Whale diary

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    Tour at 17:00

    Elding: Full house! On this tour we spotted all four of our most common species... and then one more! In the beginning of the tour we spotted two or three minke whales. They were not very approachable and we soon headed further out to an area we had spotted with feeding bird

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    Tour 17:00

    A very successful tour: the weather inproved a lot. The sea was extremly flat, the wind alsmost absent. The light conditions were great and we could see very far. Birds were flying everywhere and the minke whales were surfacing in group of four even sometimes! White-beaked dolp

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    Tour at 17:00

    Another very pleasant tour out ata sea. The wind was almost absent, the sea was calm and flat like oil. We spotted several minke whales, some pretty close, then we had a group of dolphins slowly travelling and a young humpback whale, which stayed with us for a while, showing

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    Tour at 17:00

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    Tour at 13:00

    A wonderful afternoon tour! We spotted all four cetacean species which live in Faxaflói bay. First we spotted a breaching humpback whale from far away and stayed with it for a little bit when we finally reached it. Throughout the w

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    Tour at 13:00

    This afternoon the wind had picked up a little bit, but the sea was still pretty calm. We headed out again and sailed a bit further than this morning. We found a Minke whale, but then headed out a little further and found a Humpback whale! In the same area there were a few M

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    Tour at 17:00

    Another successful tour this evening. We were able to find a Humpback whale again, and observed it very closely, almost always less than 30m from the boat, and often almost touching the boat! It even slapped its flukes on the surface once when it was just less than 10m away

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    Tour at 17:00

    The sea was calm and flat, very suggestive light condiitions and still a lot of whales around. We had some minke whales at the beginning, some pretty close suddenly turning towrads us and further away even a group of more than 10! And on our way back a humpback whale has bee

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    Tour at 17:00

    We had 3 main sightings of a Minke whale. They came pretty close to our boat. We could observe ever their pointed beak. After a while we spotted also two groups of White beaked dolphins. They were traveling very fast, but it was possible to follow them. At the end of the tou

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    Tour at 17:00

    It was still very good out at sea: a lot of minke whales all around us, couple surfacing together, some approached us even les than 30 meters and we had the chance to spot the same humpback whale again. It was really relaxed towards us, slowly surfacing and coming towards us

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    Tour at 17:00

    Another successful trip, we saw a few Minke whales, and had another group of dolphins playing around the boat. At the end of the trip we found a Humpback whale which showed its flukes twice, before we had to leave and go back to the harbour.

     

    Tour at 13:00

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Elding: We headed out to the area where we had the Humpback whale, and as we sailed towards it, we saw some tail lobbing in the distance. We came close to the Humpback whale and it carried on tail lobbing, causing some big splashes. We were lucky enough to see th

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    Tour 17:00

    This late afternoon tour has been really special: the sea conditions were perfect and the whales very active! In fact, we had a lot of white-beaked dolphins, probably two groups, fast travelling, and even jumping, then we spotted a minke whale and we even had a humpback whale,

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    Tour at 17:00

    The wind was very little and the sea got very flat. The light was really amazing and we had a nice tour. We had a lot of minke whales some were really close to our boat: we counted at least 10 individuals during the all tour. We had the chance as well to spot a group of whit

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Elding: The wind had picked up a bit and the weather looked quite rainy. Not as much life out on the bay as previously, but nonetheless we found the Humpback whale again which we observed for a while, before we went to look for the Minke whales. We had a brief lo

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    Tour at 17:00

    The wind was encreasing and we decided to cancell the tour :(

     

    Tour at 13:00

    Sunhine and a strong wind were our companion on the afternoon tour. Despite of that we had really good sightings: many minke whales and one humpback whale. A nice tour with adve

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    Tour at 17:00

    This time the wind had picked up a little bit, but the sea was still nice and calm. We went out to the same area as the previous two trips, but unfortunately there wasn't much life out there. We sailed on a bit and spotted quite a few Minke whales, usually just surfacing onc

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    Tour 17:00

    A very nice tour out at sea: the wind calmed down a lot during this late afternoon tour. We saw a lot of flock of feeding seabirds and in particular we ended up in an area with more than 1000 birds. There were a ot of gannets dropping down into the sea, it was extremly spectacu

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    Tour at 17:00

    A very nice and unforgettable tour out sea: two main sightings of feeding minke whales in asociation with seabirds. We had a very large flock of puffins, guillemots, kittiwakes and even gannets feeding with 3 minke whales, one of which surfaced rolling on one side and showin

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    Tour at 17:00

    The weather worsened even more and we had some very big waves. This made it more and more difficult to get close to the whales, so our passengers had to observe them from a distance this time. We spotted a few individuals, but they didn't surface often. A very adventurous tr

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    Tour at 17:00

    Really a wet day today! It kept on raining on this tour, as well. We spotted two minke whales and a group of white-beaked dolphins. We saw the dolphins jumping and breaching, too!

     

    Tour at 13:00

    This afternoon the rain was still coming down but again we