Whale diary

Due to rough weather conditions we have decided to cancel today's tour. Please contact us for further details +354 519 5000 or elding@elding.is.

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Unfortunately we need to cancel our whale watching tour yet again today due to rough weather at sea. Please contact our ticket office if you require more info.

ALL tours today are cancelled due to hurricane like storm. Please contact our office for further information.

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Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: It was a busy day for us here at Elding Whale Watching with over 200 passengers joining us for a sea adventure that we needed to take out both of our big whale watching vessels, Elding and Hafsúlan. The weather calmed down enough for one day

Unfortunately due to rough conditions at sea, we have decided to cancel the whale watching tour today. Please contact our ticket office for further details (+354 519 5000 or elding@elding.is).

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Report from Hafsúlan: And there were Orcas! Yay! Our first since July! The tour started with another boat telling us that they had seen a few white-beaked dolphins but by the time we arrived, the dolphins had vanished. Disappointed, but knowing we had the whole tour ahea

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Report from hafsúlan: the bay was beautiful this day, it had snowed in the night so the mountains around us were white and the sun gave the clouds orange and red colors. We had only sailed for 30 minutes when a passenger spotted a dolphin on one side of the boat.  W

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Report from Hafsúlan: It was a blustery day out on the bay, hence we decided to sailed out of the harbour of Hafnafjörður, a town 20 minutes drive from Reykjavík to gain shelter from the southwesterly winds. Sea conditions were good where we were and saw a pod of 6-8 whi

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Report from Hafsúlan: this was a good tour despite the strong south-southwestern wind. Nothing happened for a while until my co-guide Sigurlaug suddenly spotted some dorsal fins very close as she was standing at the rear of the boat. First we saw one, then two, then thre

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Report from Hafsúlan: The weather was similar to yesterday, not so windy and quite calm water. We sailed out to the area where we had seen the dolphins on the yesterday tour. When we were arriving we saw big flocks of sea birds flying around and we knew that was a good s

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Report from Hafsúlan: the sea conditions were really good today so the sailing was very soft and it was easy for us to spot animals coming up to the surface from a great distance. We had only been sailing for 40 minutes when we spotted 3 white-beaked dolphins in front of us.

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Report from Hafsúlan: due to strong south easterly winds we decided to sail from Hafnarfjörður to gain shelter along the coast of the Reykjanes peninsula. The clouds were thick but luckily for us it staid dry through the most part of the tour. When we were half way throug

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Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed from Hafnarfjörður along the south coast of the Reykjanes peninsula to gain shelter from the strong southeasterly winds. It was quite comfortable as we headed west, enjoying all the seabirds gliding on the air currents. We were surprised to al

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Report from Hafsúlan: It is still quite warm compared to this time of the year and the wind was not very strong so the waves were not big. The clouds made the sea surface brighter which makes it always easier for us to spot the cetaceans when they come to the surface to brea

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Report from Hafsúlan: Once again we had southeasterly winds so the sailing out was lovely and warm, we sailed straight to the areas we encountered a humpbacks yesterday but unfortunately the humpbacks had moved on. We had sailed for a long time, over half the tour had gone b

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Report from Hafsúlan: We first sailed west along the Seltjarnarnes Peninsula, past the beautiful Grótta lighthouse and carried on past. It was about 30 minutes after leaving the harbour, watching all the seabirds as we travelled, when our First Officer Gulli spotted a blow a

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Report from Hafsúlan: second day in a row that was as good as a November day could ever be; chilly but virtually wind-free and incredible visibility as far as the eye could see. Our first sighting was of 2 white-beaked dolphins, which may have been a mother and sub-

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Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: today was a wonderful day out on the water; calm, eastern wind, no white tops, and just a little cold. We had a large number of passengers so we went out on two boats so that there would not be much crowding and that everyone could see we

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Report from Hafsúlan: we had rather strong eastern and south-eastern wind on this tour so we decided the best thing would be to go along it to start with to have a more pleasant outbound journey, even if it would mean that the journey back might be rockier. After some ti

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Report from Hafsúlan: the wind was not as strong as yesterday but still it was a bit rocky, especially on the way back to land because then we had to sail into the waves. We sailed first to the arias where we have been seeing the humpbacks and dolphins for the last few days.