Whale diary

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    Status: RUNNING

    We are sailing out from the Old Harbour in Reykjavik today. According to the forecast it will be around -3°C but we have heated indoor areas on board and we also have overalls to keep you warm out on deck. If you are sensitive to motion sicknes

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    Status: CANCELLED

    Unfortunately the tour for today has been cancelled due to unfavorable weahter conditions at sea. For further questions or to reschedule please contact our offices by phone +354 519 5000 or by email elding@elding.is. If you have any questions

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    Status: RUNNING

    We are sailing from Hafnarfjörður Harbour today. A bus will be ready and waiting for passengers at our ticket office in the Old Harbour in Reykjavík and drive off to HAFNARFJÖRDUR at the scheduled departure time. This will result in a slig

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    Status: CANCELLED

    Unfortunately the tour for today has been cancelled due to stormy weather. For further questions or to reschedule please contact our offices by phone +354 519 5000 or by email elding@elding.is.

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    Status: CANCELLED

    The tour for today has been cancelled due to stormy weather. For further questions or to reschedule please contact our offices by phone +354 519 5000 or by email elding@elding.is.

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    Status: RUNNING

    We are sailing from the Old Harbour in Reykjavik today. There is some wind so there will be some movement on the boat, and it might rain for part of the tour. If you are sensitive to motion sickness we do offer preventative tablets in the ticke

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    Status: RUNNING

    We are sailing from the Old Harbour in Reykjavik today. There is little wind but there could be some snow from time to time. If you are sensitive to motion sickness we do offer preventative tablets in the ticket office, free of charge!

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    Status: RUNNING

    We are sailing our from the Old Harbour in Reykjavik on a very cold but beautiful day. According to the forecast there will be around -8°C but we have heated indoor areas on board and we also have overalls to keep you warm out on deck. If you a

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    Status: RUNNING

    We are sailing out from the Old Harbour in Reykjavík today. According to the forecast there will be a light NW wind with 4-6 m/s. If you are sensitive to motion sickness we do offer preventative tablets in the ticket office, free of charge! The

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: It was a lovely fresh day on sailing out into the bay, it was rather chilly which meant we could use our lovely warm overalls to warm up a bit. After only a very short 20 minutes we found our first species of the day. An individual

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    Status: RUNNING

    We are sailing from the Old Harbor in Reykjavik today. According to the forecast the wind is calming down but there will be movement on the boat. If you are sensitive to motion sickness we offer preventative tablets in the ticket office, free of charge!

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    Tour status: Running, we will be sailing from HAFNARFJÖRÐUR today, 8 January at 13:00, due to unfavourable weather and sea conditions out of Reykjavík.

    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: Due to strong winds coming from the Southeast we decided t

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    Tour at 13:00
    Report from Eldey: This winter keeps getting warmer than expected ! It led to relatively merciful temperatures today, but the full body suits we provide on board were still much welcome. The way out in Faxafloi proved to be a challenging ride, the swell was q

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    Tour at 13:00
    Report from Eldey: Due to the bad sea conditions that the Faxa bay was experiencing this past night (a fiery storm was hitting it badly during almost all night) we were expecting some waves and swell. We decided to try from Hafnarfjordur, and for almost 3 hou

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    Status: CANCELLED

    The tour for today has been cancelled due to stormy weather. For further questions or to reschedule please contact our offices by phone +354 519 5000 or by email elding@elding.is.

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    Status: RUNNING

    We are sailing from the Old Harbor in Reykjavik today. There will be movement on the boat due to swells out on Faxabay

    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: It was fairly mild as we sailed out into Faxafloi, the sea w

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: We went out in the bay in one of the most beautiful days this winter has already gifted us. There was a little of misty far in the distance, and only a small swell was hitting the boat now and then. It took a lot of time to find some wil

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: Another blustery tour with westerly winds, for passenger comfort we decided to venture out from a different harbour to gain more shelter from the swell, using the Reykjanes coastline to do so. We sailed west hugging the coastline until w

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey and Hafsúlan: Welcome to 2017 everybody ! New year, new prospects, and hopefully more epic whale watching ! We started our very first 2017 tour on a really positive note. We were a bit worried about the swell since wind was blowing from t

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey and Hafsúlan: The weather had calmed down a lotand the sailing was also smoother than in the morning. Still we had to sail into swells for the first half of the tour, this rocked our boats and made whale spotting more challenging. When we