Whale diary

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    Report from Eldey: For the same reason than this morning, we departed from Keflavik for the second and last tour of this day. Because we came back from the first tour this tour empty-handed, we were fiercely motivated to spot some whales ! Shortly after le

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: During the tour we had a light rain showering us from start to end. Good thing that our overalls that we offer all passengers kept us dry. Other than rain we had an overcast sky and medium swells. We wanted to head straight out towards t

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: It was getting windier and the swells were higher than on the morning tour. We found  a pod of 3-4 white beaked dolphins early on the tour. They were difficult to follow and spent a long time under water. After we l

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    Unfortunately the tours today have been canceled due to stormy weather conditions in the bay. Sorry for the inconvenience. If you require further information then please contact us at elding@elding.is, call us at 519 5000 or drop drown to the office.

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: Weather was merciful when we started this tour. There was less wind than the forecast expected, and we were not cold. Even in these optimal conditions and with good visibility, it took us a lot of time before spotting our first pod of

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: The afternoon just got better and better, sun was still shining and nice crisp air to fill the lungs. A perfect day to out on the water. The searching took us longer on this tour than in the morning. After about 50 minutes we got radio c

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: This tour started very well as we left the harbour in bright sun and warm temperatures. We could enjoy the weather for a little while before we spotted our first pod of white-beaked dolphins. Between 5 and 8 of those ani

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: It was blustery still in the bay, which increased later on in the tour but this did not deter our adventurous passengers. We saw a pod of 6-9 white-beaked dolphins, which were amazing as they leaped and played under and

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: The bay greeted us with the same beautiful weather as this morning. Sunshine and very little wind made it to a pleasure journey out in Faxaflói. The first cetacean of the tour proved to be a single harbour porpoise follo

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: The weather was very much the same this afternoon, blustery but a relatively smooth sailing. We tried a new area than this morning, searched more towards the south. We were successful to spot a pod of white-beaked dolphins

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    Tour at 13:00

    Unfortunately we have to cancel our afternoon tour due to rough weather. Please contact our ticket office for further information, +354 519 5000 or elding@elding.is

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    Tour at 13.00

    Report from Eldey: The weather could not have been better, the swell calmed down, the clouds cleared and the wildlife was amazing. We saw at least 5 minke whales, two traveling together and one that seemed to be either playing or being ann

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: Flat sea and sunshine, was this the last day of summer here in Iceland? Either way we had perfect conditions for a successful whale watching trip. It didn't take long until we found the first minke whale of the tour. It

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Eldey: Even though we still got to enjoy the sun shining all over us on this tour, the sea conditions had become a little worse. So we made our bumpy and rocky way in to Faxaflói hoping to still find minke whales around in the same area as this

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: After a rather bumpy tour without cetaceans we were hoping to have more luck on this tour. We were taking a different route sailing to the Northeast close to shore searching for any signs of cetaceans. In the rough conditions with many w

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: The weather was really good today in Reykjavík and the sea conditions were just perfect for whale watching. The sea was completely flat so it should have been easy to spot the cetaceans. But still we had to work really hard to find our f

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: Still strong winds from the north, making the swells hit us from the side as we headed out in Faxaflói. After only 40 minutes of sailing the guide spotted very big splashes in the south. Three big splashes were seen towards the horizon,

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: What a way to finish an amazing summer here in Iceland! We had about 20 plus white beaked dolphins in several pods coming right up to the boat. They were breaching and leaping, showing off as usual! then we had a

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: This evening tour started similar to the tours earlier in the day, with a pod of white- beaked dolphins. They seemed to be interested in our boat, coming up quiet close, which gave us a very close view at these animal

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: We decided to sail again out from Hafnarfjörður to get better sea conditions. The wind was getting down and the swell was not as high like in the afternoon tour so our sailing was more comfortable. Our first sighting was of two m