Whale diary

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: we went out from Reykjavik and found the sea conditions to have gone a bit better from the morning. We looked around until some dorsal fins showed up; this turned out to be 3-4 white-beaked dolphins and to our delight

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    Tour at 13:00

    Today we drove our passengers via coach at no extra cost to the harbour of Keflavík where our boat was waiting to take us and explore the coastline from a different perpective. Keflavik was the only viable place to venture from today due to the storm yeste

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    Tour at 13:00
    Due to rough conditions at sea we have cancelled the tour this afternoon.

    Tour at 09:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: we figured from the weather forecast that we would be able to do the morning tour before the storm would

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: out we went from Reykjavik again, for a rather long tour as we fancied looking for the humpback whale that was seen on Saturday and it would be a long sailing. After about an hour's journey we came across a smaller group of wh

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    Unfortunately due to unfavourable sea condions we have decided to cancel todays tours. Sorry for any inconvieniance and if you require further information please contact our office at +354 519 5000 or email us at elding@elding.is.

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: because of high number of passengers we went out on two boats this afternoon. We again went out from Hafnafjörður this afternoon and we decided to sail towards the area where we had seen the humpback on the morning tour. Th

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    Tour at 13:00
    Report from Hafsúlan: We could finally venture out this afternoon after the last days of blustery snow storms. The weather could not make up its mind and it changed constantly from sun shine, hail, snow, sun, snow, hail, dry but cloudy, hail. It was quite amu

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    Tour at 9:00 and 13:00
    Unfortunately due to rough weather the whale watching tours have been cancelled today. Pleae contact our office for further information.

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    Tours at 9:00 and 13:00
    Due to unfavourable weather we have cancelled our whale watching tours today. Please call +354 519 5000 for further information or send an email to elding@elding.is

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: having seen four humpback whales in the morning, and with the sea conditions being close to being as good as they could get, it was with great excitement that we left for the afternoon tour and headed straight west. As we came ar

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    Tour at 09:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: we decided to move the boat from Grindavik to Sandgerði for today's tours as the eastern wind would have made it difficult to go out from Grindavik but it would be easier from Sandgerði. Gulli, the captain that moved the boat, told us

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan:  We went back out in Grindavík this afternoon. This time we sailed further west than in the morning tour. We had been sailing for at least one hour before we spotted a tall black dorsal fin about 300 meters away. It took us only

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: both boats went out on this, the last day of February, and it is safe to say that the air was filled with excitement after yesterday's outstanding tour. Again the town of departure was Grindavik and Elding sailed out first.

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: the fishing fleet has been catching abundance of capelin in recent days off Grindavik so we figured it would be worth the try to go there for today's tour; the whales follow their food and where there is plenty of fish like

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    Due to unfavourable weather at sea we are unable to run any tours today. Please call us at +354 519 5000 or send an email to elding@elding.is for further information.

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    Due to unfavourable weather at sea we are unable to run any tours today. Please call us at +354 519 5000 or send an email to elding@elding.is for further information.

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: we were two boats that went out due to large number of passengers. We began searching as soon as we were out of the harbour as we never know where we might encounter whales or dolphins. The visibility was poor for the first

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    Due to unfavourable weather at sea we are unable to run any tours today. Please call us at +354 519 5000 or send an email to elding@elding.is for further information.

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    Due to unfavourable weather at sea we are unable to run any tours today. Please call us at +354 519 5000 or send an email to elding@elding.is for further information.

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: The weather was suppurb today, extremely cold, the sea freezing as soon as it hit the boat but the skies were blue and you could see all the 120km to Snæfellsjökull, which we haven't been able to see for a very long time. &