Whale diary

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    Tour at 13:00 Report from Hafsúlan and Elding : today we took out two boats so our passengers would be more comfortable. It was snowing and the visibility wasn't very good as we headed out but after about an hour it started to clear up. The landscape was beautiful, with snow covered mountains an

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    Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed from Reykjavík old harbour on nice calm sea, well until we got further offshore then the rolling waves (swell) got bigger, when it got a bit too much we turned and headed south. We did spot a pod of Harbour Porpoises on this tour, about 20-30

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    Report from Hasfsúlan: The weather was beautiful today and the skies were filled with clouds or a variety of colours. The weather was very intermittent though as one moment we had blue skies and then sleet then blue skies and on the way home, snow. We sailed west first of al

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    Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out from Reykjavík old harbour, It was beautiful with the falling snow and spare blue skies. The hidden low lying sun coloured some of the clouds a orangy reddy hue which was beautiful. We sailed in good sea conditions except from a rolling sw

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    Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out from Hafnafjörður today to sail on less rocky seas and to search through one of our best areas in the wintertime. We along the Reykjanes Peninsula almost all the way to Garður but as we were getting closer to the headland the swell started

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    Report from Hafsúlan: Despite a beautiful weather we did not manage to find a single cetacean today. Very disappointing but nothing we can do about it. Apart from the lack of sightings, it was a very nice day and we managed to escape the showers that surrounded us throughout

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    Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out once again from Hafnafjörður with high hopes, We searched as we traveled along the Reykjanes Peninsula. We were sailing with the wind for most the tour so the first half was very enjoyable, enjoying the beautiful landscape. We didn´t find

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    Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out from Reykjavík in very very very cold conditions and yet breath-taking. We sailed to the area a friend of the company had told us about humpback Whale that was seen the day before. It was fantastic to see that the Whale was still around or

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    Report from Hafsúlan: Today we knew that the sea out side Reykjavík harbour would be quite rough. That is why we went all the way to Keflavík harbour to find better seas. After the drive to Keflavík we sailded out and the weather was much better, even though it was rather fo

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    Report from Hafsúlan: The weather outside was not at it´s best but the sea had calmed down enough to venture out into Faxaflói, the only thing that effected a few of our passengers was the swell which was mainly felt during the first half of the tour but not so much when hea