Whale diary

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    Tour at 20:30

    WHAT A TOUR!!, the sunset was one of the best, stunningly beautiful. We started at Akurey saw the Puffins then we saw a Minke Whale really close to land. If you were standing on land at Grótta you would of been able to see this Minke Whale. Then we saw a pod of Harbour Porpo

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    Tour at 17:00 and 20:30

    The wind has been picking up a lot today therefore we have cancelled the 17:00 and 20:30 trips

     

    Tour at 14:00

    We sailed out straight to Faxaflói bay, the wind had picked up from this morning but we still had a nice sailing out to the bay. It to

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    Tour at 20:30

    We sailed out in a nice weather but bit windy. Stopped by Akurey to visit the puffins, and there were a lot of puffins to look at. Than we sailed straight out to Faxaflói bay, and when we reached the area were we had been seeing the whales this morning one minke whale popped

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    Tour at 20:30

    The wind is getting stronger and stronger out in Faxaflói bay, therefore it has been decided to cancel the tour.

     

    Tour at 17:00

    Again we started the trip with a visit in Akurey to take a look at the Puffins. So many Puffins were standing on the Island th

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    Tour at 20.30

    The wind had picked up a little bit but the weather was still fantastic, sunny and nice. At Akurey we saw many puffins so that was a good start of the tour. Then we found our first minke whale about 300 meters away, but it only came up once before going for a deeper dive. So

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    Tour at 17:00 and 20:30

    Cancelled due to the strong wind in the bay.

     

    Tour at 13:00

    The wind was still blowing quite strongly when we headed out. We saw a few Minke whales but again, they were being quite evasive and shy and immediately dived once we got closer. There

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    Tour at 20:30

    We sailed out from Grindavík in a beautiful weather but very windy. We were very hopeful to find some whales, but unfortunately no whales to see. Instead we had a beautiful sunset/landscape and birds around us. We gave all our passengers complimentary tickets and really hope

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    Tour at 20:30

    Tour cancelled due to a strong wind today

     

    Tour at 17:00

    Tour cancelled due to a strong wind today

     

    Tour at 13:00

    Tour cancelled due to a strong wind today

     

    Tour at 09:00

    We headed out from Grindavík this m

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    Tour at 20:30

    The evening tour was just as expected and more. The sunset was breath-taking with the vibrant oranges and wispy clouds. The whales were great as well. It took us about 40 minutes to get to were the Minke Whales were and once again they were surface feeding, lunging out of th

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    Tour at 20.30

    We were very lucky with the weather once again where we headed out to Faxaflói bay. Our first minke whale popped up just few minutes after we left the harbour! What a great start of the tour. Then very soon we found more minke whales and lot of harbour porpoises together! Ve

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    Tour at 20:30

    Beautiful scenery, mind-blowingly amazing mid-night sun. Two rainbows, great photo opportunities and for you love birds out there you missed a very romantic tour. However, again no whales. Saw blows and a dorsal fin from a dolphin but nothing more once stopped. Puffins were

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    Tour at 20:30

    Beautiful weather this evening. The sun heading behind Snæfelsjökull the glacier while rainbows over Reykajvík. The trip we started in Akurey where we watched the Puffins fly around the island and some of them sitting at the surface. Out on the bay we spotted 1-2 Minke Whale

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    Tour at 20:30

    We sailed straight out to Faxaflói bay in a beautiful and calm weather. Soon we spotted a nice group of harbour porpoises, surfacing very close to the boat before they disappeared. After a while we spotted our first blow from a minke whale, we didn't see him though so we hea

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    Tour at 20.30

    We headed out in a beautiful weather to Akurey. There were lot of puffins at home this nice evening. Then we started to search for the whales out on Faxaflói bay. We found our first minke whale in a short time. The whale was teasing us a little bit, coming up all around the

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    Tour at 20.30

    We headed to Akurey again and saw some puffins on and around the island this very nice afternoon. Then our whale watching tour began. We spotted a blow in a distance, but we could not see the whale, so we headed further out to look for something else. Again we spotted a blow

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    Tour at 20:30

    We started this evening's tour with a visit by Akurey the puffin colonies. Many of the Puffins were sitting at the surface around the island while others were flying above the island. The weather was great, so peaceful and quiet and the sunset was amazing. Out on the bay we

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    Tour at 20:30

    We headed straight out to Akurey to visit the puffins. We saw some puffins around the island sitting on the surface. Then we headed out to search for the whales. We spotted many many blows from the whales and even a big blow, bigger than a minke whale blow, but we did not fi

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    Tour at 20:30

    Again we visited Akurey before going out whale watching. There were some puffins on and around the island so we could take a good look at the birds. After a nice time with the puffins, the search for the whales began. We had to search a big area to find the whales, but in th

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    Tour at 17:00

    Again another great tour. Saw at least 4-5 Minke Whales, surfacing really close to the boat (10-20 meters). You could even see one of the Minkes travelling just beneath the surface of the water, it looked like it was rolling. Then it surfaced 2-3 times really slowly showing

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    Tour at 20:30

    Due to strong winds on the bay we have cancelled the first Midnight Whale Whale watching tour of the season. The forecast looks much better for tomorrow so we hope that the first actual Midnight Whale Watching tour of the season will be super nice tomorrow night! Tour at 17: