Whale diary

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: After a successful morning we sailed with two boats back out into Faxaflói, it was still windy but on the way out we were quite comfortable as we sailed with the wind. After around 45 minutes we had our first success, we found a small pod of

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: We sailed from Reykjavík with the hope that the recent bad weather had passed and we could get back to the whales! Though there was some swell in the water it certainly didn´t hinder the tour as it only took us around an hour to find a Humpba

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    Tour at 1300

    Report from Hafsúlan: We left the harbour in Hafnarfjörður in windy conditions. The wind had picked up since this morning and the seas turned out to be much rougher that we had expected. Of course, safety comes first and thus we decided to turn the boat around after about 20

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: Once again another wonderful tour with lots to see. Fewer birds though but the Humpback Whales, 4 in total were a lot more picturesque as they brought up their beautiful tails on many occasions. We were watching a pair of Humpback Whales for

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed from Keflavík today in order to sail with the wind and make the tour as comfortable as possible, there was still some swell in the sea so while we were sailing with the swell on our side we had an exciting start. This calmed down later as we s

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: After a successful morning we headed out once again from Reykjavík, though this time we dealt with a lot of rain! We sailed for the same area that we were successful in the morning and after some searching found a Humpback Whale! This whale w

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: Though the sea conditions in the morning were unfavourable we headed out in the afternoon, there was still some swell in the water which made the first part of the tour a rollercoaster ride. The rollercoaster soon became the least exciting pa

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: We sailed once again from Keflavík in the hope of finding the whales which had been in the area previously and we finished the tour in Reykjavík. The snowy landscape all around was beautiful and the weather was a lot better than it was in the

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out from Hafnarfjörður for our second tour of the day. The seas were rather calm even though it was a bit windy. As the tour progressed the weather changed every 20 minutes or so. We got some snow, hail, fog and sleet. We didn't see any cetace

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report form Hafsúlan: On our second tour we sailed straight to the area where we had been this morning. We sailed towards the previously visited area and on our way we made a few stops because we spotted dolphins at least three times on our journey. Some of the White beaked

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: We sailed once again from Reykjavík after a successful morning tour, the weather was still very good though the water was no longer completely still. As we had a very good idea of where to look for some whales we sailed straight to where we t

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    Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: After the morning trip we were confident and the weather continued to be excellent. The sea was very calm as we sailed from Reykjavík and the sun and sky were both beautiful. It took a few hours of searching before we finally found the Humpba

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    Tour at 13:00Report from Hafsúlan: The weather looked beautiful in Sandgerði as we headed out from the harbour. The waves were quite high but not that choppy so although we could feel the movement it wasn't too bad. We searched a big area and after about an hour sailing on of the crew members sp

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: Once again we sailed from Sandgerði, our experience from the previous days had all been excellent from here so we had high hopes for this trip! And it´s safe to say those expectations were met, after sailing south from Sandgerði for around an