Whale diary

Tour at 20:30

Report from Hafsúlan: We went our way full of hope, since the day has been very successful so far. Nothing could have prepared us for the amazing tour that was coming ! At first we went quite far away to try to find cetaceans. The trip was smooth, there wa

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: The sun was setting slowly in sky as we made our way out on to the beautiful bay. The sea was flat and we had birds all around us. The first species that we spotted was a pod of white beaked dolphins with 

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: We left Reykjavik under a quite covered sky but we were heading toward rays of light piercing through the clouds, a landscape offering us a splendid contrast between a dark sea and clear sky colors. We had to go out far away to find spe

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: Conditions were perfect this evening as we sailed out from Reykjavik harbour and onto Faxa bay. Quite soon we spotted the first cetaceans of the tour which were some Harbour porpoises. We caught a quick glimps

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: The  weather  and sea conditions  were absolutely perfect for whale spotting this evening. Soon after we left the harbor we got news from another whale watching boat that they had seen two humpback whale

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: On the midnight tour we wasted no time in the beginning, headed straight in the direction of the last location of the humpback whales seen on the 5 pm tour. We searched the location for almost an hour without any luck of finding the two

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: On this beautiful night we went out from Reykjaviks harbour in search of cetaceans. We had several minke whale sightings during the day, as well as many flocks of arctic terns. The abundance of animals plus the readings on our fish- fin

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: The last trip of the day started off a bit rough, since the wind speed was increasing. Nevertheless we were optimistic to find the animals we saw earlier again on this tour. Traveling west, with the wind in our back turned out to be a s

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: The winds had calmed and warmed up so with a magician musician we headed out in high hopes. We spotted one very shy minke whale that sneakily surfaced in our wake. In the same area we encountered many guillemo

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: the weather had taken a turn for the worst as the mist rolled in bringing a light rain that drenched you after a few minutes, the wind also picked up but spirits on the boat was still high and we wouldn't let the Icelandic weather spoil

Tour at 20:30

Report from Hafsúlan: The wind died down over the morning. However the clouds started to roll in and visibility dropped. One of our eagle eyed passengers spotted some white-beaked dolphins just in front of the boat. Unfortunately these dol

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: We left the harbour in good conditions, the weather looked good so we were excited. On our way out the wind picked up a bit and by the end of the tour the wind was really rough. We got to see at least four minke whales&nbsp

Tour at 17:00

Report from Hafsúlan: The sun was shining and there was not a cloud in sight. Little did we know the tour was going to be so great. About 30 mins in and suddenly there was a minke whale blow. The minke was feeding and we managed to get gre

Tour at 17:00

Report from Hafsúlan: Conditions this afternoon were windy and the sea state getting rougher as we headed out. We hugged the northern coast on the way out to escape the worst of the waves and then turned south towards our main whale watching area. It was a

Tour at 17:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We headed out to where Elding had last seen the humpback whale in hopes of spotting it again but it had apparently been traveling fast south-west after we left it on our 13 o'clock tour and we saw no sign of it anywhere despite the ca

Tour at 17:00

Report from Hafsúlan: After one tour with minke whales and one tour with white-beaked dolphins, we were wondering what we would get to see in this tour. Thanks to the wind, the conditions were a bit rougher but we still tried to make it as comfortable as p

Tour at 17:00

Report from Hafsúlan: A tour full of minke whales in the evening! We went out from Reykjavík again in these awesome sea conditions and were sure to find a few minke whales again. And we were right, after about 45 min we spotted the first minke whal

Tour at 17:00

Report from Elding: We departed from Reykjavík harbour, the sea conditions were a lot better than this morning. We still had some leftover swell from the storm yesterday so the boat rocked a bit. The tour started slowly like earlier tours but by the end of

Tours at 14:00 and 17:00 have unfortunately been canceled due to unfavorable weather conditions. Sorry for any inconvenience caused. Please contact our office at elding@elding.is, call on 00354 519 5000 or drop by if your require further details. 

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Tour at 17:00

Report from Hafsúlan: The weather made a turn towards the worse on this evening tour. Strong winds and light rain, really made the flotation overalls that we offer all of our passengers come to good use. We sailed into the waves for the first part of the t