Report from Hafsúlan: The sea conditions got rougher during the day as the swell increased and the wind got stronger too. So we had a roller coaster ride out into the long swell, wave up and down. Then it also started drizzling and later on we sailed under dark clouds of lig
Report from Hafsúlan: The sea calmed down even more and also the wind was less strong. There were some light clouds coming up and covering the sun but it was still bright. We stopped first by some diving gannets not far from land but no cetaceans where to be found around the
Report from Hafsúlan: It was really windy when we headed out and it got even windier as we went further. We sailed south along the Reykjanes peninsula with the wind from behind and managed to find a minke whale quite early. It surfaced 4 to 5 times before it disappeared but
Report from Hafsúlan: It was a beautiful sunny summer afternoon today. We sailed through lots of areas looking for some marine wildlife but did not get as much sightings as we had hoped for. After almost an hour and a half, we finally saw white-beaked dolphins. There were ar
Report from Hafsúlan: Even during the evening hours the area around Grindavik was calm and pleasant to sail in. Similar as what had been seen on earlier tours this day, the Northern Gannets were showing an amazing display of their hunting technique - plunging down deep into
This tour has unfortunately been cancelled due to unfavourable weather in the bay. Please do not hesitate to contact us through elding@elding.is or on +(354) 519 5000 if you have any questions or concerns.
Report from Hafsúlan: The tour started with a bit of rain and the wind was even picking up a bit. Later it was dry and we saw the orange light at the sky. We began our sighting series with a pod of white-beaked dolphins and bit later a second one in total of up to 9 individu
Report from Hafsúlan: The weather had gotten a bit nicer on this tour and it started out really well. After only about 30 minutes, we found a basking shark! It was feeding in the surface extremely close to our boat, at one point it even touched the boat! We spent around 15 m
Report from Hafsúlan: Leaving Reykjavík older harbor in brilliant weather it didn't take us a long time to spot the first minke Whales in a distance. Knowing that earlier in the day there were great sightings in an other area we decided to head on. Just a few minutes later w
Report from Hafsúlan: The rain stopped before our tour started, so we found again great conditions of a calm, flat sea. We were hoping to find the food rich area from the tour before and after a while we reached it. A lot of seabirds were around like black-backed seagulls fo
Report from Hafsúlan: The weather was getting better in the evening and the sea conditions were really good so we could easily see animals from greater distance. While we headed futher out we got news from another whale watching boat that they had seen a whale. When we came
Report from Hafsúlan: We took our way out to Faxaflói behind Engey (one of the puffin colony island) in the shelter of Esja heading towards Akranes while the wind was blowing quite strong. So we had a quiet ride out but as we didn't see any cetacean in this area we opened ou
Report from Hafsúlan: The winds were still nonexistent in the Faxaflói bay as we headed out at 5 pm. We went to the area where we had seen the minke whales on an earlier tour and did find them again. However, this time the minke whales were not surfacing as frequently as bef
Report from Hafsúlan: The northerly winds had picked up as we sailed out of the harbour this afternoon. After around 45 minutes into the tour, a big splash was seen in front of the boat. It must have been from a minke whale or a humpback whale but we did not get to see it ag
Report from Elding: better conditions than today allowed us to take a somewhat different route out this evening. We sailed more directly out instead of going close to the shore. The midnight sun was stunning on this tour, the last midnight one of this summer, and we were fol
has unfortunately been cancelled today because of the unfavourable sea conditions and whale difficulty. Sorry for the inconvenience and if you require further information please come and see us at the office (open till 9pm), call us on +354 519 5000 or email us on
Unfortunately we took the difficult decision to cancel this evenings tours due to unfavourable sea conditions and difficult minke whales. Sorry for the inconvenience and if you require further information please come and see us at the office (open till 9pm), call us on +354
Report from Elding: Though there had been some rain over the course of the day we had a nice dry tour, add that to clear sky over the volcano Snæfellsjökull and we had weather that was just... spectacular. Trying to describe the sunset tonight is pretty difficult, across the
Report from Hafsúlan: The clouds were dark as we headed out tonight and after searching for over a hour we spotted 1 Minke whale that surfaced very close to the boat. Unfortunately the waves were getting higher and the minke whale was very hard to follow, so it disappeared a
Report from Elding: The boat was sailing out showered in the warm sun rays of the midnight sun. Almost no cloud and wind made the trip very enjoyable weather wise. Really early in the tour we discovered a Minke Whale surfacing and changing directions frequently. The fishfind
