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Whale diary

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    Tour at 13:00

    The wind died down a little but still quite choppy seas as we headed against the wind back to land at the ends of the tour. The Humpback Whales were a bit easier to approach this tour and we even had one surface just meters from the boat bringing up its glorious tail so clos

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    Tour at 13:00

    Sailing out into the bay in perfect weather we hoped to find the Humpback Whales from the morning tour again. Due to this we headed straight out into the bay. On the way out, there were again some Harbour Porpoises that showed up in front of the boat, as usually shy and just

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafúlan: Knowing about the sightings in the morning we headed straight back into the same area. The sea condition was still great but we had a little bit of rain in the beginning of the tour. But who cares about a bit of rain after such an unforgettable day!!! On

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafúlan: After this amazing morning we had high hopes when sailing out into Faxaflói Bay in brilliant weather. Already on our way out we found a pod of Harbour Porpoises, as usually they were quite shy and surfaced just a few times. Just a bit further out we enco

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    Tour at 13:00

    Once again the weather was delightful. We headed to our favourite place and again Humpback Whales and Minke Whales galore. We turned of the engines on a couple of occasions too enjoy the sounds of the whales and birds and watch as the birds swoop down to grab the fish, Humpb

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Elding: As we had a lot of passengers in the afternoon tour we decided to go on two boats. On the way out we had the wind behind us so it was calm to sail into the bay. When we spotted a flock of birds we wanted to have a closer look if there were Whales around a

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    Tour at 13:00

    As we ended our morning tour in Sandgerði, we started there the afternoon tour again. And this time we knew immediately that our decision to search in this area was right! We were sailing for less than ten minutes and we were in the middle of a great show!!! At least four Hu

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    Tour at 13:00

    We started a second time from Grindavík, after the long search in the morning. The weather was still amazing and we decided to check out another area close to land this time. As we were sailing not that far out than in the morning tour we hadn't that much swell most of the t

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    Tour at 9 & 13:00

    Cancelled due to rought weather conditions on Faxaflói bay.

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    Tour at 13:00

    The fog was thicker this afternoon when we headed out. The visibility was approximately. 150 meters only but we took the challenge and when searching for the whales. We wanted to see if our dear friend Mr. Humpback whale was in the same area as it was this morning. And voilà

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafúlan. We were sailing for quite a while straight out into the foggy but calm Faxaflói Bay, until we saw first a blow and then a black back! When coming closer we recognized it was not only one, there were two Humpback Whales swimming side by side. As they seem

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    Tour at 13:00

    Well let's start with the end of the tour, because what is a better news than to say, that it was hard to leave because of so many cetaceans around!! We were sailing for a really long time in the foggy bay until we saw the first blow of a bigger cetacean. It was a busy feedi

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    Tour at 13:00

    The wind had picked up a bit this afternoon. We decided to try another area this time. We sailed for a loooong time all the way to the end of Reykjanes peninsula. The sea was a bit rough and no signs of the whales. We were nearly out of the bay, sailing pass Garðskagi at the

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    Tour at 13:00

    We wanted to try our luck again with the humpback we saw this morning. We sailed for some time without any luck. The wind had picked up a little bit not still the weather was nice. We decided to move to another area. And there it was! The same humpback whale from the morning

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    Tour at 13:00

    Same beautiful conditions as the morning tour but with a lot less wind. We searched for a long time until about an hour into the tour the crew spotted some jumping White-beaked Dolphins in the distance with binoculars. We headed over to them and they were great. They came ri

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    Tour at 13:00

    What a day. Beautiful weather, loads of cetaceans and amazing scenery. The passengers spotted White-beaked Dolphins first but they were a little bit elusive so we didn't stay long with them. Then the passengers spotted a Minke Whale which surfaced many times and quite close

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    Tour at 13:00

    Well the Spring is here and love is in the air especially for the White-beaked Dolphins when they form super pods to mate and socialise. We first got word from another whale watching vessel of a small pod of White-beaked Dolphins which we went to have a look at for a short w

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    Tour at 13:00

    Today we sailed out in a very nice weather from Reykjavík old harbour. After maybe 15 minutes of sailing another boat informed us that they had white-beaked dolphins. It was a small pod of about 5-8 individuals. We stayed with these dolphins for about 10-15 minutes before he

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    Tour at 13:00

    After three days of cancellation due to rough sea it was great to back out on the water. The weather was not the best as the drizzle reduced the visibility but that didn't stop us from seeing 3 species of cetaceans on this tour. The first species was a pod of 6-8 Harbour Por

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    Tour at 09.00 and 13.00

    Unfortunately we had to cancel the whale watching tour today due to strong south-westerly winds out on Faxaflói bay. The office is open till 17.00 today so please come down to the old harbour or ring us if you require further information. Sorry for any inconvenienc