Whale diary

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    Tour status: RUNNING

    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsulan: It was a nice ride! We started under shining sun, to went under total overcast and fog to end up with clear sky. There was a

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    Tours status: RUNNING

    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: Let me tell you the story of a sneaky whale... So the wind had picked up a little regarding previous tours and we sailed out a

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: It was bit more bumpy than in the morning but sunshine recompense all discomfort. Light and the sea and the landscape was beau

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    Status: RUNNING

    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: The calm afternoon with little motion on the sea and very good visibility was a promising start. A couple of nm from the harbour we saw a spout in the distance, but after waiting for 15 min

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    Status: RUNNING

    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: The weather was beautiful tonight! The tour began with a sighting of a humpback whale. The blow from this whale was so powerful it was easy to spot it from a great distance. Aft

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    Status Tour 9:00 and 13:00 and 17:00: CANCELLED

    Due to bad weather conditions, we do have to cancel the Whale Watching tour all day today. For more information please contact us by email elding@elding.is or by phone +354 519 5000.

     

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    Status: RUNNING

    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: What a beautiful tour! The sea was wonderfully flat, the sun was shining and the wind not too strong. It wasn’t long until we found our first cetaceans, some beautiful white-beaked

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    Status: RUNNING

    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: By now we are all used to the overcast of clouds and and rain that has been following us for some time. It was a blessing it was not

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    Status : RUNNING

    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: Sailing conditions were much better this evening, as there was no wind and sea surface was very calm. It was still overcast and at

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    Status: RUNNING

    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: The trip from Reykjavik along the bay was quite enjoyable even though we were riding along persistent southeastern winds. We spotted a lot of marine birds along the trip, including puffins,

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    Status: RUNNING

    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: Weather conditions changed drastically in our evening tour. We faced fierce winds and rain from half of the tour but suddenly everything changed for better. The sun start

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    Status: RUNNING

    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Elding: We sailed out from Reykjavik under beautiful weather conditions. It was sunny and mostly clear skies, although there was a bit of swel. After about fourty minutes of sailing, we reached pr

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    Tours at 13:00 and 17:00: CANCELLED

    Unfortunately, due to high winds and therefore unfavourable sea conditions, the rest of the tours today have been cancelled. For more information, please contact us via phone at +354 519

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    Status: RUNNING

    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Elding: Not long after the Elding started sailing into the sun the first back of a minke whale was in sight. We had good opportunity to witness it surfacing a few times and spent

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    Tours at 09:00, 13:00 and 17:00 : CANCELLED

    The tours at 0900, 1300 and 1700 have been cancelled due to the stormy weather and therefore highly unfavourable sea conditions. The tour at 1700 has not yet been confirmed. For more information please contact us via phon

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    Tour at 13:00 and 17:00: CANCELLED

    Tour at 09:00

    Report from Eldey: We left the Reykjavik harbour sailing through strong eastern winds. The sky was a bit moody and the weather quite changeable between mostly light or strong rain. So we drove i

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    Status: RUNNING

    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: Weather was similar like in the morning, but the swell, especially further out, got a bit bigger to the enjoying of most of our passengers. Again we had to start sailing against the wind an

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    Status Tour 13:00 17:00: CANCELED

    Tour at 09:00

    Report from Eldey: Temperatures were on a rise since yesterday, and we got a comfortable sailing out as the wind was on our back. The

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    Tour 17:00: CANCELED 

    Tours 9:00 and 13:00: RUNNING

    Tour at 09:00

    Report from Eldey: After a strong start, summer took a break today. The usual gray sky and wind were here to welcome us out at sea, but

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    Status Tour 17:00: CANCELLED

    Unfortunately the weather and sea conditions changed to the worse and we have to cancel our Whale Watching tour at 17:00 today.  For more information please contact us by email elding@elding.is or by phone +354 519 5000.