Whale diary

Tour at 13:00Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: We took two boats out today from the harbour in Keflavík because there was more shelter there than in Reykjavík. The sea conditions were okay, there were some waves but the sailing was smooth and the view of the landscape was beautiful. We sailed fro

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: Today was some what windy so we sailed out from Hafnarfjörður harbour to find some shelter there. We sailed along the Reykjanes peninsula towards Keflavík and back. The sail out was pretty rough and there was a good swell. On the way back we sailed with

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsulan: We sailed out from Hafnafjourdur today so that we could sail along the Reykjanes peninsula making the journey a lot more comfortable than if we went out from Reykjavik. The weather was very depressing on this tour as it rained hard the entire time howev

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: Everyone was out and about today, taking advantage of the good weather before it turns bad again. We had so many passengers that joined us today that we had to take out two boats for this tour. This was great because we could cover a larger a

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: It was a cold but beautiful day sailing out of Reykjavik Harbour this afternoon. It was quite excited just outside the harbour where the coastguard and search and rescue team were practicing, lifting people up and down from the helicopter. It ever flew

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: Today we sailed out Faxaflói bay. We visited our preferred areas where we have previously seen some whales. We did not find them today even though there were always a few birds around the boat and the fish-finder on board showed that there was fish in t

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Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: Today was very windy so we stayed close to land where the weather was better. We sailed along Kjalarnes and briefly spotted some White-Beaked Dolphins there. The dolphins disappeared quickly so we continued sailing along shore past Lundey, Viðey and Eng

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Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out again and was thrilled to see that the sea had calmed down, new to the same area that we saw the Harbour Porpoises in the morning tour, well they were there again and passengers got a great look at they small and cute cetaceans. After anot

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: The wind picked up a little from this morning but the view was very good. We had some sailing before we spotted 2 Minke whales. The ones we saw were identified as Humpy and Midy. We said hello to them and then sailed back to Reykjavík harbour.