Whale diary

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Report from Hafsúlan: The sun was still shining this lovely afternoon. With a full boat we sailed out to the same areas we were this morning. We did not have to wait for long to see small pod of Harbour Porpoises. They were swimming next to us for few seconds before heading

Tour at 13:00

Report from Elding, Elding II and Skrúður: The weather today was absolutely perfect, the sea was still and the wind could barely be felt. The sun was shining too, it was actually warm today! Add the great weather to the four species we got to see this afternoon and we have a

Tour at 13:00

Report from Elding: With the sun at our backs we sailed forth from Reykjavík hoping to have another successful tour as the morning had been. When we had been sailing for just over 30 minutes we came across a pod of 10-15 Harbour Porpoise that were actually fun to watch! They

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Report from Elding and Elding II: Once again the weather was wonderful, sea conditions best it could get. A slight chilly breeze from the North but warm enough that most passengers didn´t use our free overalls. We sailed west and soon saw lots of splashes, Dolphins! White-be

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Report from Elding: As we ended the last tour in Hafnafjörður we sailed again from this port, it was a good thing we did as the wind was much less as we sailed out along the Reykjanes peninsula. We were surrounded by a mist along the way which gave everything a mysterious fe

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Report from Hafsúlan: The success of the morning gave us a great idea of where we should go to find more whales. But we were surprised by seeing a Humpback Whale after only 30 minutes, in the morning the humpbacks we saw were just resting but this whale was much more active.

Report at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: again we went out from Keflavik with two boats. As we headed out from the harbour it was snowing and the visability not at it's best. We searched for about 20-30 minutes and all of a sudden it stopped snowing and a blow was spotted. It was a

Tour at 13:00Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: We took two boat out this afternoon and decided to go out from the harbour in Keflavík because of more favourable sea conditions there. As we sailed out from the harbour we could see that the area was crowded with bird life, Northern Gannets flew aro

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Report from Hafsúlan: Following on from the morning tour would always have been a difficult thing to accomplish, in the afternoon we found two different species. And they were the two species that give us the most entertaining tours, the White-Beaked Dolphins and a Humpback

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Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: The afternoon tour began with more snowfall, but this would soon turn into blue skies and sunshine! You know what they say about Icelandic weather... And the tour would turn out to be great too, it was a four species day! Our first two specie

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Report from Hafsúlan: In the afternoon we left from Hafnarfjörður to minimize the risk of sea sickness, as the swell was still similar to the one we had experienced in the morning. We got a very clear demonstration of what Icelandic weather can be like, sailing through bouts

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Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: In the afternoon the weather had still not improved a lot, but we still had a lot of courageous passengers accompany us on the two boats in the afternoon! And they were rewarded with some great looks at a Humpback Whale we encountered after a

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Report from Elding and Hafsúlan: This was a sunny day and there was a lot to see. We sailed out from Reykjavík harbour and it was not far from Grótta lighthouse where we spotted a Humpback Whale. It surfeced close to both boats, and raised it's fluke many times. We observed

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Report from Hafsúlan. It wasn´t long, 20 minutes maybe, when we found our first cetacean. A Minke Whale! Few passengers saw it and well done to those who did as it was fast surfacing and surfaced only a couple of times before diving down and disappearing into the depth of Fa

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Report from Hafsúlan: We made the decision to sail from Hafnafjörður this afternoon in order to shelter from some high winds. The sea was actually quite calm too so our sailing was quite comfortable for a lot of the trip. We started out sailing along the Reykjanes peninsula

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Report from Hafsúlan: A blue sky day greeted us on an afternoon where we experienced every Mother Nature represented! At the beginning the swell was quite high so we sailed for the shelter of Hvalfjörður, we got a fantastic view of the mountains Akrafjall and Esja and the se

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Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out into a beautifully sunny Bay in the afternoon and spotted our first Minke Whale not even 30 minutes after leaving the harbour. It surfaced fairly close to the boat and gave us a good look at its back and dorsal fin. Our luck continued with

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Report from Hafsúlan: At the beginning of the afternoon tour we had another bout of rain, but the sky cleared up a lot during the tour and we got to enjoy some whale watching with sunshine and multiple rainbows. At both ends of our first rainbow we saw blows from 2 Humpback