Whale diary

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: wind was blowing more strongly then in the afternoon and the swells were also getting a bit higher. We sailed west along Reykjanes peninsula to stay in calmer sea then further from land. It rained and hailed on us on the way out but w

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: it had cleared a little bit since the morning tour, it was still full overcast but we were at least able to see towards land for through out the whole tour. we began by going to the area where we had seen the minke whale this morning.

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: We changed the location from this morning to Keflavik. The weather hadn't´t changed so light rain and a cloudy sky faced us when we traveled out in the southern part of Faxaflói bay. After about 30 minutes of sailing Hafsúl

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: The wind and the swells had picked up a bit since the morning tour and on our way out in the bay the travel was quite rough with some green faces on the boat. A small pod of harbour porpoises was seen after twent

Tour at 13:00
Due to rough conditions at sea we have decided to cancel the tour this afternoon.

Tour at 9:00
Report from Hafsúlan: The wind was blowing strongly from east so the sailing was very comfortable when we went out on the b

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: It was still rather windy on this tour too, we tried to gain as much shelter by the mountains to the north as possible but the sea conditions caused a few splashes as we sailed past Hvalfjörður. We searched for the dolphins that we sa

Tour at 09:00 

Report from hafsúlan and Elding: It was a little warmer in the afternoon than in the morning and the sea conations were even getting better. With nearly flat sea we knew we had better chances of spotting animals coming up to the surface even though i

Tour at 13:00

Report from hafsúlan: this was just an amazing tour! it was cold while we sailed out but it had at least gotten a little warmer then on the morning tour. We first sailed north for around 50 minutes, soon after we turned the boat towards west we saw an anim

Tour at 13:00

Report from hafsúlan: The sea conditions were becoming better than in the morning tour so our sailing was very comfortable. It hailed for a while on us just to remind everyone that spring has not yet arrived in Iceland. we saw 5-6 harbor porpoises

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: We had both of our whale watching vessel out this afternoon for the influx of passengers joining us. The weather was very much the same as the morning, the swells caused a little seasickness amongst some the passeners but m

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: again we went off from Keflavik but this time we intended to end in Hafnarfjörður, although later we changed it to Reykjavik. This was also one of the first tours on which Markus, one of our new guides, was guiding; he possesses in pa

Tour at 13:00
CANCELLED due to rough conditions at sea. Please contact our office for further details +354 519 5000.

Tour at 9:00
Report from Hafsúlan: The forecast had said modest 6-8 SW wind but inste

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: The wind had picked up a bit since the morning tour and some rain showers passed over us. We headed straight for the area where we left the humpback whale this morning, but it was nowhere to be seen. We continued out in Faxafloí bay a

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: The wind had picked up a bit since the morning tour but the sky was still clear and the sun shined beautifully. We started to head out to the area that had proven successful on the morning tour. But before we reached that area we came

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: we decided to take a different route in the afternoon to try to have a gentler tour than we had had in the morning. We sailed towards Akranes and then turned out into the bay. The water was choppy and full of white tops, not quite goo

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan an Elding: because of high number of passengers we went out on two boats in the afternoon. We sailed towards the area where we had seen the dolphins and minke whales were seen in the morning tour. We didn't see and signs of cetaceans u

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: the wind was getting much stronger than in the morning tour, we had not expected that because the according to the forecast for the day it was not supposed to get so windy until much later in the day. When we headed out on the bay we

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: the wind was increasing trough out the day so the swells got also a little taller than in the morning tour. still the conations were quite good for spotting animals. We decided to sail towards the area where we saw the humpback whale

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: the conditions had not changed so much since the morning tour, but it rained a lot on us and hailed every now and then. we decided to sail first to the area where we had seen the minke whale on the morning tour. After searching there

Tour at 13:00
Due to increasing wind we have cancelled the tour this afternoon. Please call +354 519 5000 for further information.

Tour at 9:00
Report from Hafsúlan: We traveled west with the winds for a nice calm sailing on the way