The aurora activity is moderate for the night and the weather conditions good.
Tour status: RUNNING
Sightings: We were pleasently surprised this evening because just a couple of minutes leaving the harbour we had our first glimpses of the northern lights. Then stayed with us
We are quite excited as this is the first tour this winter. It's partly cloudy but but auroral activity very good. It's currently windy but it's supposed to calm down for tonight.
Tour status: RUNNING
Sightings: It looked very promising this evening as we headed out into Fax
Report from Hafsúlan: Our third tour today also started in Hafnarfjörður but ended in Reykjavík. There was a bit of wind and still swell. Our "birdwatching" tour this evening was quite diverse as we saw feeding gannets, gliding and resting fulmars, migrating geese, passing m
Unfortunately the tours at 09:00, 13:00 and 17:00 have been cancelled due to rough sea conditions. Please call +354 519 5000, stop by our ticket office before 18:00 or send an email to elding@elding.is for further information.
Report from Hafsúlan: The wind was getting stronger again after the calm afternoon but the sun was still able to shine down on us between the clouds. The sea conditions were getting a little tougher and the waves whiter when we sailed out on the bay this evening. We had been
Report from Elding: we sailed out from Keflavik in windy conditions but mainly sheltered by the land where we went so the sea conditions were favourable. We traveled along the peninsula to Garður and found a minke whale close to the cliffs there. It surfaced a few times and
Report from Hafsúlan: Because we spent most of this tour fairly close to shore there were less waves and it did not take us very long to find the first minke whale. That was how our non-stop sighting period started. For about one and a half hours we were constantly watching
Unfortunately the tour at 17:00 has been cancelled due to rough sea conditions. Please call +354 519 5000, stop by our ticket office before 18:00 or send an email to elding@elding.is for further information.
Report from Hafsúlan: Once again we sai
Report from Hafsúlan: We decided to sail in a different direction than we had done in the afternoon tour to escape the strong wind and big waves. We sailed east along side Reykjanes peninsula where we got shelter from the wind. The sea was calm but unfortunately the animal l