Whale diary

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    Tour at 13:00

    Unfortunately, neither of our two boats (Elding and Hafsúlan) which went out were able to spot any whales! Our guide and first mate on Elding spotted a big blow of the Humpback whale about 300 metres away, but it went for a deep dive and we weren't able to spot it again. Our

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    Tour at 13:00

    Its sunny and the sea is still calm. A Minke whale is traveling with us at the beginning of our tour. We also met a group of Harbour porpoises. Later there were many Minke whales around and shortly we saw also the White beaked dolphins, but they were fast and didnt show inte

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    Tour at 13:00

    On this tour we spotted a Minke whale very soon. And also a calf. I didnt approach us, but we were able to see it from a distance of 100metres. We also met a group of White beaked dolphins and later the Minke whale appeared all around. So we had a sighting of dolphins and Mi

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    Tour at 13:00

    The weather was even better on this tour than in the morning, calm sea, warm and sunny. We were more lucky now, spotting several minke whales, often many in the same area. We also saw a couple of dolphin groups, and like in the morning we could see the splashes they made fro

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    Tour at 13:00

    At the beginning of our tour we spotted very soon some Harbour porpoises, a group of them, they were maybe just 100m in front of us. We havent seen them for a long time, so it was special to see them again. As they are shy and fast, they disappeared. But a Minke whale appear

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    Tour at 17:00

    It was a nice afternoon out on the bay. The sea was very calm and the weather was allright too, a little rain but nothing too bad ;-) We saw a group of white-beaked dolphins first, spotted the splashes on the surface and headed over there. They were very nice, bow-riding and

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    Tour at 17:00

    Its cloudy and cold, but we saw a rainbow. Rainbows should bring luck:) and it did, because there were even more Minke whales than in the morning, and also the White beaked dolphins appeared again. They were breaching just in front of our boat. When they spotted us, they tra

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    Tour at 17:00

    Whale watching was cancelled due to bad weather at sea

     

    Tour at 13:00

    Whale watching was cancelled due to bad weather at sea

     

    Tour at 9:00

    Whale watching was cancelled due to bad weather at sea

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    Tour at 17:00

    It cleared up a bit and we had an almost dry tour! On this tour we saw four to six minke whales (we couldn't quite tell exactly) and a beautiful group of white-beaked dolphins with at least seven animals.

     

    Tour at 13:00

    It was still wet and gray when we

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    Tour at 17:00

    The swell was less in the evening and the rain had cleared up. It was pretty difficult searching for whales though, no birds were in sight and we didn't spot much of interest. One lone minke whale was all we saw, and it only surfaced twice. In the nick of time we spotted spl

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    Tour at 17:00

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    Tour at 13:00 (14:00 from Keflavik)

    At the beginning of our tour we saw few Harbour porpoises. They are allways very fast and also this group disappeared. We were lucky and we saw a group of White beaked dolphins. They were breaching and approac

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    Tour at 17:00

    The sea is rough, its cold and windy and cloudy. At the beginning of the tour we didnt see any whales, we started to be disapointed, but after a while we finelly spotted a Minke whale. It was just a short moment and then it disappeared. But later we got an amasing view: brea

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    Tour at 17:00

    The wind had picked up quite a bit and so it was a bit more difficult for us to spot the whales. We found a Minke whale which surfaced a couple of times very close to the boat but didn't see it again. We also found 2 groups of white-beaked dolphins which were, as always, gre

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    Tour at 17:00

    The wind had picked up... a lot! We sailed out to the area where we have been for the past few weeks, all the time sailing against some very big waves, so it was a rough ride out there. We slowed down the boat and spotted a Minke whale which surfaced a few times before going

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    Tour at 17:00

    We set off in the rain, and sailed out for quite a while. We encountered a couple of Minke whales which we had a quick look at, but then headed out a bit further to look for the blow of the Humpback whale. We found the blow and found the whale :)  We observed the Humpback fo

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    Tour at 17:00

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    Tour at 13:00

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    Tour at 9:00

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    Tour at 17:00

    The wind dropped down a lot. A very nice and realxing tour we had. A lot of minke whales, at least 10-15 individuals surfacing all around, some busy in lunge feeding, and we could see them rolling under the water to entrap the fish. Birds were great as well: a lot of feeding

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    Tour at 17:00

    The wind had picked up a bit this evening, so it was more difficult for us to spot the whales. Luckily the whale blows were very visible and we sighted at least 4 minke whales. We also spotted a couple of very lively white-beaked dolphins in the distance, jumping and making

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    Tour at 17:00

    The whales were still out there, lots of Minke whales and the Humpback. They were not feeding as actively as this morning, actually we observed the Humpback whale for most of the trip, it was very difficult to take our eyes off it. It was swimming very calmly all around the

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    Tour at 17:00

    Very nice and calm the sea during our late afternoon tour. In our first part of the tour we could observe al least 5 minke whales, some were surfacing in the same area and were showing the black backs and the pointed dorsal fins. In the second part of the tour instead we had