We are expecting high northern lights activity tonight, 5/9 and cloud coverage is also supposed to be minimum. We are therefore really excited to go out tonight.
Tour status: RUNNING
Sightings: The water was very still so the sailing was soft and easy. The sky was clear
Report from Hafsúlan: what a day! It was beautiful in soooo many ways. The sunset, the calm seas, the snow capped mountains, blue skies, crisp wintery air, the birds and of course the two outstanding humpback whales we got to witness in the bay today. Yes you heard me...2 HU
The sky tonight will be partly cloudy and we're having aurora activity of 3/9.
Tour status: RUNNING
Sightings: the forecast was 3 which means 'some activity' but the sky was supposed to be very cloudy. However, we found it clear for the most part. Yet no northern lights to s
Report from Hafsúlan: it was windy and cold on the bay today but the at least it wasn’t raining and the waves were not that big. We had been sailing for about 50 minutes until we spotted two white-beaked dolphins. One of them seamed much smaller and might have been a you
Today's skies are clear and we're going ahead with the tour.
Tour status: RUNNING
Sightings: there was strong wind so we sought shelter east of Videy Island. When we were passing by the island, a long, green bow of light appeared so the tour was saved but we wanted more. The
Report from Elding: Today we started our tour in Grindavík because of the adverse sea conditions in Faxaflói Bay. The sea was quite calm for most part of the tour so we could see animals from great distance. We sailed east and it wasn’t until we had turned around t
Today we have quite heavy winds and it will also be cloudy tonight according to the forecast so we are cancelling tonights tour.
Tour status: CANCELLED
Unfortunately we need to cancel the tour today due to rough weather. Please contact the ticket office for further information. +354 519 5000 or elding@elding.is
Weather forecast looks quite nice for this evening. Wind speed is constant and fairly calm and although the prediction is some cloud coverage, we are hoping it will clear up around the area we set out from. Lights activity will be around 2-3/9, so fairly good. We are hopeful for tonight!
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Report from Hafsúlan: we needed a good day today after the difficult days of late and we got it! It was eastern wind but only modest and it was only towards the end that we started seeing white tops, otherwise the surface was as calm as it could be this late into the