Whale diary

Status: RUNNING

Tour at 17:00

Report from Eldey: The weather conditions leaving from Reykjavik were still relatively good, though the visibility was lower than earlier on in the day, due to light rain. Upon reaching our main sighting ground, we were able to wi

Status: RUNNING

Tour at 17:00

Report from Eldey: The wind picked up early on in the tour, as we made our way out of the harbour. We encountered about five harbour porpoises in the earlier part of our tour, some of which g

Status: RUNNING

Tour at 17:00

Report from Eldey: It was definetly the best tour of a day! Sea was smoothy and calm, reflecting light just like a mirror. With this amazing condition is was easy to spot animals. After plenty of puffins we got to

Status: RUNNING

Tour at 17:00

Report from Elding: Report from Elding: As we know it, perseverance can pay off in the most wonderful ways. That's why despite two unsuccessful tours we still departed in high spirits. There was little to no

Status: RUNNING

Tour at 17:00

Report from Elding: As we sailed out from Keflavik once more, we could finally enjoy some good weather. We had only sailed for about half an hour when a minke whale came to the surface. It su

Status Tour 17:00: CANCELLED

Unfortunately we have to cancel our Whale Watching tour at 5pm today due to strong winds and unfavorable sea conditions. 

Tour at 13:00

Report from Elding: Again, we departure from Keflavik, located

Status Tour 17:00: CANCELLED

Unfortunately we have to cancel our Whale Watching tour at 5pm today due to strong winds and unfavorable sea conditions.

Tour at 13.00

Report from Elding: On the tour, we experienced all the differen

Tour at 17:00: CANCELLED

Tour at 13:00

Report from Elding; Departure from Keflavik with weather ranging from calm and sunny to hailing and windy. For most of the tour we were able to enjoy large flocks of northern gannets fe

Status: RUNNING

Tour at 17:00

Report from Elding: IF YOU DON´T LIKE THE WEATHER, WAIT 5 MINUTES. Another tour that teaches us the meaning of this icelandic joke: sun, hail, sun, snow, sun. Absolutely incredible the Icelandic interchangabl

Tour status 13:00 and 17:00: CANCELLED 

Tour at 09:00: RUNNING

Report from Elding: Winter has arrived once again with strong and cold North Westerly winds, snow and hail. As the boat climbed the swells on the way out we got a salty t

Tour Status: RUNNING

Tour at 13.00

Report from Elding: The afternoon-tour faced the same challenges with the weather as the morning tour did. There where long swells, which gave us a rocky boat, but there was good visibility over the bay.

Tour at 13:00 : CANCELLED 

Tour at 09:00

Report from Eldey: The sea was looking good from the harbour, but as soon as we passed the walls, we were greeted by a strong gust of wind! It was blowing from the South, th

Tour status: RUNNING

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: The visibility over the bay was still good, but the wind had picked up. After sailing for about an hour 4-5 harbour porpoises showed up and they where easy to spot because

Tour status: RUNNING

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: The sky had cleared up, the sun was shining, and it certainly felt like summer out on the bay. The tour began with a brief sighting of 4 harbour porpoises close to Rey

Status: RUNNING

Tour at 13:00

Report from Elding: Where to start? We sailed out under pretty bad weather conditions. The visibility was bad and the rain made us soaking wet. None of this mattered after we returned to the docks after this

Status: RUNNING

Tour at 13:00

Report from Elding: In afternoon sea welcomed us with perfect conditions for sailing and spotting animals. It was perfectly flat and sky was overcast, at the end of the tour we had small rain but also amazing

Status: RUNNING

Tour at 13:00

Report from Elding: The afternoon tour started as the morning tour ended, overcast sky making it great conditions for spotting. Unfortunately, the further out we went we had more swells but

Status: RUNNING 

Tour at 13:00

Report from Elding: What a wonderful weather we have had in our afternoon trip. The sun was shinning, we had incredible warm temperature (6°C!) and the sea state was very calm. Ideal conditions for whale wat

Tour Status: RUNNING

Tour at 13:00
With the wind and the sea state calming down, it seemed like a nice continuation of today's whale watching. We sailed out about 45 minutes before we saw the first spout. A lone humpback whale

Status: RUNNING

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: Honest to God my best tour in 2018 so far! We sailed out with the sun and ended up passing under two rain clouds during our arrival to where the whales were... business as usual in Iceland.