Whale diary

Status Tour at 5 pm: CANCELLED

Due to bad weather and rought sea conditions we have had to cancel the whale watching at 1pm. 

Please contact us at elding@elding.is or at +3545195000 for further information and rebooking. 

Tour at 1

Tour at 17:00

Report from Eldey: The day ended just as lovely as it began with the sun still high up in the sky. After about 50 min we caught a glimpse of a minke whale. We slowed down to get a better look at it, but unfortunatel

Tour at 17:00

Report from Eldey: This tour was best by far from all the tours today. The weather was a little groggy, fine rain and overcast skies but this did not deter anyone in the slightest for staying mostly outside and a lot decided to not wear our free floatation

Tour at 1700

Report from Eldey: The 17.00 tour was very relaxed from the very beginning maybe due to the amount of passengers we had on board (36). The weather was not the best this time though. It was very windy and bumpy. There were a few green faces on board but most

Tour at 5pm: CANCELLED

Unfortunately we have to cancel the 5pm tour as well

We are still experiencing high waves and strong winds from the south

Status tour 1pm: CANCELLED

Due to bad weather and rought sea conditions w

Tour at 17:00

Report from Eldey: A fine misty drizzle of rain dampened the top deck throughout most of the tour. However this didn´t put our hardy passengers off - who used the overalls provided and helped me search for whales throughout the tour! Due to the high swells

Tour at 17:00

Report from Elding: The clouds covered completely the Faxaflói sky. The morning breeze turned into a chilly strong wind and we started to feel the waves rocking our boat more and more as we distanced from the harbour. About one hour after our departure, we

Status tour 1pm and 5pm: CANCELED

Due to unfavourable weather conditions, we have to cancel our Whale Watching tours today, at 1pm and 5pm

Status tour 9am: RUNNING

We are sailing out from the Old Habour in Reykjavik today.

Tour at 17:00

Report from Elding: Refreshing air after a rainy day and chilly winds came at us as we sailed away from the harbour this afternoon. The birdlife was really incredible on the way out with gannets and arctic terns plunging in the water for fish as well as th

Tour at 17:00

Report from Eldey: The wind had picked up a little so the water was not as smooth as before but it was still sunny and the views around were amazing. When we were sailing for about 45 minutes the passengers spotted a humpback whale close t

Status: RUNNING

Tour at 17:00

Report from Eldey: The wind had picked up and it was rather blustery as we headed out into the bay, It was a long time before we saw our first cetacean, just over an hour but once we were in the area wildlife

Tour at 17:00

Report from Eldey: On our evening tour it was even windier than before and the sea conditions were a bit rougher with quite a few white-caps. The start of the tour was a bit difficult. After about 45 minutes we got news from another whale watching boat tha

Tour at 17:00

Report from Eldey: A slow start but an incredible finish!, It took us maybe 40 minutes to sail to the main area of the day and we enjoyed many puffins swimming along on the way, enjoyed the ladscape and the calm weather. It was a little chillier on this to

Status: RUNNING

Its partially clouded today, and a little cold, but we are sailing out from Reykjavik Harbour in good spirits, with warm overalls onboard to keep the cold away! 

For more information, please contact our ticket office at +354 519 5000

Tour at 17:00

Report from Eldey: We had the same great weather that we've had all day but it had gotten a bit colder so the over-alls came to good use. We started sailing to the same place where we last spotted a humpback and encountered about 4-6 white-beaked d

We are sailing out today from the Old Harbour in Reykjavik. It is partially clouded but little Wind from the northwest

Tour 17:00

Report from Eldey: Our sail out of the harbour remained fairly calm again for this evenings tour but a rain cloud loomed in the di

Status: RUNNING

We are sailing out today from the Old Harbour in Reykjavik. It is partially clouded and a little Wind from the west, so there could be some movement on the boat out on the bay.

Tour 17:00

Report from Eldey: Last tour of the day f

Tour at 17:00

Report from Eldey: We were greeted with calm seas this late afternoon and even lucky enough to catch some dazzling rays of sunshine through the clouds. Our tour began with sightings of harbour porpoises and a great amount of bird activity

Tour at 17:00

Report from Eldey: The weather continued in very good conditions. The sea was smooth and calm, it seems like perfect spotting conditions. The emotion began when about an hour after our departure a solitary minke whale

Tour at 17:00

Report from Eldey: We decided to sail towards the areas where we had seen the minke whales on our earlier tours. On the way there we felt that it was getting colder and our overalls came to a good use in the blowing wind. When we reached the areas where we