We headed out from Hafnarfjörður today in very nice but pretty cold weather. After sailing only a few minutes the captain spotted a small group of Harbour porpoises but they were very shy so none of our passengers could see them. Then two minutes later our first officer spot
We headed out in pretty good weather, there was some swell when we got further out but the sailing was not to bad. We searched for a very long time today, there were not many birds around, few Gulls in some areas but unfortunately we didn't find any whales today so we offere
It had picked up a lot of wind when we headed out for this tour so the conditions were not as good and quite many white caps all over. But that didn't stop us and after searching for some time we spotted one Minke Whale surfacing once and a bit later we spotted another one,
We sailed out from Hafnarfjörður today hoping to find the whales again, like yesterday. It was quite windy and it was raining cats and dogs. We spent a lot of time searching and we sailed very far out, trying to find them but unfortunately there were no sign of them. We saw
Sometimes we go out of our way to increase the chances of finding the whales for our gests. We do that by mowing the boats to other harbours, for example if the weather looks to be better there or we think it’s more likely to find whales. This means the tour takes sometimes
When we headed out to Faxaflói bay this afternoon there was a bit of swell from the previous night. After searching for some time we spotted some White-beaked dolphins. It was a very nice group, which came quite close to our boat, surfacing again and again in front of us. We
The tour today was cancelled due to strong wind out in Faxaflói bay.
The sea conditions were pretty good this afternoon even though it rained quite a bit while we were out there. There were not many birds around the area today, we spotted several Gannets, some Fulmars and Raizobills. We did come a cross a small pod of White-beaked Dolphins th
There were not so many whales around today. We only spotted one Minke whale. It surfaced three times and always very far away. Even though the weather was quite nice and calm sea conditions, and we spent a lot of time searching, this was the only cetacean we found this time
Report from Hafsúlan: The weather was the same when we headed out again this afternoon. After searching for some time the captain spotted a big group of Harbour porpoises but they were very shy and disappeared before we could spot them again. Further out, some of our passeng
We had beautiful weather conditions today. It was sunny and the sea was calm. We headed out in to Faxaflói bay and soon spotted some splashes on the water surface. As the got closer we saw that there were harbour Porpoises. It looked like a family group of at least 3 to 6 an
In perfect weather, very calm sea and no wind, we sailed out to Faxaflói bay this afternoon. Soon we spotted a group of White-beaked dolphins. They were a bit shy, but some of them came very close to our boat a few times. Further out we spotted some Harbour porpoises. Some o
After we got out to Faxaflói bay we first spotted a blow from a Whale, when we got closer we saw that this was a Humpback Whale and it was going for a deeper dive. It stayed under water for very long and while we were waiting we spotted several Minke Whales. The Humpback Wha
Finally beautiful and calm weather again. After sailing and searching for some time we finally spotted a group of White-beaked dolphins. A very nice group, which came quite close to our boat, surfacing many times. When we were heading back to the harbour a few of our passeng
The sea condition was quite rough out in the bay, even though the wind had dropped down a bit. After searching for a long time we spotted a blow from a Minke whale. But it was very difficult to find it again. We only saw a blow and one time a fin coming up to the surface 1
The weather today was really good, the sun was shining and it was pretty calm even though we had quite many white caps out there that disappeared during the tour as the wind calmed down. There were not many whales around today. We first spotted the several Gannets diving int
Report from Elding: Out in Faxaflói bay this afternoon we first spotted White-beaked Dolphins breaching in the distance and when we got closer to them they were swimming around the boat for a while and going under it as well. Close by we spotted the first Minke Whale. The Mi
The weather was very beautiful when we headed out to Faxafói today, slow wind and the sun was shining. After sailing for some time we spotted a blow and then a black back. It was a Minke whale which surfaced a few times, then another one and another one. What a surprise.....
