Report from Elding: The sun was slowly setting, but piercing through the clouds randomly throughout the tour. The wind had settled down, leaving the bay in calm conditions -perfect for whale watching. Already early on many splashes ahead of us made us aware of the presence o
Report from Elding: The weather was excellent as we headed out this evening. The seas were calm and the visibility stunning. After about an hour, we spotted some splashes in the distance which turned out to be produced by leaping white-beaked dolphins. We spent a good amount
Report from Hafsúlan: we sailed out with one of the biggest midnight tour passenger number we have ever had and the midnight sun greeted us as we did. However, we were slightly concerned as for the past few days the midnight tour has not experienced too good sightings. Howev
Report from Elding: We sailed out on a calm and beautiful Faxaflói tonight. As we went through many areas searching for whales, the sky was nicely lit by the midnight sun and we had a stunning look at the Snæfellsjökull glacier. However, it was not very lively in the bay. Two
Report from Elding: The skies were beautifully lid up when we sailed out into Faxa Bay. The mind-blowing visibility granted us the best look at Snaefellsjokull while the sun was setting in a firework of reds, yellows and oranges. Towards Reykjavik a rainbow coloured the skie
Is Unfortunately cancelled due to unfavourable weather. Sorry for the inconvenience and contact us is you need more information either by stopping by the office, sending us an email (elding@elding.is) or calling us on +354 519 5000 for more information.
Report from Elding: The weather was nice as we headed out on the bay tonight as the winds had calmed down. It did not take us long to find the first minke whales. There were around three of them. They were feeding in the surface, lunging and even rolling, surfacing frequentl
Report from Elding: The wind was about the same as the 17:00 tour but the swell had increased a little and everyone tested their sea legs. It took us longer to find the whales on this tour, but with patience and determination we found one minke whale and it surfaced many tim
Report from Elding: we market the midnight tour as 'Whales in the Midnight Sun' but sometimes the whales are missing and sometimes the midnight sun is. Tonight, however, we had both and on a grand scale at that! We started off after close to an hour of searching in just as g
Report from Elding: As we headed out into the bay for our midnight tour it was still fairly windy and the lighting conditions made it difficult to spot animals in the water. Nevertheless, some of our very talented spotters found a pod of White-Beaked Dolphins. They would hav
Unfortunately due to weather we need to cancel the tours at 10am, 1pm, 2pm, 5pm and 8:30pm. Please stop by the office, send us an email (elding@elding.is) or call +354 519 5000 for more information.
Report from Elding: Once again we sailed from Grindavík on the south c
Unfortunately due to weather we need to cancel the tours at 10am, 2pm, 5pm and 8:30pm. Please stop by the office, send us an email (elding@elding.is) or call +354 519 5000 for more information.
Report from Elding: Again, we left from Grindavík. We had a delay caused by
Unfortunately due to unfavourable weather conditions in Faxaflói Bay we have cancelled the evening tour, Whales in the Midnight Sun.
Report from Elding: We left the harbour in Grindavík with high hopes - to find the orcas o humpback whales
Unfortunately due to unfavourable weather conditions we have cancelled the 20:30 tour today. Please call +354 519 5000 or send us an email via elding@elding.is for more information.
Unfortunately due to unfavourable weather conditions we have canc
Unfortunately the 13:00, 14:00, 17:00 and 20:30 tours have been cancelled due to unfavourable weather. If your require further information please email us at elding@elding.is, call us at +354 519 5000 or stop by our office.
Report from Elding: As we headed out there wa
Report from Hafsulan: We headed out into the bay with strong rain and some wind blowing fro
Report from Elding: The midnight tour was wonderful this evening with great on board musicians playing on the way back with the midnight sun behind us, 7-9 minke whales that were milling, traveling and feeding all around us, both close and in the distance. We even glimpsed a
Report from Elding: The midnight sun that day was simply spectacular. Blue skies and mild winds were the conditions we sailed out at into the Bay of Faxafloí. Already near the lighthouse Grótta the first Minke Whale surfaced three times until it disappeared from view. We mad
Report from Hafsúlan: We went out to the midnight tour in excellent weather, it was warm, sunny, and the sea as calm as it can ever get. After about 40 minutes sailing we spotted the first Minke Whale of the evening. It was calmly surfacing at the same area and sometimes com
Report from Elding: We went out for the midnight sun tour but the sky was completely covered with clouds but somehow some sunlight fell on Mount Esja and beside it was a round spot of a part of a rainbow visible. We left the harbour with the wind at our back heading into the
