Whale diary

Unfortunately due to rough weatherconditions at sea we have decided to cancel the tour today. Please contact us for further information +354 519 5000 or elding@elding.is.

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We are departing from Hafnarfjörður today. Bus transfers from the Elding ticket office in the old harbour in Reykjavík at 13:00. We expect the tour to be about 3-4 hours today due to transfers.

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Report from hafsúlan: Today the wind was coming strongly from west so we decided to go out from Keflavík because then we could sail with the swells and get more compatible journey. We had heard news from local fishermen t

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: we went out under more cloudy skies than yesterday but the sea conditions were much better, although they had started to worsen slightly towards the end. Yesterday we started off north-west but today we went west and

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Report from Hafsúlan: after yesterday's success with the dolphins, we went out today hoping to have the same or better as we are now in a period in which we had good luck last year. The sea conditions were ok but it was very cold and somewhat strong northe

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Report from hafsúla: before we sailed out we had heard news from another boat from Elding which went out on a private tour at 10 a clock, they had seen dolphins not so far from Reykjavík. We decided to sail towards that area and look extra carefully around

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Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: Saturdays are proving to be quite busy these days, always beneficial to book to guarentee youself a place. Today was no exception and we went out on two boats with about 200 passengers spread between them both for more a mo

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Report from Hafsúla: Today we went out from Grindavík, a small town on the south coast of Reykjanes peninsula. We sailed north passed Eldey which is the largest northern gannet colony in Iceland and one of the biggest in the world. We saw a lot of the big

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Report from Hafsúlan: today we went out from Grindavik due to the strong northern wind, which makes it very difficult to go out from Reykjavik but it is doable from Grindavik due to the shelter from the cliffs to the east side of this great Sudurnes fisher

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Report from Hafsúlan: today we went out from Reykjavik amidst beautifully snow-covered mountains and under totally clear skies! The swell from the stormy days of late was some but ther

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúla: we sailed out from hafnafjörður today because there we can get better shelter from the strong south western winds and then more comfortable sailing. After around 20 minutes sailing we spotted a harbor porpoise, a small

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Report from Hafsúlan: after three days of cancellations due to storm, we found it would be safe to go out on the water today but to play extra safe and more comfortable we decided to go from Keflavik and sail towards Hafnarfjörður. It was southern win

Due to incoming storm we have decided to cancel today's tour. Please contact our office if you need more information - elding@elding.is or +354 519 5000.

Tour today has been cancelled due to rough conditions at sea. Please contact our ticket office for further information (+354 519 5000 or elding@elding.is).

Unfortunately due to rough weather we have decided to cancel today's tour. Please contact our ticket office for further details +354 519 5000 / elding@elding.is

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: Today we sailed out from the harbor of Hafnafjörður to gain better shelter from the south- west winds. It was raining for the first 30 minutes of the tour but after that it cleared up and we had a very pleasant sailing. The view over

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Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: We ventured out into the bay of Faxaflói in search for the elusive whales. Three boat in all (one from another company) were all out to cover a larger area of the bay for better chances. It was a south easterly wind today m

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Report from Hafsúlan: the only bad side of today's tour was the swell resulting from yesterday's storm. Otherwise the sky was beautiful, the mountains were covered in snow, and we could see far and wide around. With no white caps on the water, it

Unfortunately due to rough weather we have cancelled our tours today. Please contact our ticket office for further details +354 519 5000 or elding@elding.is.

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We had a very windy day today. We sailed out from Reykjavík and kept close to Reykjanes peninsula on the way out, while we sailed out on the bay we traveled with the wind so it wa