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Tour at 13:00

If there were any changes with the weather it only got better for the 13:00 tour. We sailed towards the same area we were in, in the morning tour and after sailing only for about 30 minutes we spotted a large pod of White-beaked Dolphins, They were spread over quite an area

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Tour at 13:00

The wind picked up a little for the first hour then calmed right down for the last two. We headed out offshore and came across a small pod of Harbour Porpoises. They weren’t seen for a couple of minutes so we headed away, they didn’t seem to like that we left so they came ba

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Tour at 13:00

The weather couldn’t have got better, it was beautiful. The White-beaked Dolphins were still around from the first tour and more of them. We were able to view them for a while as there were about 5 small scattered groups located at different distances from the harbour. It to

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Tour at 13:00

The wind had got stronger during the day when we headed out for the second tour. Unfortunately the luck was not on our side this time as we only spotted a small group of Harbour porpoises for a short time. On the other hand we spotted the first Arctic Tern of the season.  Ho

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Tour at 13:00

The weather conditions didn't really change much since the morning. We headed out in the opposite direction in which we sailed this morning. I got a call from the captain saying that he saw a blow in the distance towards Akranes but as we headed closer we didn't find anythin

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Tour at 13:00

The wind had picked up over the last couple of hours and even though it was smooth sailing on the way out it was very blustery on the way back. This tour wasn’t as good as the first as we were unlucky with the larger Faxaflói cetaceans such as the Minke whales. We did see a

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Tour at 13:00

After sailing for about 40 minutes we spotted a blow from a Minke Whale. We were able to see this Minke Whale very well and once it came up only about 5-10 meters away from the boat. After that we didn't see it again so we kept on searching. Very close to the area we were in

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Tour at 13:00

The sky was clear, the sun was out and yet it was freezing. So, even though it is the first day of summer today it sure didn’t feel like it. As we headed offshore we came across a small pod of Harbour Porpoises but they were quite shy and only surfaced a couple of times. The

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Tour at 13:00

The weather was the same as this morning when we headed back out this afternoon, looking for whales. We decided to go further out this time. After searching for a long time we finally spotted a small group of White-beaked dolphins. It was difficult to follow them because the

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Tour at 13:00

On our way out to the area at one o'clock we spotted the Harbour Porpoises again. We saw few of them while searching for the bigger whales and finally only about 5 meters away from the boat one Minke Whale popped up. We saw it surface few times before it disappeared. Soon we