Northern Lights Diary

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: This was a true Icelandic winter experience, with strong cold northerly winds and incredibly powerful northern lights! Due to the strong winds and rough seas we stayed close to land, spending a long time between Viðey an

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: The forecast was pretty spot on this evening with partially cloudy skies that came and went. Stars and their constellations were visible from time to time also. We started to see the northern lights before even leaving t

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    ✘ TOUR CANCELLED | at 21:00

    Aurora activity: 3/9 

    Weather conditions:  E 17m/s 2°C

    Cloud Cover: Fully clouded

    Moon status: Waxing Crescent Illumination:&

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: This was a perfect evening for a northern light cruise. The sky was clear and the sea conditions calm. The northern lights first appeared after about 30 minutes. At first they were faint but gradually they became brighte

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: It was such a peaceful and calm evening tonight. The northern lights started appearing only 25 minutes after our departure and created a large arch reaching from Esja towards Reykjavík. While the lights shone for more th

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: The forecast for tonights was a bit cloudy but we decided to sail out and try our luck. Almost as soon as we left harbour the northern lights appeared. They were breaking their way through thick clouds. Gradually the clo

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: It was a perfect night for northern lights, with calm seas, hardly any wind, completely clear sky, no moonlight and below -10°C. The northern lights greeted us as soon as we left the harbour and entertai

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Tour at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: It's hard to find correct words to describe what happened that night. It was absolutely insane. Pure magic. Lights were dancing above our heads, almost look unnatural, like someone was painting across

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: Tonight was the night for a nice show. Clear skies, no wind, great visibility, we couldn´t ask for anything else. During the tour we could see every now and then some "flashes" northern lights and when

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Aurora activity: 2/9 

    Weather conditions:  SE 2m/s -9°C

    Cloud Cover: Clear Skies

    Moon status: Waning Gibbous Illumination:

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Aurora activity: 2/9 

    Weather conditions:  E 4m/s -6°C

    Cloud Cover: Clear skies

    Moon status: Waning Crescent Illumination:&

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    ✘ TOUR CANCELLED | at 21:00

    Aurora activity: 2/9 

    Weather conditions:  NE 3m/s -2°C

    Cloud Cover: Fully clouded

    Moon status: Last Quarter Illumination:&nb

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Tour at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: We were waiting for night like that for many days. Finally sky was perfectly clear, moon was not there and we sailed through calm sea in a complete darkness. From very beginning we no

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: Even though the sky was covered with thick clouds we sailed out with optimism. The forecast predicted a clear sky about two hours in the tour. While waiting, we enjoyed the beautiful views in peace and quite on the water

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: The weather has been tricky the last few days and we have been dreaming about some good aurora activity. Even though the sky was supposed to be fairly cloudy, we sailed out with great optimism. It was as if the lights kn

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Tour at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: That night started promising as just after leaving harbour at the first photo which I took, I noticed green shadow above Esja. We sailed in that direction hoping for the best. Unfortunately clouds bec

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: Weather forecast was looking good and activity was also predicted to be growing. With our best intentions and high expectation we sailed out looking at bright full moon. Soon clouds started to cover sky but still, we wer

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: Tonight we learnt that you cannot trust the weather forecast in Iceland at all, as it is changing every 5 minutes. In this case, the night was predicted to be quiet, calm and with clear skies -perfect

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    ✘ TOUR CANCELLED | at 21:00

    Aurora activity: 2/9 

    Weather conditions:  S 12m/s 3°C

    Cloud Cover: Fully clouded

    Moon status: Waxing Gibbous Illumination: 9

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Tour at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: Tonight we were one of handful operators who decided to take a risk and a chance to hunt for Northern Lights. Reason why others canceled was a cloud cover, but where we are going, above the bay, we ha