Whale diary

Tour at 19:00

Report from Hafsulan: This evening seemed to be a wonderful moment to sail out and discover the secret of Faxafloi. We started our trip enjoying the sun but a little bit of wind from the west. With these conditions, we searched the area

Tour at 20.30

Report from Hafsulan: This tour was dolphinitely the best tour of the day!!! After about an our sailing towards the setting sun, we saw some black dorsal fins popping up in a few hundreds meter distance to the vessel. When getting closer we saw that we wer

Tour at 20:30

Report from Eldey: It was a very nice night, we had a beautiful sun set the sky turned many colors. The wind was not very strong, so it was a very good night for whale watching. Unfortunately we didn´t had any luck. No cetacean showed him self around our b

Tour at 14:00

Report from Elding: Learning from our experience this morning, we decided to go a less traveled route this afternoon and stick a bit closer to Esja and Akranes. As a result, our trip down Hvalfjordur was positively pleasant, with the sun shining down on us

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: the sun casted beautiful orange and pink colors over the bay so the mountains around us looked even more stunning than before. The wind picked up again while we were out on the bay and it felt much colder than on the last few midnight t

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: The midnight tour was full of surprises today. Firstly, we started our trip with hopes and high expectations because previous tours had been really god in sightings so we didn´t expect less. We started to search in on

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: Sailing out, sea conditions were quite good with low swell height, although we had some fog later on as well as some light rain. We were sailing towards an area where other boats had spotted some minke whales as well as a humpback whale

Tour at 20:30

Report from Eldey: The weather just got better and better as the day went on and by the time we left the harbour this evening the wind had almost died completely. I was even sweating inside my overalls at the beginning of the trip, and that never happens!

Tour at 20:30 Report from Elding: We were lucky that the wind was blowing from the south east, so our way in the bay was actually a nice and smooth ride. Only 25 mins after departure we had our first and weirdest encounter: A pod of 6-7 white beaked dolphins

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: The weather definitely calmed down for our midnight tour and we started our trip with a little bit of sunset in between the clouds. We were sailing peacefully enjoying our marvelous Faxafloi, which is always full of mysteries and good s

Status Tour at 17:00 and 20:30 (5PM and 20:30): CANCELLED

Due to unfavourable conditions at sea we unfortunately have to cancel our Whale Watching Tour at 17:00 this afternoon. I you like to reschedule or have any further questions, please don't hesitate to contact our ticket offic

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: It was almost impossible to see where the sea ended and the sky began, sea was so flat and reflected the colors of the clouds in a perfect way. The first sighting were 2-3 harbour porpoises that we passed by on the way

Tour at 20:30 
Report from Elding: Despite the fog that had rolled in since this morning, the weather conditions were perfect for whale-watching as we left the harbour. The flat seas and uniform colour meant that sighting our first animals were easy. We had a pod of 7

Tour at 20:30

Report from Eldey: It was typical icelandic weather with rain and an overcast sky. But with only very little wind, the trip was very pleasant, as everyone was wearing our overalls to stay dry. It took us quite some time, until we spotted our first animals

Status Tour at 20:30 (8:30PM): CANCELLED

Status Tour at 13:00, 14:00 and 17:00 (1PM, 2PM, 5PM): CANCELLED

Due to unfavourable conditions at sea we unfortunately have to cancel our Whale Watching Tour at 17:00 this afternoon. I you li

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: It´s alway nice to miss the rain and for most the tour we did, watching it fall in the distance is always amazing and Icelands constantly changing conditions is what astounds tourists constantly. We had a fun ride, headed out into Faxa

Tour at 20:30:

​Report from Elding: What a change to the weather, and what a beautiful night sky over Reykjavík. Although we still had westerly winds, they had certainly calmed down and only made our boat rock whenever we had to turn sideways to the wav

Tour at 20:30

Report from Hafsúlan: Definitely the best tour of the day! As soon as we reached the area where we got the best sightings on the previous tours today we spotted a blow far out. This turned out to be a very elusive humpback whale. We follow

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: A windy and slightly miserable start to the midnight sun whale watching tour. Overcast skies and fine rain. This improved throughout the tour and at the opportune moment the skies cleared and the midnight sun pushed it´s way through the

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: We started our last trip of the day with a tons of hope in our hearts, the day had been wonderful for whale watching so we were expecting everything tonight. We sailed for a while into the bay but what we found was a big mist coming fro