Whale diary

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE|  20:30

    Report from Eldey: This was such a unique experience, different from most of our tours. In light rain on the mirror flat seas we found the pilot whales ones again! Such a rare species here in the bay. What made it even mo

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE|  20:30

    Report from Elding: We started the tour very cloudy and unsure what the weather might bring. It was a nice tour for the ones who wants to live an artic adventure. We searched long and wide, working together with another two boats, but wer

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE|  09:00

    Report from Eldey: Overcast continues. Having a good feeling about altering the course slightly to the North of our usual course, we headed towards Akranes. We started spotting a black and white dot appearing and disapp

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE|  09:00

    Report from Eldey: The sea conditions in the bay continue to be calm as yesterday. Flat sea, no wind; but to create balance in the Force we also had at the beginning of the tour rain and fog. It was for a very long time that we struggled

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE|  09:00

    Report from Eldey: Overcast, overcast, overcast. Business as usual. Having quite the cheerful and engaged group of people today on board made it easier to spot the animals and to have an overall awesome experience intensified. We had abou

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE|  09:00

    Report from Eldey: Super calm seas and no wind this morning made for a great backdrop for this tour. After sailing out for about 45 minutes, we saw the first fins coming up in the distance. They belonged to minke whales.

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE|  9:00

    Report from Eldey: Mirror calm waters provided optimum spotting conditions today. The birdlife was also absolutely amazing, both diverse and abundant, especially the cute atlantic puffins that were just everywhere.2-3 harbour porpo

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE|  20:30

    Report from Elding: This evening started out with a beautiful sunset above Snæfellsjökull, that we could not believe our eyes. All day we had very calm weather and it continued also in our last tour. While enjoying the

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    ✔ TOURS ON SCHEDULE |  20:30

    Report from Elding: It was fully cloudy but the sea was perfectly calm, great weather for whale spotting! We sailed out for about an hour and found some splashes in the distance, and as we approached, we realized we had about 15-20

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    ✔ TOURS ON SCHEDULE |  20:30

    Report from Elding: This evening the tour started with still lots of sunshine. When we approached the bay we could feel the wind picking up and that wind stayed with us for the whole tour. Sailing through the bay

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    ✔ TOURS ON SCHEDULE |  20:30

    Report from Elding: With not a single cloud in the sky this tour was already due to be beautiful. Looking all around us the sea was flat and visibility great for whale watching. It was a bit of a search until our captain's eyes spo

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE |  20:30

    Report from Elding: What a beautiful evening. Still slightly windy conditions, warm feeling in the sheltered harbour walls but as soon as we left the harbour the wind and colder conditions hit us. Warm overall on and ready for a gre

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE |  20:30

    Report from Elding: After a really rainy day, the sun won finally against the clouds. The wind was coming from the North, keeping us refreshed, and the midnight sun kept us spellbound the whole trip. It took us a

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 20:30

    Report from Elding: After a really wet day, the weather gave us a break. The wind was calmed and the sea looked quite flat, without white caps on the surface. We could just felt the hangover of the sea. A big swell a

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 9:00

    Report from Eldey: The day started out very beautifully, sunshine and perfectly calm sea! We sailed out in this perfect whale watching weather, and we found about 3 harbour porpoises on our way! A little while

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 20:30

    Report from Elding: Magic! We knew we had a beautiful midnight sun coming because the sky was clear but we could not imagine the amount of wildlife that we found on this tour. Even though the wind was still blowing our passenger decide

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    TOUR CANCELLED | at 20:30

    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: Icelandic weather really can change in a heartbeat. We now faced much stronger north easterly winds than on previous tours and these brought waves with white

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 20:30

    Report from Elding: We sailed out into another light Icelandic night. The waves were quite choppy, but it didn't matter to us, we had fun. The lighting of the night sun lit the way for us to see minke whales at a dista

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 20:30

    Report from Elding: The sun was shining bright as it is normal for 9 pm... The passengers on board were delighted and ready for an adventure. Puffin enthusiast happily pointing out all the cute little birds on our way out of Reykjavik.

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 20:30

    Report from Eldey: Since yesterday, wind and waves had calmed down, so we headed out from the bay really positive. We sailed to straight into the middle of the bay and once we got there we spotted 3 harbou