Whale diary

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    We decided to sail along the cost of the Reykjanes peninsula, towards Keflavík, this afternoon searching for whales. It took us some time to find them, then finally a blow from a minke whale. We could follow the whale for some time and it surfaced quite often. A blow from an

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    BLUE WHALES!!!! The weather was nice enough for us to sail from Grindavík again today in the hope of seeing those magnificent leviathans. It was incredible. After a short time of sailing we saw the almighty blow and then another and another. It was amazing that we could see

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    Report from the boat Hafúlan (Tour from Reykjavik): We sailed out to Faxaflói bay in a very nice weather and with a great visibility. Very soon we spotted a group of white beaked dolphins they had at least 3 calves with them so we took a look at them for a very short time an

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    Whale watching has been cancelled today due to storm in the bay.

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    Very windy today however blue skies and perfect visibility. We headed out from Grindavík today as the land shielded some of the wind. As soon as we left the harbour we saw a massive blow from a whale, as we got closer we saw more blows, at least 4 individuals. Suddenly after

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    It was a nice day out at sea today. The sea was still a little rough but much better than yesterday. Once again we decided to go along the coast from Hafnarfjörður as the land provided some shelter from the wind. We headed to the same area as the day before and once again we

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    Tour at 13:00

    It was nice to be back out at sea today after two days of cancellations due to bad weather. As it was still quite rough out in the Bay we decided to go along the coast from Hafnarfjörður as the land provided some shelter from the wind. The weather was very interchangeable as

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    Whale watching has been cancelled today due to rough weather conditions.

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    Tour at 13:00

    It was really beautiful to be out in the bay today, clear blue skies, quite good sea condition and a wintery crisp fresh air. The whales however were a little difficult. We saw three species a Minke Whale, White-beaked Dolphins and Harbour Porpoises but all for only a couple

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    Calm sea, the sun was shining but it was a bit cold when we headed out to Faxaflói this afternoon. it's been a week since we were out in Faxaflói the last time. After searching for some time we found one minke whale. It surfaced twice before disappearing. Further out we were

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    BLUE WHALES AND MORE!! Once again another crazy day out at sea. First of all we came across a pod of White-backed Dolphins which seemed to be a bit elusive probably due to the fact that they had juveniles with them. Really nice to watch though as the babies surfaced side by

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    Third day in a row we headed out form Grindavík and third day in a row we found the Blue whale. What luck, it was still in the area. It didn't take us a long time spotting the huge blow far away. We spent a long time with the Blue whale and it surfaced many times very close

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    BLUE WHALES TAKE TWO!! Once again we headed out from Grindavík with cold crisp air and some wind. We first saw Harbour Porpoises then we headed further out in hope to find the Blue Whales once again. Then we saw it, the blowwe were all waiting for and as we got closer we not

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    BLUE WHALES!!! I don't have a word for this tour because it was so amazing but I will try. We headed out from Grindavík this time because the weather was not so good in Faxaflói. Soon we spotted some harbour porpoises, the smallest cetaceans around Iceland and they were fast

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    It was a bit rough this after noon because there was some swell out in the bay. It took us along time to find the whales this time. Suddenly some of our passengers spotted some harbour porpoises. But they only showed up a few times before disappearing. Further out we found a

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    It was so nice to be back out in the bay today after two days of cancellations due to the bad weather. We headed out in not the best of weathers but much much nicer than what we have had. We saw White beaked Dolphins on this tour which were really far out. They were amazing,