Whale diary

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: What a great dolphin day we had today out in Faxafloi. Especially this afternoon we could enjoy the presence of 3 different pods of white-beaked dolphins! But let's start from the beginning; we were sailing out under a s

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: After three days of cancelations we had dolphins again on our afternoon tour! Just 20 min after leaving the harbour we came across a group of 3 white-beaked dolphins, Iceland's most common dolphin species. And it gets ev

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    Tours at 9:00 and 13:00 - CANCELLED

    Our Whale Watching tours for 8 February have been cancelled due to a storm warning. We encourage you to keep an eye on safetravel.is for updates on the weather, and stay safe.  For further questions or to reschedule please c

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    Tour status at 9:00 and 13:00 - CANCELLED

    Our Whale Watching tours today have unfortunately been cancelled due to unfavorable weather and sea conditions. For further questions or to reschedule please contact our ticket office by phone +354 519 5000 or by email eldi

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    Tour at 13:00

    Unfortunately the Whale Watching tour at 1pm for today has been cancelled due to unfavorable weather conditions at sea. For further questions or to reschedule please contact our offices by phone +354 519 5000 or by email elding@elding.is. 

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    Tour at 09:00

    Report from Eldey: Finally! Great sea conditions and the sun rising above the horizon and showing its beautiful face again, we have waited for this a long time. Full of hopes we went out to search for cetaceans. We covered a large part of the Bay and encou

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: A cold afternoon in the bay. The sea conditions had calmed down a little bit after the bumpiness of the morning, and we were enjoying the presence of the Sun now and them. The sea was alive with sea birds, and we were lucky enough t

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    Status: RUNNING

    We are sailing out from the Old Harbour in Reykjavik today. According to the forecast the wind will be blowing from the east, so there might be some movement on the boat. If you are sensitive to motion sickness we do offer preventative tablets in th

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: This afternoon put us through all different weather states imaginable. We started off under a clouded sky, but soon had the sun warming our faces for a while combined with gorgeous rainbows in the distance. Then the wind picked up and we

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: On our second tour of the day we were greeted with slightly better weather than compared to the morning tour. There was almost no rain and at the end of the tour, the sun came even out to warm our faces. However, the wind kept changing t

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: Quite a peculiar tour! One of those that remind you how unpredictable and surprising nature can be. We went out in the bay on probably one of the best days so far in this winter - regarding weather and sea conditions. Good light, not too

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: Our tour was a pretty windy adventure today but luckily it was not as bumpy as we expected. We sailed towards the south along the coast off Haverford looking for our beloved cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises). After a good hour o

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: A nice leisurely ride out into the bay as we sailed slowly with the wind pushing us from behind and nice rocking motion as we surfed the slight swell today. Beautiful snow covered scenery greeted us as we got further out and plenty of bi

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: A beautiful sunny day out in the bay. So bad we had a fiery wind blowing from the NE. We spent the beginning of the tour trying to get shelter from the eastern coast, making our way almost to the town of Akranes and, once there, we moved

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: It was a fairly calm day as we sailed out into the bay, the sky was blue and the sun shining (quite a rare occurrence in an Icelandic winter). It was a very pleasant sail out into faxafloi as the wind was at our backs and the swell not t

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: What a huge surprise the bay was going to offer us today! Almost as soon as we left the harbour we encountered some really nice white beaked dolphins! It was meant to be the first of three different encounters we were go

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: We could name today's tour "Emotional roller coaster on Faxa Bay". When we left the harbour we felt as if we were owning the world, the sea was welcoming us with open arms, light (that we were starting to doubt it ever existed in the fir

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: We were sailing out today under a clouded and sometimes rainy sky and there was some movement on the boat, but our passengers were brave sailors and battled the elements. At the beginning we were fortunate enough to get a bit of sunshine

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: Even in winter the weather conditions can positively surprise you here in Iceland and today was one of these lucky days. We were sailing out from Hafnarfjoerdur today and were expecting quite some swells and rain, but the sea was pleasan

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: Today we went from Reykjavík´s Old Harbour again as we expected rather nice sea conditions. There was a bit of swell left giving some people a hard time but it was not too bad compared to the last few days. It did not take a long time un