Whale diary

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: Well it was the last whale watching tour of 2013. We sailed out from Reykjavik with two boats which held the many passengers whom decided to join us on the calm weather day. Calmest wind we have perhaps had throughout December. It was another

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out from Hafnafjörður (town of the elves) into better sea conditions, making the tour as smooth and comfortable as possible. We sailed close to the coast along the Reykjanes Peninsula. The first cetaceans we saw were White-beaked Dolphins, at

Tour at 13:00

Report from Elding and Hafsúlan: Today we sailed out on two boats from Hafnarfjörður harbour. We headed out of the harbour and sailed west with the wind. Our sail out was rather windy but not to choppy. Not long after we left the harbour Elding spotted a pod of Harbour Porpo

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: We had a large amount of tourists joining us on todays tour, so much so that we had to take two of our boats out. We sailed from Grindavík today as it was forecasted and observed that the sea conditions would be better from there, getting she

Christmas Day, Closed all Day

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a prosperpus New Year.

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We headed out on to the bay today in very good conditions. Calm seas, slow winds and things were looking quite promising as we sailed out between the puffin islands of Akurey and Engey. We began our search by heading straight out into the bay towards th

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: Today the weather was very good with the sun peeking at us from under the clouds and calm seas. Before we left the harbour there was a massive feeding frenzy of birds, mainly Glaucous Gulls, Shags, a couple of Black Guillemots and Eider Ducks. After sai

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: Expectations were high as we sailed along the Reykjanes Peninsula to our humpback spot. A couple of stops on the why for fleeting Harbour Porpoises. The sailing was smooth of the way out but wind picked up later on in the day and the ride back with wind

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: Todays tour started out with quite some swell. We sailed out from Hafnarfjörður for better seas but even so the boat rocked a lot as we headed out. We sailed along Reykjanes peninsula and on our way west we ran into a pod of White beaked dolphins. They

Tour at 13:00 Report from Hafsúlan and Elding : today we took out two boats so our passengers would be more comfortable. It was snowing and the visibility wasn't very good as we headed out but after about an hour it started to clear up. The landscape was beautiful, with snow covered mountains an

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed from Reykjavík old harbour on nice calm sea, well until we got further offshore then the rolling waves (swell) got bigger, when it got a bit too much we turned and headed south. We did spot a pod of Harbour Porpoises on this tour, about 20-30