Whale diary

Tour at 17:00

Report from Eldey: As we were leaving the harbour in Reykjavik, we already realized the increased wind speed and with it the strong swell, which was not able to shake our optimistic mood for this whale watching tour. After traveling west for a while we spo

Tour at 17:00

Report from Hafsúlan: In the afternoon we decided to go straight to the location where we spotted an humpback whale last. While traveling out of the bay we had a quick encounter with a minke whale swimming towards Reykjavik as well as jump

Tour at 17:00

Report from Hafsúlan: The wind had picked up quite a bit on the evening tour. We went out to search for the humpback, but the first cetacean of the tour was a pod of 8-10 white-beaked dolphins feeding in a really lively area. We had thousa

Tour at 17:00

Report from Hafsúlan: The wind had slowed down from this morning and the wind direction had changed so we sailed out in absolutely perfect conditions for whale watching. It didn't take us long to find a minke whale, actually 3 mi

Tour at 20:30

Report from Hafsúlan: Quite choppy on the water this evening but as it was the last midnight tour our passengers came anyway. Once we were out though it wasn´t so bad and the sunset, full moon over reykjavik and the wildlife made up for it all. The flocks

Tour at 20:30

Report from Hafsúlan: With great sadness we set off on my last midnight tour of the season. Conditions were perfect as we made our way on to ther bay with little wind and clear skies. Knowing a Humpback whale had been spotted by the b

Tour at 20:30 

Report from Hafsúlan: A tour unlike any other, a dream lived. A long but beautiful sail offshore. The sun lowered in the sky shining light on Snæfellsjökull 120km away. As the sun set the skies changed into many beautiful colours and the clouds chang

Tour at 20:30

Report from Hafsúlan: An engaging orange landscape welcomed us when we left Reykjavik at the sunset, it was hard to not feel enthusiast while sailing ! We quickly came across a minke whale, that seemed very shy at the beginning. It was tak

Tour at 20:30

Report from Hafsúlan: Less wind than in the afternoon and the sun peaking out from the clouds, set a nice mood for this midnight tour. We set course towards the humpback whale far out in the bay. It took nearly two hours before we located the whale. Before

Tour at 20.30

Report from Hafsúlan: After being delayed by the late arrival of the boat we quickly set out in to the bay. We lucked out and had fantastic conditions with zero wind and a flat sea. There were barely any clouds in the sky and the sun made its way across the sky. Not too lo

Tour at 20:30

Report from Hafsúlan: It had started to rain but we still had a beautiful view over the surroundings of Faxaflói bay. We went out with high hopes as previous tours had been really good. We started the tour with a pretty good sightings with the 

Tour at 20:30

Report from Hafsúlan: The sky was a perfect mix of red and blue as the sun was setting during this wonderful evening tour into the midnight sun. After the great success the day held we were in great spirits as we sailed from Reykjavík. The beginning of the

Tour at 20:30

Report from Hafsúlan: Our vocabulary lacks of words strong enough to describe how awesome this tour was. It was deeply mind-blowing, we got treated with one of the best experience we can get from whale watching ! Having heard about a humpback whale

Tour at 20:30

Report from Hafsúlan: The wind had picked up and the swells were getting taller but that did not stop our enthusiasm to look for the whales. We decided to sail to the areas were we had been seeing humpback whales on earlier tours. On the way out we saw two

Tour at 20:30

Report from Hafsúlan: We avoided the worst of the wind by hugging near the coastline but still we had some powerful winds. A few daredevil passengers were near the front and braved the spray. I spotted a minke whale blow just of the coast

Tour at 20:30

Due to rough conditions at sea, we have decided to cancel our Midnight Whale Watching tour this evening. Please contact our ticket office for further details +354 519 5000 or elding@elding.is

Tour at 17:00

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Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: The story of the day has been the rough weather and sea conditions and this tour was no exception, more of the same high winds and swell making for another difficult yet exciting tour that evokes many memories of our winters here in Fax

Tour at 20:30

Due to rough conditions at sea, we have decided to cancel our Midnight Whale Watching tour this evening. Please contact our ticket office for further details +354 519 5000 or elding@elding.is

Tour at 17:00

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Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: The sea conditions were getting pretty rough on this evening tour but the humpback whale we spotted completely made up for any roughness from the ocean! The humpback didnðt seem to mind us and just continued f

Tour at 20:30

Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out in a nice setting with the sun peaking through the clouds and with weak winds. The search for cetaceans proved to be harder than earlier today. We of course tried to find the humpback whale again but failed with that. Af