Whale diary

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    Tour at 13:00

    Both tours of the day were onboard Elding (Icelandic meaning lightning) this vessel allowed viewing on three platforms so that all can see and what a great deal to see for this tour. Again sailed offshore and spotted a small pod of Harbour Porpoises but again they were very

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    Tour at. 13:00

    This tour we sailed out from Reykjavík. After sailing for a while we spotted a flock of feeding birds. Close to the birds we then spotted a Minke Whale. This Minke whale was not in a good whale watching mood today since it seemed to only surface once and then it went for a

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    Tour at 13:00

    Cancelled due to bad weather out at sea.

     

    Tour at 09:00

    We sailed out from Hafnarfjörður harbour today. It was quite windy but by going from Hafnarfjörður we got some shelter from land. Close to Keflavík the captain spotted a blow twice but the whale nev

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    Tour at 13:00:

    Cancelled due to bad weather conditions out at sea.

     

    Tour at 09:00:

    We sailed out from Reykjavík today, the weather was pretty ok on they way out but it picked up a lot of wind on the way back also with the wind coming straight at us. We headed towards

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    Tour at 13:00

    It took a little while longer to see the first Minke Whale of this tour but they were spotted none the less. Again, there were quite a few blows seen but once we got closer to where the blow was spotted the Minkes´ seemed to disappear and this happened on a couple of occasio

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    Tour at 13:00

    The snow was gone but the sun was still shining when we headed out again, the second time today searching for Whales. The captain spotted a small pod of Harbour Porpoises which disappeared after spotting them only one time. So we sailed further out. And this tour was very mu

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    Tour at 13:00

    The whale watching tour has been cancelled today due to bad weather at sea.

     

    Tour at 9:00

    The whale watching tour has been cancelled today due to bad weather at sea.

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    Tour at 13:00

    Unfortunately the whale watching tour has been cancelled today due to bad weather at sea.

     

    Tour at 09:00

    We sailed out from Reykjavík Harbour. We started out by sailing towards the area where there had been sightings yesterday. Unfortunately we didn't sp

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    Tour at 13:00

    Today both boats (Hafsúlan and Elding) were out exploring Faxaflói Bay in search of whales. It took only 15 minutes to find something, a large Minke Whale. It was obvious that it was not the same one as this morning. This one had a notch in his dorsal-fin. It seemed to be ve

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    Tour at 13:00

    Two of our vessels, Hafsúlan and Elding, went out in Faxaflói Bay this afternoon widening the area we were searching for whales. We spotted a small flock of birds and saw a lot of fish on the fish finder however; we were unsuccessful in seeing any whales. The weather was gor

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    Tour at 13:00

    Again we headed out from Grindavík due to the bad weather in Faxaflói Bay. This time trying a different area further out because of the lack of cetaceans on the first tour. The wind was speeding up and the snow was getting heavier so we sailed towards land again. No whales y

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    Tour 13:00

    For this tour we sailed out of Grindavík because of the increasing winds in Faxaflói Bay. Even though the sun was shining the winds made it extremely cold. We heading out offshore for about an hour and a half and had an amazing encounter with a small pod of ORCA (this is not Ap

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    Tour at 13:00

    Today we sailed out from Grindavík due to strong wind in Faxaflói bay. The weather was great, a bit windy and cold but the sun was shining and it wasn't too rough. We started out by sailing fairly close to land and sailed towards Krísuvíkurbjarg, a lot birds were there today

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    Tour at 13:00

    Today the weather today was quite windy but very sunny. Saw loads of birds and today was especially special because we saw the first of the Puffins of the summer. Unfortunately we had no luck with the whales today but there were fishing boats in the area that were catching a

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    Tour at 13:00

    We headed out from Grindavik. The weather was beautiful, sunny and slightly windy. After sailing for about 20 minutes we spotted a group of White-Beaked Dolphins. There were about 15-20 individuals that were breaching constantly and very playful. We stayed with this group fo

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    Tour at 13:00

    It was pretty cold and windy when we headed out from Grindavík today. After searching for a vile we finally spotted one group of White-beaked dolphins. They came very close; some of them even swam under and along side the boat. All the passengers had many opportunities to wa

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    Tour at 13:00

    We headed out from Grindavík today to avoid the heavy seas in Faxaflói. It was cold but sunny as we started the tour. Soon we saw a lot of birds, Fulmars, Kittiwakes, Razorbill, and many Gannets. We spent a lot of time searching and finally we spotted a small group of White-

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    Tour at 13:00

    The weather was quite good  today. The sun was shining but the wind was speeding  up during the tour. After sailing for some time we spotted a blow. And it was a blow from a Humpback Whale. Very nice one, slapping the fluke one time, and always taking shallow dives. It showe

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    Tour at 13:00

    Due to bad weather conditions our tour today has been cancelled!

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    Tour at 13:00

    Today we took out two boats. We sailed far out in reasonable conditions, calm weather and with a little swell. Despite our greatest efforts we were not lucky finding the bigger whales today. However we found two groups of White-beaked dolphins. The first group was difficult