Whale diary

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: Today was very windy so we stayed close to land where the weather was better. We sailed along Kjalarnes and briefly spotted some White-Beaked Dolphins there. The dolphins disappeared quickly so we continued sailing along shore past Lundey, Viðey and Eng

Tour at 13.00

Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out again and was thrilled to see that the sea had calmed down, new to the same area that we saw the Harbour Porpoises in the morning tour, well they were there again and passengers got a great look at they small and cute cetaceans. After anot

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: The wind picked up a little from this morning but the view was very good. We had some sailing before we spotted 2 Minke whales. The ones we saw were identified as Humpy and Midy. We said hello to them and then sailed back to Reykjavík harbour.

Tour at 1300

Report from Elding and Hafsúlan: There were so many passengers booked on today's afternoon tour that we had to go out on two boats! Elding left first and then Hafsúlan right behind. It didn't take the crew on Elding long to find some white beaked dolphins. There were two to t

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: The wind was supposed to have calmed down on this tour but it felt much the same. We saw no minke on this tour but we did have a wonderful time with a pod of White-beaked Dolphins (7-15 animals) which seemed to alternate between feeding and playing arou

Tour at 13:00

Report from Elding: Again we sailed along the Reykjanes Peninsula with out finding any whales. The water was fairly still even though it was a little bit windy. We had a good sailing and enjoyed the day despite of the lack of whales in the area this time around. We gave our

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: The weather really improved as the day progressed and the view was great. We didn't see any whales up close today but we did notice a powerful blow so there were some whales in the area. They didn't want to be seen today so we will hopefully be able to

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out once again from Grindavík and as we headed out of the harbour we saw a Great Northern Diver (a big bird usually found in lakes but moves to the coast when fresh water starts to freeze up). Once leaving the harbour we headed west in search

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: The wind had picked up this afternoon and so the sailing had bit more of a rock to it. We sailed out for about 40 minutes and saw splashes in the distance, a pod of 5-7 White-beaked Dolphins, feeding and splashing around. They came past our boat a coupl

Tour at 13:00Report from Hafsúlan:The ocean was totally calm as we headed out and only after a short time we spotted the first Minke Whale. It was feeding and was hard to keep up with but we got to see it for a couple of times before we headed further out to search for something else. After arou

Touar 13:00Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed for about an hour with out any sightings, it seemed like the animals that were close to land earlier today had gone further out. After some searching we spotted a pod of 4-6 White-beaked Dolphins, with a baby dolphin with them! they came close but consta

Tour at 13:00Report from Hafsúlan: The sun had shown up and the weather looked quite beautiful although the wind gott a tiny bit stronger since this morning. When we got out on the bay tables had totally turned as there was not nearly as much life in the bay. We saw splases from Harbour Porpoise

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: This afternoon was a nice restful one. We sailed out in calmer seas, almost mirror calm. We sailed past Viðey first and found a small pod of 6-8 feeding Harbour Porpoises which were surfacing very close to the boat. At one point a large shoal of sandeel

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan. Sailed out in beautiful weather once again. Saw three species on this tour. One Minke Whale, two pods of White-beaked Dolphins and two pods of Harbour Porpoises. We saw the Minke very well as it surfaced close to the suns glare, the blow so visible in t

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: The weather stayed just as lovely through out the day. We didn't sail for long before we ran into our well known Minke Whale, Humpy. It came close to the boat, like it usually does, and surfaced by the boat a few times. After getting a good look we carr