Whale diary

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: We went out from Reykjavik again this afternoon. Since we had spotter white-beaked dolphins in the morning, we decided to go to the same area which looked very promising with a lot of feeding birds. It did not take long until we spott

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: We went out from Reykjavík again in the afternoon tour, but decided to look for cetaceans in a different area than this morning. After a while we encountered a small pod of harbour porpoises and slowed down to ta

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    Tours at 9:00 and 13:00
    Due to strong winds we have decided to cancel our whale watching tours today. Please contact our ticket office for further information.

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    Tours at 9:00 and 13:00
    Unfortunately due to rough conditions at sea, we have decided to cancel our whale watching tours today. Please contact our ticket office for further information +354 519 5000 or elding@elding.is

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    Tour at 13:00

    Unfortunately due to rough weather at sea we have decided to cancel the tour this afternoon. Please call our office +354 519 5000 for further information.

    Tour at 09:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: This morning we we

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: Like on the morning tour we started our trip in Grindavik with sunshine heading west along the coastline to the areas Orcas have been seen. After searching the area thoroughly we went offshore heading back east, on our way travel

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: Once again we sailed out from Grindavik, the wind had calmed down and it was only on the way back to the harbour we felt the cold, bitterly winds. It was evening sleeting on the odd occasion. We headed straight to the area we were in

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: We went out from Grindavík in the afternoon. We don't go out from this harbour as often as we wish because the area is less sheltered from the wind resulting in rough sea conditions. However, the sea was suitable today and after only

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    Tours at 9:00 and 13:00
    CANCELLED due to rough conditions at sea. Please contact our office for further details.

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    Tour at 13:00

    Unfortunately due to rough weather at sea we have decided to cancel the tour this afternoon. Please call our office +354 519 5000 for further information.

    Tour at 9:00

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: Hafnarfjörður it was on this somewhat chilly and foggy April afternoon. We went out and went west, scanning along the shore before turning out and to then to the north and finally east as we were going to end the tour in Reykjavi

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    Tour at 13:00
    Unfortunately we have to cancel our whale watching tour at 13:00 due to rough weather. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact us at the ticket office - elding@elding.is or +354 519 5000

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: We went out from Hafnafjörður on the afternoon tour to get shelter from the swell and the wind. The sailing was alright during the first half of the tour when we traveled with the wind. We search along the coastline but didn't´t find

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Elding: We went out from Reykjavík again as the sea conditions were still pretty good, even though the wind had picked up a bit and the swell was a little higher. It took a while until we spotted a minke whale. Unfortunate

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: the sea conditions were still pretty good but the swells from west were getting a bit bigger that moved the boat more up and down then in the morning tour. we were very optimistic for the tour because it had been relatively easy to sp

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: the weather had not changed much since the morning so we again got really good sea conditions. we went to where we had seen the dolphins in the morning tour but on the way to there a passengers saw animal coming up to the surface. we

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out from Hafnafjörður in the afternoon to make it easier for us to sail out on the bay with the high swells. We decided to head to the area where we had seen the humpback whale in the morning tour. It was rough on the way ou

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: we tried a new strategy this afternoon and traveled west, straight out in the hope we would find some minke whales in another area. No minkes unfortunately but we did get to see many harbour porpoises, 3 pods, 2 with 2-3 individuals b

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: It was getting windier and the swells were getting taller than in the morning tour. The sailing was comfortable when we went out on the bay because then we were traveling with the swells but on the way back to land it was quite rough.

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    Tours at 9:00 and 13:00

    Unfortunately due to rough conditions at sea we have decided to cancel today's tours. Please contact our ticket office for further details via email at elding@elding.is or calling us at +354 519 5000.