Whale diary

Tour at 13:00 Report from Elding: When we sailed out this afternoon it was snowing a little and the wind had picked up a little bit. Non the less the weather was fine for this time of the year here in Iceland and the sea conditions stayed fine trough out the tour. We had high hopes on this tour

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out on a cloudy but still day. There was alot of wildlife in the bay today and we actually had one thing after the other for about an hour and a half. We first had Harbour Porpoises everywhere maybe 20+ scattered individuals then it was a

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: The wind had picked up a little since yesterday and it was also some what cloudier but the visibility was still great and it didn´t rain which was also a bonus. It was a very eventful tour today as we saw at least 4 Minke Whales, Two in the same are

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out in beautiful weather and relatively calm seas. We saw three species of cetacean on this tour and many seabirds. We first got to see a Minke Whale which surfaced many times and close to the boat on a couple of those times but then went for

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out in the cold but beautiful weather this afternoon. There was so much birdlife in the bay today, in many places we saw diving Northern Gannets, Kittiwakes and other gulls feeding in the surface. We did not have to search for long before we s

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out in a beautiful weather, very calm sea and sunny sky above us. We sailed to the area were we usually start looking around and after a short while we spotted a Minke Whale! This turned out to be a very good Minke spotting place and in total

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out in very nice weather even though it was quite chilly when heading into the wind. We did see at least 4 Minke Whales on this tour but they were very difficult to show the passangers. They were always surfacing quite far away or always h

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: What a beautiful day out on Faxaflói today! We sailed out of the old harbour in calm weather and headed straight out to start our search. After a little while we saw a Minke Whale coming up to the surface but this turned out to be a very tricky Minke, w

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out in relatively no wind but there was a bit of residual swell. It did rain on and off during the tour which was ok because if you didn´t have the rain and sun you wouldn´t get rainbows, the suns rays escaping through the clouds and dynami

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out today from Hafnafjörður to make the tour a bit smoother sailing and ended the tour in Reykjavík. The rain pretty much fell on us throughout the tour but that was ok because we all used the free overalls onboard to keep us nice and dry a

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out in the very moody looking bay this afternoon with a bit of a swell. Luckily it did not rain much until on the way back home. We only had to search for a little while before we saw a big flock of birds, there was Northern Gannets diving and