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    Report from Hafsúla: We decided to sail out from Grindavík today and go from there along the Reykjanes peninsula to Sandgerði. We passed Eldey, a small island with sheer cliffs that rises to the height of 77 meters. We then sailed along the west part of the

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    Report from Hafsúla: we sailed again from the harbor in Grindavík today. First we sailed west towards a small island called Eldey which is one of the largest northern gannet colony in the world and in that area we passed a good number of these big and magnif

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    Report from Hafsúlan: today we went out again from Grindavik, this time we started by heading slightly to the west before turning a bit south to search there. Then when made a turn towards the east and to the Krísuvíkurbjarg cliffs, which in spring a

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    Report from Hafsúlan: today it was a tour from Grindavik, for two reasons; northernly wind blowing into Faxaflói and also because last January was fruitful whale-wise off Grindavik. Due to the strong wind, we had to search east as there we would be better shelter

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    Unfortunately due to rough weather we have decided to cancel the tour today. Please contact our ticket office for further information +354 519 5000 or elding@elding.is

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    Report from Hafsúlan: We heading out today on a beautiful whale watching tour in gorgeous wintery sun conditions. First heading north towards Akranes and then towards the Reykjanes. There was a beautiful winter's sun shining over the stunning sno

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    Report from Hafsúlan: We took our passengers, at no extra charge, to the habour of Hafnafjörður where the whale watching boat was waiting for them. The weather was not at it's best and so we used the Reykjanes to gain shelter to have the sea conditions smoother and a

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    Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: Saturdays are proving to be our busiest day of the week, so always make sure you book to be guaranteed a space. We took out two boats on this beautiful but very cold day. It was a little windy and the swells were quite high but long, which

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    Report from Hafsúlan: today we went out from and returned to Hafnarfjörður. There was considerable swell for much of the tour as a result of the storm of the past days but we went as gently as we could, passenger safety being our highest concern. Very cold it was and

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    The whale watching tour today has been cancelled due to rough conditions at sea. Please contact us via email elding@elding.is or call +354 519 5000 for further information.

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    Unfortunately due to rough weather, we have decided to cancel the whale watching tour today. Please contact us for further information +354 519 5000 or elding@elding.is

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: today we went out from Hafnarfjörður and decided to head towards Reykjavik. It was a bit windy at first but not all that bad and indeed the swell was often mostly fun. What wa

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    Unfortunately 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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    Report from Hafsúlan:There was strong winds today, which will turning into a storm this evening. We sailed out from and back to Hafnafjörður to gain as much shelter from the land as possible. We were luckier today than the last week because we encountered two lovely pods

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    Report from Hafsúlan: today we started the tour in Keflavik, as we ended there yesterday, but ended in Hafnarfjörður. Even if it requires almost an hour long journey by bus to get there, it is always interesting to go out from there and besides, the conditions off Reykjavik were bad today so it w

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    Report from Hafsulan: We sailed out from Keflavik today, driving our passengers at no extra charge on buses from our main office in the old harbour, to gain shelter from the Reykjanes peninsula as the wind is forecasted to pick up. We first sailed out towards Garður and then

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    Report from Hafsúlan and Elding:

    First of all Happy New Years to all.

    We took two boats out on our 1pm scheduled departure today due to the high passenger numbers. We enjoyed the company of almost 250 passengers. The forecasted sea conditions looked good and the

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: because of high number of passengers we went out on two boats today and because of rough sea conditions we decided to sail out from Hafnafjörður and come on land back in Reykjavík. When we sailed out the weather was nice, it started to ra

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: Because of high numbers of passengers we sailed out on two boats today. The sea conditions were good, the sea was calm but the boats rocked a little because of long swells from west. We split up, Elding sailed went north but Hafsúlan along th

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    Unfortunately we have cancelled the whale watching tour today due to rough conditions at sea. Please send an email to elding@elding.is or call +354 519 5000 if you need further information.