Whale diary

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: It was still rather windy on this tour too, we tried to gain as much shelter by the mountains to the north as possible but the sea conditions caused a few splashes as we sailed past Hvalfjörður. We searched for the dolphins that we sa

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    Tour at 09:00 

    Report from hafsúlan and Elding: It was a little warmer in the afternoon than in the morning and the sea conations were even getting better. With nearly flat sea we knew we had better chances of spotting animals coming up to the surface even though i

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from hafsúlan: this was just an amazing tour! it was cold while we sailed out but it had at least gotten a little warmer then on the morning tour. We first sailed north for around 50 minutes, soon after we turned the boat towards west we saw an anim

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from hafsúlan: The sea conditions were becoming better than in the morning tour so our sailing was very comfortable. It hailed for a while on us just to remind everyone that spring has not yet arrived in Iceland. we saw 5-6 harbor porpoises

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: We had both of our whale watching vessel out this afternoon for the influx of passengers joining us. The weather was very much the same as the morning, the swells caused a little seasickness amongst some the passeners but m

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: again we went off from Keflavik but this time we intended to end in Hafnarfjörður, although later we changed it to Reykjavik. This was also one of the first tours on which Markus, one of our new guides, was guiding; he possesses in pa

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    Tour at 13:00
    CANCELLED due to rough conditions at sea. Please contact our office for further details +354 519 5000.

    Tour at 9:00
    Report from Hafsúlan: The forecast had said modest 6-8 SW wind but inste

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: The wind had picked up a bit since the morning tour and some rain showers passed over us. We headed straight for the area where we left the humpback whale this morning, but it was nowhere to be seen. We continued out in Faxafloí bay a

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: The wind had picked up a bit since the morning tour but the sky was still clear and the sun shined beautifully. We started to head out to the area that had proven successful on the morning tour. But before we reached that area we came

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: we decided to take a different route in the afternoon to try to have a gentler tour than we had had in the morning. We sailed towards Akranes and then turned out into the bay. The water was choppy and full of white tops, not quite goo

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan an Elding: because of high number of passengers we went out on two boats in the afternoon. We sailed towards the area where we had seen the dolphins and minke whales were seen in the morning tour. We didn't see and signs of cetaceans u

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: the wind was getting much stronger than in the morning tour, we had not expected that because the according to the forecast for the day it was not supposed to get so windy until much later in the day. When we headed out on the bay we

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: the wind was increasing trough out the day so the swells got also a little taller than in the morning tour. still the conations were quite good for spotting animals. We decided to sail towards the area where we saw the humpback whale

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: the conditions had not changed so much since the morning tour, but it rained a lot on us and hailed every now and then. we decided to sail first to the area where we had seen the minke whale on the morning tour. After searching there

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    Tour at 13:00
    Due to increasing wind we have cancelled the tour this afternoon. Please call +354 519 5000 for further information.

    Tour at 9:00
    Report from Hafsúlan: We traveled west with the winds for a nice calm sailing on the way

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: we headed out towards where we had had the numerous dolphins on the morning tour. The conditions were very good still but there was a bit more swell. However, we sailed through that area and onwards without seeing any dolphins. Then C

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    Tours at 9:00 and 13:00
    Due to rough weather the tours at 9am and 1pm have been cancelled. Please contact our office for further information.

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    Tour at 13:00
    Report from Hafsúlan This afternoon the easterly winds had picked up and we decided to head south along Reykjavik's west coast to begin with. There we found nice weather and enjoyed a relatively smooth sailing looking for cetaceans. We sailed for an hour alon

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    Tours at 9:00 and 13:00
    Due to rough conditions we have decided to cancel the whale watching tours. Please call +354 519 5000 to reschedule.

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    Tour at 13:00
    This tour has been cancelled due to stormy weather. Please contact our office for further information +354 519 5000 or elding@elding.is.

    Tour at 9:00
    We were lucky to be able to go out on the bay right before the storm