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    ✘ TOUR CANCELLED | 13:00

    Due to unfavorable sea conditions, our tour at 13:00  today have been cancelled. The safety and comfort of our passengers is our number one priority, and we do hope you understand that this decision was made with that in mind.&nbs

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE |  13:00

    Report from Elding II: A day that felt like winter is on the way. It was rather chilly, with grey clouds that rained from time to time. But despite the not ideal weather, the whales made up

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    NO TOURS AVAILABLE TODAY

    We have closed all availability today, Wednesday, due to a staff gathering. We will be back tomorrow, Thursday, with the Classic Whale Watching tour, daily until Sunday at 13:00 from the Old Harbour in Reykjavík. See availability and book onli

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE |  13:00

    We are sailing from the Old Harbour in Reykjavík today for the tour at 9:00 and 13:00. Make sure to dress warmly and make use of our warm overalls as it is always colder on s

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE |  13:00

    Report from Elding II: The afternoon tour was the one where 3 different individual humpback whales were jumping out of the water and one was laying on its back and slapped

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE |  13:00

    Report from Eldey: The tour again started with sunshine above us and calm sea state. 45 minutes into the tour we spotted a single juvenile humpback whale that was staying close around the b

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE |  13:00

    Report from Elding: Beautiful weather continues to accompany us on this tour as well. Not even 7 nm from the harbour we came to a stop as we saw a young humpback whale and

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE |  13:00

    Report from Elding: Less wind, more sun and more whales this afternoon! “Tattoo” the humpback greeted us on our way out and as we went further south than in the morning, we found an area wi

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE |  13:00

    Report from Elding: Super sunny afternoon with slightly chilly winds, we first traveled north to a place where humpback whales were observed earlier in the day. On the way to this area we s

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE |  13:00

    Report from Elding: It was still grey, rainy and cold afternoon with very little visibility but even though the conditions were not the best we had one of the best whale watching tours EVER

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE |  13:00

    Report from Elding: What a beautiful afternoon. This calm seas is a very, very rare sighting here in Faxafloi, paired with 20 degrees temperature it was time to bring on shorts and flip-flo

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE |  13:00

    Report from Elding: We were so excited to go out again this afternoon after the incredible morning we had had. Waters were still so calm we could not have asked for better conditions. Knowi

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE |  13:00

    Report from Eldey: Weather was even nicer this afternoon, still pleeenty of sunshine for our Vitamin D intake and even less wind. Since the humpback whales had been moving closer to the har

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE |  13:00

    Report from Eldey: While the rain and swell were still with us this afternoon, at least the fog had lifted and we could see much further than this morning. That being the case, it was not e

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE |  13:00

     

    Report from Eldey: Sailing out with even more sunshine was just wonderful. The sea was still rather rough on our way out, sailing into the waves, but for

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    ✘ TOUR CANCELLED | 13:00

    Due to unfavorable sea conditions, our tour at 13:00  today have been cancelled. The safety and comfort of our passengers is our number one priority, and we do hope you understand that this decision was made with that in mind.&nbs

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 13:00

    Report from Elding: It was quite shocking for me to be at sea after a day’s break for several reasons. Firstly the weather was sunny for the majority of the tour and that was certainly a great bonus. Another shock

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 13:00

    Report from Elding: We headed out this afternoon with pretty good conditions, Southerly winds of about 5-7m/s and less than half meter swells. The only difficult part of the weather was the rain,

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 13:00

    Report from Elding: As our previous tour did not go as planned, we now headed much further south, exploring and searching a different part of Faxabay than before. Waters were calm and the gray sk

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 13:00

    Report from Elding: We sailed out this afternoon in OK weather, not bad but not great either. Luckily even though we had heavy rain all morning it stayed pretty dry during the afternoon tour and only wind speeds of