Whale diary

Christmas Day, Closed all Day

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a prosperpus New Year.

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We headed out on to the bay today in very good conditions. Calm seas, slow winds and things were looking quite promising as we sailed out between the puffin islands of Akurey and Engey. We began our search by heading straight out into the bay towards th

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: Today the weather was very good with the sun peeking at us from under the clouds and calm seas. Before we left the harbour there was a massive feeding frenzy of birds, mainly Glaucous Gulls, Shags, a couple of Black Guillemots and Eider Ducks. After sai

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: Expectations were high as we sailed along the Reykjanes Peninsula to our humpback spot. A couple of stops on the why for fleeting Harbour Porpoises. The sailing was smooth of the way out but wind picked up later on in the day and the ride back with wind

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: Todays tour started out with quite some swell. We sailed out from Hafnarfjörður for better seas but even so the boat rocked a lot as we headed out. We sailed along Reykjanes peninsula and on our way west we ran into a pod of White beaked dolphins. They

Tour at 13:00 Report from Hafsúlan and Elding : today we took out two boats so our passengers would be more comfortable. It was snowing and the visibility wasn't very good as we headed out but after about an hour it started to clear up. The landscape was beautiful, with snow covered mountains an

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed from Reykjavík old harbour on nice calm sea, well until we got further offshore then the rolling waves (swell) got bigger, when it got a bit too much we turned and headed south. We did spot a pod of Harbour Porpoises on this tour, about 20-30

Tour at 13.00

Report from Hasfsúlan: The weather was beautiful today and the skies were filled with clouds or a variety of colours. The weather was very intermittent though as one moment we had blue skies and then sleet then blue skies and on the way home, snow. We sailed west first of al

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out from Reykjavík old harbour, It was beautiful with the falling snow and spare blue skies. The hidden low lying sun coloured some of the clouds a orangy reddy hue which was beautiful. We sailed in good sea conditions except from a rolling sw

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out from Hafnafjörður today to sail on less rocky seas and to search through one of our best areas in the wintertime. We along the Reykjanes Peninsula almost all the way to Garður but as we were getting closer to the headland the swell started

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: Despite a beautiful weather we did not manage to find a single cetacean today. Very disappointing but nothing we can do about it. Apart from the lack of sightings, it was a very nice day and we managed to escape the showers that surrounded us throughout