Whale diary

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey and Hafsúlan: This was a busy afternoon for us so we went out on two boats. The wind speed had gone down during the day so it felt warm with the overalls. We sailed from Reykjavík to the area out of Hafnarfjorður where we saw the whales t

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: Since we ended in Hafnarfjörður on the morning tour this was the starting point for the afternoon tour. We could sail out with the wind straight for the area with the humpback whales from the morning. Again we soon

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: The nice weather continued in the afternoon and the conditions at sea were perfect. We went again to the south to the area with the humpbacks. When we got there we spotted 2 blows and went for the one closest to us. It was a rather small

Tour status: RUNNING

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: We left the humpback whales close to land on the morning tour so we started searching for them as soon as we left the harbor. It only took us 20 minutes until we

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: This afternoon the wind had died down from the morning tour and we headed out onto Faxa bay in the beautiful afternoon sun. Sailing with mount Esja on our right hand side we had good cover from the north easterly winds with excellent vis

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey and Hafsúlan: Easter is here! This afternoon many people wanted to go whale watching with us so we took out the two biggest boats we have in our fleet of whale watching ships. The wind was strong from northeast meaning freezing cold outsi

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey and Hafsúlan: The wind had calmed down a little on this tour but it didn´t matter because the whales were very close to land, just on the other side of the island Viðey. Five humpback whales in total, one pair and four sc

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey and Hafsúlan: It took us only 20 minutes to find the first blows!  There were many humpback whales in the area close to Reykjavík, at least 10 individuals! Our boats split up to watch separate humpbacks. Eldey had tw

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey and Hafsúlan: Easter week is proving to be very busy, a nice get away to the land of ice and fire. We again took out two boats to accomodate the 260 passengers we had this afternoon. Unfortunately the weather did take a turn for the worst

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: We thought that we could not bet this morning´s tour but we were wrong. The sea calmed down further so it was like a mirror. Sunglasses and sunscreen was definitely needed this afternoon. There were less dolphins in the bay

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: Again it was smooth sailing out on the bay because then we traveled with the swells. After about 50 minutes we saw a blow at least 2 kilometers away from the boat. When we got closer we saw that this was a humpback whale

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: The weather was not so comfortable as we sailed west into the westerly winds with the rain, the complimentary overalls definitly came in handy this afternoon. The mist also reduced visibility so that we couldn't see the landscape arou

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: As we were leaving the harbour the conditions looked good but as we all know out in the bay can be a whole other story. We knew about the swell and chance of rain so we recommended everyone to take a seasickness tablet if sensitive an

Tour at 13:00

Report from Elding and Hafsúlan: The sun today had brought out lots of lovely sea going passengers, we took out two boats once again to accomodate. The swell was still there which caused a few green faces but most enjoyed the beautiful day with some chilly

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: The weather did not change much this afternoon, less drizzle and the sun was higher so the overall brightness was much better, this made taking photographs easier. We headed towards the same area as the morning, took us about an hour

Status: RUNNING

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: The weather was incredible and sea conditions couldn't be better. After about 40 minutes sailing we spotted blows in far distance. It was clear that this was a lively are as we saw also

Status: RUNNING

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: An incredible tour this afternoon. The weather wasn't so bad although we experienced some winds and swells. We didn't have to sail for long for our first sightings of the tour and to our

Status: RUNNING

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: The wind had picked up a little more on this tour. However as it was coming in from the south-east the sailing offshore was not too bad, a couple of splashes over the bow of Elding

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: Today we sailed from Hafnarfjörður, using the Reykjanes peninsula as cover from the south-westerly winds. That strategy worked quite well and we were only met with minor swells on our way out. It was a calm start to th

Status: CANCELLED

We will still be experiencing very strong winds from the south east and therefore will not be operating our whale watching tours on Sunday.Please contact our ticket sales team to reschedule your tour or to change your