Whale diary

Due to unfavourable weather conditions, we have to cancel our Whale Watching tour of today.

For more information, please contact us at +354 519 5000 or Elding@elding.is.

Tour at 13:00: RUNNING

We are sailing out today from the Reykjavik Old Harbor. We expect waves between 50 and 75 cm with an eastern wind between 2 and 6 m/s. A semi clouded sky with little to no precipitation.

Report from Eldey: We had very good conditions tod

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: Once we got further out in the bay we had some long swells coming in from the west. We slowed down a little bit so the sailing was quite smooth. The wind was in our backs and the sun was setting giving us very good views of the landscape

Tour at 13:00: RUNNING

We are sailing out today from Reykjavik harbor. The forecast predicts some wind from the south and we could experience some swells

Report from Eldey: It was really amazing to find a pod of 5-6 white beaked dolphins

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: When we sailed out today, the conditions were almost as nice as in the last couple of days. The sea was smooth and the sky clear so that we could see all the mountains around us. After about 30 min, our Captain spotted a group of

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: If it was good conditions yesterday, we had excellent conditions today! Sunshine, no wind and a smooth sea made spotting conditions very good. We could see far away in the distance and the landscape was stunning this winter day. After sa

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: We had the best sea conditions for more than a week and a great visibility far out on the bay. Even so it took us a long time to find cetaceans on the tour. After a long and cold time out on sea without any luck we started to head back t

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: A clear day with some northern winds and cold temperatures. The scenery was very beautiful with snow covered mountain tops. We sailed into the winds from the start and it was cold. Good that we could use the onboard overalls that kept us

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: It was cold on the bay and the wind picked more up during the tour. Our boat rocked up and down while we headed out on the bay because of the high swells that were our reminder of the storm that went over the country two days ago. We fou

Unfortunately we have to cancel our whale watching tour due to unfavourable weather conditions. Please contact our ticket office for further information, +354 5195000 or elding@elding.is

Due to storm warnings we have cancelled all Elding tours today. Please contact our ticket office for further information +354 519 5000 / elding@elding.is

Tour 13:00

Report from Eldey: It was an incredible day to be out at sea today, the skies were clear, sea was calm and the sun was shining. Everthing was covered in snow and the sun as it set was beautiful. This weather provided us with the best spotting conditions and i

Unfortunately we have to cancel our whale watching tour due to unfavourable weather conditions. Please contact our ticket office for further information, +354 5195000 or elding@elding.is

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: Today we had a great start with a large pod of harbour porpoises, probably around 10 animals, after only about 15-20 min of sailing. At this time of year, it doesn't happen very often to encounter cetaceans so close to R

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: Once again there was plenty of snow to clear but the scenery was very beautiful both in the harbour and out in the bay. We sailed out and there was some swell but most endured it nicelyand had a lot of fun with it. Of course it did

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: There was once more a large amount of snow to clear this morning after the storm yesterday but the beauty of it was worth the workout. The wind had calmed down a little today but still it was very windy and cold. To give our passengers m

Unfortunately we have to cancel our whale watching tour due to unfavourable weather conditions. Please contact our ticket office for further information, +354 5195000 or elding@elding.is

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: When we left the harbour in Reykjavík this afternoon, it had started to snow again, and the snow should accompany us for more than half of the tour. Our passengers got a taste of the Icelandic winter weather today. We were searching for

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: Today was colder than last few days but it was not as windy like yesterday. The swell was not as high like it had been but still there were some white caps around. We sailed to one of our best sighting area that we could not get to with

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey and Elding: It was a very busy morning today, during the night we an abundance of snow that covered the cars and streets with at least 5 inchs of snow if not more in some places. The morning was spend clearing as much of the snow as possi