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Tour at 20:30

Report from Hafsúlan: We were so excited to go out on the first midnight tour of the season. We decided to head straight out to search for the whales and stop by at Akurey on the way back home. We searched in a very large area and after a long time we saw a blow from a minke

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Tour at 1700

Report from Hafsúlan: disheartened by the lack of sightings on the 1300 tour, we bordered for the 1700 tour and decided to try our luck in a different area. Instead of sailing towards Snæfellsnes Peninsula, we decided to head west, alongside Sudurnes Peninsula and towards Gar

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Tour at 17:00 Report from Elding

The wind had picked up a little bit this afternoon but we were very excited to go out after a great succes with previous tours. We headed very far out and once we were in that area where they were seeing the humpback whale we saw a big blow. We saw the blo

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Tour at 1700

Report from Hafsúlan: After a rather dull start we spotted two subsequent blows in the beautiful evening light. After a while of waiting the minke whale finally showed us its shiny back and dorsal fin. It didn't surface again so we moved on. After turning the boat around in d

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Tour at 1700

Report from Hafsúlan: It was a beautiful evening light tonight but the tour started off very slowly with a couple of Minkes on the way offshore but very elusive ones that were only seen once or twice and not showing up again. It wasn´t until much later in the tour that we got

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Tour at 1700

Report from Hafsúlan: The last tour of the day was not that productive than the two others we did before. The weather was still great just the wind picked up a little bit and the surface of the ocean was not that calm anymore. We were sailing very far out and searching for a

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Tour at 1700

Report from Hafsúlan: This tour we decided to head straight out into Faxaflói Bay and stop at the Puffin colony on our way back to Reykjavík. The weather was still great even the wind picked up a little bit but it was not that cold than in the morning. Once we were in the bay

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Tour at 1700

Report from Hafsúlan: When we left the harbor we already knew from our sister vessel Elding that we should start our search close to land. So we did not head far out and stopped already in the area around Grótta to start the searching. Just when we wanted to go further out in

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Tour at 1700

Report from Hafsúlan: This was an incredible tour. Not so many Minke Whales but the rain stayed off us and we found a Minke Whale practically in the harbour. It was so close to land, just milling around and enjoying the scenery no doubt. We stayed a little while with this

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Tour at 1700

Report from Elding: The skies started to dim as the sun lowered in the sky and clouds were rolling in. No rain though which is always apprieciated. We headed east this time as we were sure the orca were long gone in the rough seas to the west not sheltered by land. We searche