Whale diary

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: after the unsuccessful tour in the morning, we decided to try a different strategy and a different area. Instead of going out in the bay, we decided to sail not so far from land and along the Sudurnes Peninsula towards Garðskagi Peninsula. The little su

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    Unfortunately we have to cancel our midnight tour due to bad weather on the bay.

    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: It was a grey afternoon today when we headed out search for the whales. It did not take us a long time to spot a minke whale not far away from land! And what a minke

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    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Elding: It was a little bit cloudy when we headed out tonight. After visiting Lundey we started to search for the whales right away in hope to find the whales and dolphins close to land like they had been all day. We searched in the area with no luck so we headed

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    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Elding : The weather was awesome so we were optimistic about the tour. We only saw 2 Puffin on Akurey tonight (they were probably feeding at sea) but lots of other birds : Black-backed seagulls, fulmars, kittywakes, greylag goose, eyder ducks. We headed offshore

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    Tour 20:30

    Report from Elding: What a beautiful tour in Faxafloi Bay, great sunset and the moon fronting the sun at the same time. Pink and orange colors all around in the sky. But no puffins on akurey island. The guide spotted after 35 minute of sailing out a minke whale 300 meters fr

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    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Elding: The sky cleared up late afternoon but the wind picked up a little bit so the sea was a little bit choppy. We started the tour at Puffin Island and there was many birds around. Then we headed offshore to search for cetaceans. Unfortunately tonight we could

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    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Elding: We just simply can't get enough of these midnight tours! The beauty is really indescribable with the sun sitting behind Snæfellsjökull (Snælfellsglacier) and lot of colours in the sky. We managed to find a small pod of white-beaked dolphins and they w

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    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Elding: We sailed out in beautiful weather and looking forward to the sunset and whales. We started at Akurey to see the Puffins, there were few around but most must be out at sea catching fish. We then headed to the area out sister vessel Hafsúlan found a very g

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    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Elding: The puffin Island was our first destination in our trip. Great start ! A lot of Puffins were flying around the Island when we stopped, we saw also some other birds like de Greater Blacke-Backed seagull, some Oystercatcher, Fulmars, Kittywakes and Eyder Du

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    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Elding : The sky cleared up just before we started the tour, the conditions where perfect ! So just after having gone to Akurey to watch a few Puffins and others birds we headed offshore. The sea was pretty quite, the Pilot Whales are probably more offshore now a

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    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Elding: I don't know where to start...this has been the most amazing weekend! There was no question that we headed straight to the area we have been seeing the pilot whales. When we arrived there we saw that they were still there! I have no words to describe this.

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    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Elding: Despite nice weather and relatively good conditions we saw no whales this evening. Few birds were on the bay and because of low clouds at the end of the tour, it got dark early, making it difficult to spot the few puffins that were at the puffin island Lu

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    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Elding: After a very difficult day we were so happy after this lovely evening. We decided to sail straight out to the bay to find the whales. After about 10 minutes a passenger shouted out WHALE!! We did not see anything for a while but as soon as we took off a h

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    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Elding: We went out in a beautiful sun straight in the bay to search for the whales. The sea was a bit rocky and it took us 50 minutes before we spotted the first blow, it was probably a Minke Whale but we didn't see it again. Not long time after we spotted two b

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    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Elding: The sky cleared up late afternoon so we left the harbour with a beautiful weather and perfect sea conditions. There was a lot of Puffin around Akurey, sitting on the water, relaxing in the sun. Then we headed offshore in Faxafloi Bay. Even the conditions

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    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Elding: The wind was getting much calmer this evening. We started the tour at Akurey and it was so lovely to see all these puffins around the island. Some of them were even bringing fish home in their beak! But after visiting the island a very long search took plac

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    Tours at 20:30, 17:00, 14:00 and 13:00

    Unfortunately the following whale watching tours have been cancelled due to strong winds in the bay. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. If you require further information please contact us by phone, email or even by dropping down to

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    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Elding : We started the tour under a rainy overcast sky but the sea was calm. We saw a few Puffins around Akurey on the way out and also some Black-backed seagulls, kittywakes, Arctic Terns, Fulmars, Eyder Ducks. Then we headed offshore in this grey weather perfe

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    Tours at 20:30 & 17:00

    Unfortunately we will have to cancel this tour due to an expected storm tonight. Our office is open until 9 PM so please drop by or call if you have any concerns about your reservation on these tours. We will be happy to help.

    Tour at 14:00

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    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Elding: We started the tour on a very calm sea. We stopped at Puffin island but there were not many birds so we didn't stay too long. Out at sea conditions were perfect to spot whales from far away but for more than an hour we sailed with no signs of cetacean. Fo