Whale diary

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsulan: We sailed out once again with a bit of a swell but felt less compared to the last tour but the wind did pick up a bit throughout the tour. The sun was out and as the sun lowed in the sky it lit everything up, the mountains, birds, Reykjavik and even a M

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out again from Keflavík but ended our tour in Reykjavík so even though it was a bit windy day we had the wind in back on the way so the sailing was pretty smooth. After sailing for a long while we saw a big dark back coming out from the sea cl

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    Tour at 17:00

    Unfortunately this tour has been cancelled due to unfavourable weather conditions. The office is open until 9 PM so please get in touch with us if you have any concerns regarding your reservation on this tour.

    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: it was anothe

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsulan: What an incredible tour. The last couple of days have been very difficult for Elding by the fact that we haven't been able to show our passengers any whales, dolphins here and there, but no whales and the weather hasn't helped us much either, with stron

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    Tour at 17:00

    Tour unfortunately cancelled due to strong winds out in the bay. Sorry for the inconvience caused and if you require further information please contact us.

    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out once again in not the nicest of weathers but some how

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: we came across a reasonable number of Minke Whales on this tour. Some seen in a far distance but 2-3 rather close to the delight of the passengers onboard. The first Minke was a good one but then it dived down and disappeared. Not long after we came acr

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    Tours at 17:00, 14:00, 13:00, 10:00 and 9:00

    Unfortunately all tours today have been cancelled due to strong winds out in the bay. Sorry for any inconvience caused and please contact us if you require more information.

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    Tour at 17:00

    Unfortunately the rest of the tours today have been cancelled due to strong winds out in the bay. Sorry for any inconvience caused and please contact us further if you require more information.

    Tour at 14:00

    Report from Elding: We searched a new area as were no

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: The wind had picked up a bit from earlier today as we sailed out on the bay. The first hour we saw nothing at all. But then all of a sudden a harbour porpoise was seen very close to the boat, but probably only by the guide. This harbour porpoise did not

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    Tours at 17:00, 14:00 and 13:00Unfortunately we will have to cancel our tours today due to unfavourable weather conditions out at Faxaflói Bay. We are sorry for any inconvinences caused. Our office is open until 9 PM so please drop by or call if you have any concerns about your reservation on th

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: The sunset was simply wonderful on our evening tour. We sailed only for about 20 minutes as we spotted the first minke whale. It surfaced several times and we had it relatively close to the boat. We decided to go further on as we saw another minke w

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: What an evening, the evening light was stunning and there was so many Minke Whales I lost count but we at least saw 10 on this tour. The best Minke Whales were at the beginning of the tour and at the end of the tour where they can close and one even

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: The wind had picked up again as we headed out towards Akranes, where we had been seeing lots of whales, dolphins and birds today. It started with a feeding minke whale that came very close to us as it surfaced right in front of us several times. Afte

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    Tour at 17:00

    A verry nice tour with good sightings of minke whales.

    Tour at 14:00

    Report from Elding: We headed to where we found the Minke Whales on the last tour and we were glad to find out they were closer to land. It was stunning, Minke Whale in the foreground and Reyk

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    Tour at 17:00Report from Hafsúlan: When we sailed out of the old harbour in Reykjavík it was raining a little bit but after few minutes the raining stopped and the sea was much calmer than this morning. So we sailed on in this perfect whale watching weather but after only few minutes of sailing

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: The wind had picked up a little bit this afternoon. Again we managed to spot a minke whale quite early in the tour. This minke was just great! It was surfacing really close to the boat allowing us to both hear it and see it very clearly. After a long

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: Unfortunately it was a little bit rainy on our evening tour - but most of our passengers weared an overall and could stay with it outside without becoming too wet. We saw a group of harbour porpoises again very close to the boat. They surfaced often

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: The first minke whale that we saw on our evening tour just surfaced in front of the boat and we could enjoy it several times very close to us. But it was not the only whale in the bay and on the whole tour we saw in total 7 to 8 minke whales. It was

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúla: The wind had picked up a bit when we headed out this afternoon. It took us a very long time to find our first minke whale. This one only surfaced few times but quite close to us, allowing us to hear it exhale. After a short stop with the minke we hear