Whale diary

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out from Hafnarfjörður for our second tour of the day. The seas were rather calm even though it was a bit windy. As the tour progressed the weather changed every 20 minutes or so. We got some snow, hail, fog and sleet. We didn't see any cetace

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report form Hafsúlan: On our second tour we sailed straight to the area where we had been this morning. We sailed towards the previously visited area and on our way we made a few stops because we spotted dolphins at least three times on our journey. Some of the White beaked

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    Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: We sailed once again from Reykjavík after a successful morning tour, the weather was still very good though the water was no longer completely still. As we had a very good idea of where to look for some whales we sailed straight to where we t

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    Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: After the morning trip we were confident and the weather continued to be excellent. The sea was very calm as we sailed from Reykjavík and the sun and sky were both beautiful. It took a few hours of searching before we finally found the Humpba

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    Tour at 13:00Report from Hafsúlan: The weather looked beautiful in Sandgerði as we headed out from the harbour. The waves were quite high but not that choppy so although we could feel the movement it wasn't too bad. We searched a big area and after about an hour sailing on of the crew members sp

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: Once again we sailed from Sandgerði, our experience from the previous days had all been excellent from here so we had high hopes for this trip! And it´s safe to say those expectations were met, after sailing south from Sandgerði for around an

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: Again we sailed out from Sandgerði. The weather was slightly less windy and we were ready for our second try of the day, which really payed off since we sailed for roughly an hour before we saw a blow. We sailed towards the blow and soon saw that it cam

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    Tour at 1300

    Report from Hafsúlan: This time, we left from Grindavík and decided to end the tour in Sandgerði. Within an hour, we had spotted 4 orcas and 2 humpback whales at the west end of Reykjanes. There were lots of birds around, many northern gannets diving for the fish that was pre

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    Tour at 1300

    Report from Elding and Hafsúlan: Today we went out from Sandgerði because of the weather conditions. It was quite windy but the seas were not too rough. We sailed to the west to begin with and it did not take us long to find the first Humpback whale! It was travelling at a fa

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: After a very successful morning tour we knew exactly where to look in the afternoon, so after leaving Grindavík we immediately turned west and it didn´t take us long before we spotted our first Humpback Whale, at first there was a pair of wha

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Elding and Hafsúlan: For our 13:00 tour the weather had improved a a lot and since we didn't see anything on today's first tour we decided to sail a bit further. Soon after we sailed out from Hafnarfjörður we got a glimps of some White beaked dolphins but they di

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: The weather, just like the last few days, was pretty much perfect. Blue skies with a high sun and some good sea conditions, the temperature took a dive today which gave the whole tour a true winter feel, especially with the surrounding mounta

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: The sun was shining high in the sky and there wasn´t a cloud in sight as we set off from Reykjavík. And aside from some very chilly winds the weather for the tour was mostly excellent, we could even see the glacier Snæfellsjökull from very fa

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    Report from Hafsúlan: The weather was still lovely, like it was yesterday. Maybe a bit more windy but non the less, we had a very lovely sailing. About an hour and a half into our sailing we did see a Harbour porpoise appear very briefly but it was quick to leave again. Even