour at 17:00 has been cancelled due to a strong wind out in Faxaflói bay

     

    Tour at 13:00

    This time we sailed straight out to Faxaflói bay, the wind had picked up for this tour. We had no luck with finding the whales. On our way home we stopped by Akure

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    Tour at 17:00

    Sea conditions were still the same but the Minke Whales were great. Saw at least 4-7 individuals. They were surfing the waves and surfacing many times and on occasion 20-30 meters from us. Great tour.

     

    Tour at 13:00 The sea conditions was a little rougher on th

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    Tour at 17:00

    It was along journey to find the whales on this tour but once we got there after about 1-1hr 20mins sailing the Minke Whales were great. Must of seen at least 5 or 6 individuals. They surfaced many times and 30-40 meters from the boat too. On the way there we also got to sme

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    Tour at 13:00

    We headed straight out to Faxaflói to find the whales again. And they were still in the same area, busy feeding so it was quite ease to find them again. This time we spotted 4-6 minke whales and a small group of harbour porpoises. We stayed with them for a while, enjoyed the

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    Tour at 13:00

    The weather was great this afternoon when we headed out from Reykjavík. Close to the area were we found the whales this morning we spotted our first minke whale. But there was not only one in the area, at least 4-5 minke whales and a small group of harbour porpoises showed u

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    Tour at 13:00

    The Minke Whales were difficult on this tour only surfacing once or twice before going for a deep dive then surfacing again very far away that we couldn't locate it again. We maybe saw 3-4 whales on this tour but only a short time with each. The highlight of the tour were th

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    Tour at 13:00

    We headed straight out to the area where we were this morning hoping to see the same as this morning but on the way we came upon a small pod of White-beaked Dolphins which weren't that interested in us so we stayed a couple of minutes then left them alone. I think the Minkes

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    Tour at 13:00

    We were going to start our tour at Puffin Island but on the way we were lucky to come across a small pod of Harbour Porpoises which surfaced close and many times. At Puffin Island we saw only 4 Puffins and only 1 out in Faxaflói. Further offshore we observed a small pod of a

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    Tour at 13:00

    This afternoon we started out by visiting Akurey where the Puffins live during the summer. Some of them were sitting at the surface around the island and others were flying but not many on the island itself. We then headed out. The wind was behind us so the ride out to Faxaf