Whale diary

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: Clouds were clearing up again and we just had some mist on the water surface. Once getting further out into Faxafloi, we first saw a group of 6-8 harbour porpoises come up really close to the boat and surfacing numerour

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    Tour at 17:00 Report from Hafsulan: Really nice conditions throughout the tour with a clear and sunny sky from beginning to the end. It took a little time before we spotted the first cetaceans. After about an hour we spotted around 5 or 6 harbour porpoises m

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    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Elding: Tonight we ran our first midnight tour of the summer. The weather and sea conditions could not have been better, glass-flat sea, a clear sky, and the low position of the sun casted orange and pink colors over the sky and mountains of Fa

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    Tour at 5 pm: CANCELLED

    Tour at 1 pm: CANCELLED

    Tour at 09:00: CANCELLED

    Due to rough weather and unfavourable sea conditions we unfortunately have to cancel our tour at 09:00 (9am). If you like to res

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    Tour at 09:00

    Report from Eldey: What an adventure! We didn't expect the sea conditions to be that rough, bout on our morning tour a tricky mix of wind waves and tidal waves made sure to keep us shaking in every directions! This sensational ride was perfect for adrenali

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: The sea had calmed a lot since the morning, and it was really clear. The first sighting of the tour was a pod of white-beaked dolphins that seemd to be feeding under a flock of birds, while following this pod we spotted

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: While we thought the wind picked up, it actually ended up being very nice out on the water. The clouds made the ocean that good coulour for spotting the darker coloured whales and dolphins. Once we had gotten a good distance away from th

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: Starting conditions were good with some sun. No sightings of cetaceans for the first hour and a half. Suddenly, we spotted a pod of around 3 White-beaked-dolphins breaching from around 1km away. They were jumpi

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: The weather was getting better with every trip today - at the evening the clouds covered sky again, but the sea was flat and it was warm enough to enjoy sailing without overalls. Unfortunately it was to calm evening on the bay -

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    Tour Status 17:00: CANCELLED

    Due to rough weather and unfavourable sea conditions we unfortunately have to cancel our tour at 17:00 (5pm). If you like to reschedule or have any further questions please contact our ticket office at +354 519 5000 or at elding@elding.

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    Tour at 5pm: 

    Report from Elding: Despite the windy conditions during today´s tour, we found shelter staying close to the coast line as much as possible and enjoyed watching the Fulmar´s give us a performance of their gliding expertise to their best. They came with

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    Status Tour 17:00 (5pm): CANCELLED

    Unfortunately our Whale Watching tour at 17:00 (5pm) has been cancelled due to rough weather and unfavourable sea conditions. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact our ticket office at +354 519 5000 or el

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: The tour started with a little bit (quite a bit, actually!) of swell, as a shy example of the strong gale that will be beating us during all day tomorrow. We went really far away in this tour, just trying to spot the minkes and white bea

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Elding: Wind picked up a bit more for our tour, and with this came slight choppiness but overall our spotting conditions remained untouched, with still good visibility and slow waves. Yet it took us time before spotting cetaceans, it was only i

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: It was a lovely afternoon as we sailed out into the bay, with flat seas and a warm wind. It didn´t take us long at all to spot the cetaceans today, we were barely 25 minutes out of harbour when we spotted large splashes in the distance.

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: Also our last tour today departed from Reykjavik. The sea was still very calm and we had a great view. The wind picked up compared to the other two tours of the day. Thus, we also got to enjoy a fresh breeze. We headed out to the area where we saw the do

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: WHAT a tour!! Words cannot express how awesome this tour was! On heading out the sea was lovely and flat but there was a very thick fog, Which made seeing far in the distance very difficult. Although, we couldn't´t see far into the dista

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: The weather kept improving and improving! Definitely the sea is going to look like a mirror in the next few days, we can't wait to enjoy it! This tour was, without any doubts, a dolphin tour. Almost right from the beginning we spotted th

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: On the very first 17.00 tour of this summer, we headed straight back to the area where we had seen the humpback whale on the previous tour. It took about 50 min to get, and when we approached the area, we slowed down to check it carefull

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    Tour at 17:00: CANCELLED

    Our Whale Watching tour at 17:00 has been cancelled due to rough weather and unfavourable sea conditions. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact our ticket office at +354 519 5000 or elding@elding.is.