Whale diary

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    Tour at 17:00 has been CANCELLED due to unfavourable conditions at sea.

     

    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: The wind picked up a lot from the morning tour, making the sea choppy, so the conditions for spotting the cetaceans were

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    Status Tour 5 pm: CANCELED

    Due to unfavorable weather conditions we have decided to cancel our Whale Watching tour at 5pm today. If you have any questions please don´t hesitate to contact us at the Elding ticket office at elding@elding.is or at +354 519 5000

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    Status Tour 5 pm: CANCELLED

    Due to unfavorable conditions we desided to cancel our 5 pm Whale Watching tour today. If you have any questions please don´t hesitate to contact Elding ticket office at elding@elding.is or +354 519 5000

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Elding: The wind was still blowing when we were sailing out this afternoon, but the sun decided to stay with us for the first 40 minutes of the trip. All around us heavy rain clouds had started to make their way closer to us, however the mix be

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    Status: RUNNING

    We are sailing out from the Old Harbour in Reykjavik on a beautiful and sunny day. Wind is coming from the South and is 4-6m/s.

    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: The waters were still a little rocky from the weste

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    Status: RUNNING

    We are sailing out from the Old Harbour in Reykjavik today. The wind is coming from the North-West and is about 2-7m/s. There could be a little movement on the boat out on Faxa Bay.

    Tour at 17:00

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    Status: RUNNING

    We are sailing out from the Old Harbour in Reykjavik today. The wind is coming from the South East and is about 4-6m/s. There could be a little movement on the boat out on Faxa Bay.

    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Elde

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    Status Tour 1 pm and 5 pm: RUNNING

    We are sailing from the Old Harbour in Reykjavik at 1pm and 5pm today. According to the forecast the wind is calming down but there will be movement on the boat. If you are sensitive to motion sickness we offer preventative tablet

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    Status Tour 1 pm and 5 pm: CANCELLED

    Due to unfavorable conditions at sea we have to cancel our Whale Watching tours at 1pm and 5pm today. Please don´t hesitate to contact Elding ticket office at elding@elding.is or +354 519 5000 if you have any questions.

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: This tour has been a perfect example on how fast everything can change here in Faxa bay. What an incredible tour we had which started off under a blue, clear, sunny sky with almost no wind so that there was only a little bit of movement

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    Status tour 5pm: CANCELLED

    Status tour 1pm: CANCELLED

    Tour at 09:00

    Report from Eldey: Faithful to the weather forecast, the bay roughed us up quite a bit this morning ! There was a strong and cold wind bat

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: Our first cetacean species on this tour was a minke whale. It was a bit tricky to watch it as it was surfacing just 2 times in a row and diving longer dives. This behaviour implied the animal was fishing, and we also saw

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    Status: RUNNING

    We are sailing out from the Old Harbour in Reykjavik on a beautiful but cloudy day. Wind is coming from the North and is 4-6m/s. There could be some movement on the boat.

    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Elding: What a

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    Status: RUNNING

    We are sailing out from the Old Harbour in Reykjavik today. The sun is trying to break out but there could be some rain on and off today. Wind is coming from the South-East and is around 8-10m/s so there could be some movement on the boat out on Fax

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: We were once again greeted by wind and rain on this tour, but luckily it died down all along the trip, so in the end we had quite a comfortable ride. It was not a busy tour, as they were less than 20 passengers on this tour, but the crow

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: It was rather nice heading out into the bay this evening, wind was not so bad on the way but a lot windier on the back in 10m/s winds from the southeast. most enjoyed the warm inside saloon where as the more determined passengers stayed

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: We definitely had the best sea conditions on the late afternoon tour today, topped off with some glorious sunshine. On our journey out we spotted perhaps 3 harbour porpoises blazing at the surface, but then the

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    Status: RUNNING

    We are sailing out from the Old Harbour in Reykjavik on a beautiful and sunny day. There is little to no wind but there can always be a little movement on the boat out on Faxa Bay.

    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey

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    Status: RUNNING

    We are sailing out today from the Old Harbour in Reykjavik. There are some winds blowing in from the south east so there might be some movement on the boat. Don't miss todays chance to book a ticket for adventure!

    Tour at 17:00

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    Status: RUNNING

    We are sailing out today from the Old Harbour in Reykjavik. It´s a cold but sunny morning. Hopefully you can join us today to see these amazing giants ! 

    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: We set out into the