Whale diary

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    Report from Eldey: The wonders of the whales took us today to a different harbour, in this case from Hafnarfjördur. Our attempt to avoid the long swell in the bay was quite successful as we sailed along the south-east part of Faxafloi, e

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    Report from Eldey: Somedays we have a good weather and sometimes not so good. Specially now in winter time we are more weather-cautious and we are always transparent with our expectations about sea state. We knew that today i

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    Report from Eldey: So it turns out that Christmas is just running a little late. The wind had picked up just a bit more than yesterday so it was a rocky ride for us today. We did stay very close to the Reykjavík peninsula tho

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    Report from Eldey: We first sailed north towards the islands of Kollofjörður in the hope to find our celebrity humpback whale ´viðey´that we have been seeing the last month but unfortunately not the last few days and today was the

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    Tour status: CANCELLED 

    Due to unfavorble weather conditions, our tour at 13:00 has been cancelled. For more infomation or to reschedule your tour, please contact our ticket office by email elding@elding.is or by phone +354 519 5000 

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    Report from Eldey: Merry Christmas to everyone! Our afternoon trip was special as everyone was getting ready for christmas eve, but before that we wanted to sail in order to do the thing that we like the most, whale watching!. We sailed

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    Report from Eldey: We have had a rainy day with a smooth breeze blowing from the South. Nonetheless, the temperature was above zero so it was "warm" for icelandic standards. We started the tour as we have been doing the last month, saili

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    Report from Eldey: Another stunning day with mirror calm seas and incredible light, with -5 degrees celcius the sea was starting to freeze and all the seabirds were resting on top of the frozen water. We sail

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    Report from Eldey: This December weather is just beautiful!! A sentence I said more than once on this tour. The water was mirror like with the first thin layer of ice on it! Just in time for Christmas. We could se

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    Report from Eldey: It was absolutely perfect day! Flat sea, shining sun, stunning views and a whale! It takes around 30-40min till we found humpback whale just behind island Videy. We we

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    Report from Eldey: We are having here very warm December - today only few guests decided to put our extra suits on. Winter is not coming? But despite begin a little bit odd this weather was great for us

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    Reort from Eldey: A stunning day to be out on the bay, we started our tour with a sunrise and ended the tour on a sunset. Days are getting shorter and will continue to do so until the 21st December the shorte

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    Report from Eldey: Today we can definitely say that it was windy! But with no rain and very warm temperatures considering it's almost Christmas, it was still a good day to go out. The waves were very short so

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    Report from Eldey: Today was the day for sailing. Completely flat seas, not even a light breeze and zero signs of waves in the horizon, everything worked perfectly to have an enjoyable ride out there. We started sailing around the

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    Report from Eldey: We are back rocking the seas with our most comfortable and tough boat, Eldey. After few weeks of reparation, our star is back in the water and with great results. As we have been used to last weeks, we started our trip

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    Report from Hafsulan: It was cloudy, windy and cold day but with hot chocolate and overall as extra clothing we are always ready and with excitement looking forward for every tour. Checking first coast of island Videy become our new tradition a

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    Report from Hafsúlan: What. A. Tour. As has become habit in the last month, we sailed towards the island Viðey to look for the humpback whale we have been seeing there very frequently. But since there was no sign

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    Report from Hafsúlan: Finally the weather had calmed down a bit and it was actually very warm out considering the time of year. We started out the tour searching around the island Viðey in the hopes of findin

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    Tour status: CANCELLED 

    Due to unfavorble weather conditions, our tour at 13:00 has been cancelled. For more infomation or to reschedule your tour, please contact our ticket office by email elding@elding.is or by phone +354 519 5000 or by simply dropping

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    Tour status: CANCELLED 

    Due to unfavorble weather conditions, our tour at 13:00 has been cancelled. For more infomation or to reschedule your tour, please contact our ticket office by email elding@elding.is or by phone +354 519 5000 or by simply dropping