Whale diary

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Elding: The afternoon tour started as the morning tour ended, overcast sky making it great conditions for spotting. Unfortunately, the further out we went we had more swells but

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Elding: What a wonderful weather we have had in our afternoon trip. The sun was shinning, we had incredible warm temperature (6°C!) and the sea state was very calm. Ideal conditions for whale wat

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    Tour at 13:00
    With the wind and the sea state calming down, it seemed like a nice continuation of today's whale watching. We sailed out about 45 minutes before we saw the first spout. A lone humpback whale

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: Honest to God my best tour in 2018 so far! We sailed out with the sun and ended up passing under two rain clouds during our arrival to where the whales were... business as usual in Iceland.

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: What a morning! Still the sun was shining and with great expectations we sailed out into the bay. The plan was to head straight to the area where we left the humpbacks in the morning as we

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: The weather was still good as in the morning, perfect conditions to search for some cetaceans. As we had some great success on our morning tour, we knew already where to start looking for them. On the way t

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Elding: The sailing was lovely this afternoon, not too much wind and calm sea. It was a bit drizzly through the tour, however, this just meant we could use our overalls to keep us nice and dry. It

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: The wind picked down considerably during our afternoon trip, giving us the chance to sail over calm waters during the tour. It didn't take too much until we were able to have the first enco

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: With the sun shining everything is better and so is whale whatching. The wind was so strong while we were exiting the harbour that I had trouble keeping my balance. Lucki

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey:Although the wind had picked up a little since the morning tour we didn´t feel it as we sailed with the wind. On our way to the humpback whales we passed by at least 3 pods of harbou

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey:The wind had calmed even more and the sea conditions were close to perfection. The thick cloud coverage casted gray color on the sea making spotting effortless. The tour began with sightings

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: After an amazing morning tour we had high expectations in the afternoon one. It was quite cloudy, the sun just managed to break through a bit but with the wind on our back and flat sea we w

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    Tour at 13:00 

    Report from Eldey: What a day! After successful morning we couldn't wait to sail again. Sea conditions were even slightly better because we couldn't feel swell so much. It was still flat and overcast so

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    Tour status 9:00 and 13:00: CANCELLED

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

     

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: The morning tour was not too great, but all animal enthusiasts know it: perseverance goes a long way! So we stayed motivated and adopted a change of strategy for the afternoon tour. We went

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: With the wind on our back we sailed out even though the sky was quite covered with clouds. After some time we saw some quick dorsal fins surfacing and going along with some black-legged kit

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    Tour at 13:00 

    Report from Eldey: With lots of smiling faces on the boat we started our tour and it didn't even matter that the clouds were completely covering the sky. After 1 hour of sailing we spotted our firs

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: The afternoon tour reminded  us that summer is coming, and with that season flat seas, sun and excellent sailing conditions are a common thing. That's how we felt an

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: Sailing out on a sunny and calm day like this was a delight by itself. It was a bit of a unique tour because we decided to sail towards Keflavik, the place where humpback whales have b

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: The wind stopped and it started to be a warm and beautiful afternoon. The visibility was awesome, allowing us great views over the landscape around Faxafloi. Still excited from the morning