Whale diary

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Report from Elding: The sailing was lovely this afternoon, not too much wind and calm sea. It was a bit drizzly through the tour, however, this just meant we could use our overalls to keep us nice and dry. It

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Report from Eldey: The wind picked down considerably during our afternoon trip, giving us the chance to sail over calm waters during the tour. It didn't take too much until we were able to have the first enco

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Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: With the sun shining everything is better and so is whale whatching. The wind was so strong while we were exiting the harbour that I had trouble keeping my balance. Lucki

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Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey:Although the wind had picked up a little since the morning tour we didn´t feel it as we sailed with the wind. On our way to the humpback whales we passed by at least 3 pods of harbou

Status: RUNNING

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey:The wind had calmed even more and the sea conditions were close to perfection. The thick cloud coverage casted gray color on the sea making spotting effortless. The tour began with sightings

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Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: After an amazing morning tour we had high expectations in the afternoon one. It was quite cloudy, the sun just managed to break through a bit but with the wind on our back and flat sea we w

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Tour at 13:00 

Report from Eldey: What a day! After successful morning we couldn't wait to sail again. Sea conditions were even slightly better because we couldn't feel swell so much. It was still flat and overcast so

Tour status 9:00 and 13:00: CANCELLED

Due to bad weather conditions, we do have to cancel all Whale watching tours today. For more information please contact us by email elding@elding.is or by phone +354 519 5000.

Status: RUNNING

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: The morning tour was not too great, but all animal enthusiasts know it: perseverance goes a long way! So we stayed motivated and adopted a change of strategy for the afternoon tour. We went

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Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: With the wind on our back we sailed out even though the sky was quite covered with clouds. After some time we saw some quick dorsal fins surfacing and going along with some black-legged kit

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Tour at 13:00 

Report from Eldey: With lots of smiling faces on the boat we started our tour and it didn't even matter that the clouds were completely covering the sky. After 1 hour of sailing we spotted our firs

Status: RUNNING

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: The afternoon tour reminded  us that summer is coming, and with that season flat seas, sun and excellent sailing conditions are a common thing. That's how we felt an

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Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: Sailing out on a sunny and calm day like this was a delight by itself. It was a bit of a unique tour because we decided to sail towards Keflavik, the place where humpback whales have b

Status: RUNNING

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: The wind stopped and it started to be a warm and beautiful afternoon. The visibility was awesome, allowing us great views over the landscape around Faxafloi. Still excited from the morning

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Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: The wind was still blowing strong this afternoon so we adopted the same strategy than this morning: following the coastline from Reykjavik to Akranes, then going down to the whale watching

Status: RUNNING

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: With the temperatures slowly rising to a positive zero and a full boat of people, we bravely sailed to the middle of the Faxafloi bay to try our luck on the afternoon tour. The sun made us

Tour Status: RUNNING

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Report from Eldey: The interesting spring snow continued to fall as we sail out for the second time this day. The snow storm at the beginning of our tour made it quite hard to spot anything that wasn't very c

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Report from Eldey: We started afternoon cruise with similar condition like in the morning. It was cloudy but sea was mostly calm. After an hour cold wind started to blow in our faces, breaking tops

Tour status: RUNNING

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: We were still having a taste of summer this afternoon! The wind was still inputting some cold, but calm sea and clear sky made for a pleasant journey out in Faxafloi. About half an hou

Tour status: Running

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: The heavy fog had gone, the sun came out and we were really looking forward to sail out on the flat sea. It shouldn't be too difficult in this conditions to spot some cetaceans; or maybe no