Whale diary

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     TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 19:00

    Report from Elding: The tour began with warm sun that casted beautiful light over Reykjavik and the mountains. The first animals appeared after just 10 minutes of sailing, those were 3-4 harbour porpoises. On our way

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     TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 19:00

    Report from Elding: This evening started off with a bit more northerly wind than earlier in the day. But everyone prepared themselves, getting into our warm overalls, and off we went into the bay. We got to experie

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     TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 19:00

    Report from Eldey: The northerly wind was still following us through this last tour of our day. But with a beuatiful sunset to give us company, our spirits were high to find the first cetaceans of the day. It took

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    TOUR CANCELLED |  10:00, 13:00, 14:00, 17:00 & 19:00

    Due to unfavorable weather conditions, we have had to cancel the rest of the tours today. For more information contact our office by email elding@elding.is or by phone +354 519 5000

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     TOUR ON SCHEDULE | 19:00

    Report from Elding: With northerly wind facing us throughout the tour, we started our journey into the bay this evening. Considering the country we are in (Iceland) we were pretty lucky with the weath

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     TOUR ON SCHEDULE|  19:00

    Report from Eldey: Our icelandic adventure started with the wind blowing from the north so we had a tour a bit bumpy. We headed towards Akranes looking at all those northern gannets that we found in our way to our ususal spotting are

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     TOUR ON SCHEDULE|  19:00

    Report from Elding: Our tour started as a viking expedition, the wind was blowing and our trip it was a bit bumpy but it does not matter if you had brave passengers willing to find this huge animals. We headed towards Akranes, the wa

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    TOUR ON SCHEDULE|  19:00

    Report from Elding: The wind had picked up a bit during the day so we had some strong northernly winds but it was still sunny and beautiful outside. We stumbled upon about 4 minke whales, a couple of them came w

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE|  19:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: Northerly winds this evening of about 10m/s meant choppy seas and colder conditions, we wrapped up warm in the free overalls offered onboard and stayed outside to enjoy the fresh

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE|  19:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: What a beautiful example of unpredictability this tour was. We had an amazing show of the northern fulmars that came incredibly close to our heads and were doing

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE|  19:00

    Report from Elding: A wonderful evening tour with a nice variety of seabirds, two minke whales, one surfacing just meters from our bow a few times and a stunning sunset made this tour

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE|  19:00

    Report from Elding: Finally the sun had appeared in the sky for the midnight sun tour. However, the animals kept us waiting a little bit longer on this tour. Again we had to head out very far until we

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE|  19:00

    Report from Eldey: The weather could not be better. Flat seas and mild wind were closing a great day. Right after leaving the harbour, we started to see a ot of birds from many different species feeding all around the p

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE|  19:00

    Report from Hafsulan: A blue sky, a flat sea, a light wind. Almost all the ingredients to have a nice whale watching. We sailed peacefully in Faxafloi bay searching for the whales and dolphins seen du

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE|  19:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: It was getting a bit chilly after one of the warmest day of the summer, but we kept warm in the overalls provided aboard. On our way to the areas where most of the minke whales w

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE  20:30 Report from Hafsúlan: Finally the sun was crawling out between the clouds, when we started heading out into the bay. On the way out we already spotted a pod of around 5 harbour porpoises, but these animals disappe

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE|  20:30

    Report from Eldey: We have been so spoiled all summer by incredibly weather. We can hardly remember another summer with so many warm and smooth tours. Soon after we reaching the areas w

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE|  20:30

    Report from Elding: This midnight tour was one of the most beautiful, incredible tours of the season. Absolutely no wind meant that the water was like a mirror and as the sunset the colours reflected

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    ✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE|  20:30

    Report from Elding: It was a cloudy evening but still clouds remained largely dry and the wind we had just last night was taking a break. Accordingly, we had a very calm sea and great visibility. This lead to us spotting the smallest of a

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    20:30   TOUR ON SCHEDULE ✔

    Report from Eldey: Hold on to your hats guys so they don't get blown away! Tonight again proved that the forecast in Iceland can't always be trusted, sometimes mother nature just decides t