Whale diary

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    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Elding: On this beautiful night we went out from Reykjaviks harbour in search of cetaceans. We had several minke whale sightings during the day, as well as many flocks of arctic terns. The abundance of animals plus the readings on our fish- fin

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    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Elding: The last trip of the day started off a bit rough, since the wind speed was increasing. Nevertheless we were optimistic to find the animals we saw earlier again on this tour. Traveling west, with the wind in our back turned out to be a s

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    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Elding: The winds had calmed and warmed up so with a magician musician we headed out in high hopes. We spotted one very shy minke whale that sneakily surfaced in our wake. In the same area we encountered many guillemo

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    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Elding: the weather had taken a turn for the worst as the mist rolled in bringing a light rain that drenched you after a few minutes, the wind also picked up but spirits on the boat was still high and we wouldn't let the Icelandic weather spoil

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    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Hafsúlan: The wind died down over the morning. However the clouds started to roll in and visibility dropped. One of our eagle eyed passengers spotted some white-beaked dolphins just in front of the boat. Unfortunately these dol

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    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Elding: We left the harbour in good conditions, the weather looked good so we were excited. On our way out the wind picked up a bit and by the end of the tour the wind was really rough. We got to see at least four minke whales&nbsp

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: The sun was shining and there was not a cloud in sight. Little did we know the tour was going to be so great. About 30 mins in and suddenly there was a minke whale blow. The minke was feeding and we managed to get gre

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: Conditions this afternoon were windy and the sea state getting rougher as we headed out. We hugged the northern coast on the way out to escape the worst of the waves and then turned south towards our main whale watching area. It was a

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: We headed out to where Elding had last seen the humpback whale in hopes of spotting it again but it had apparently been traveling fast south-west after we left it on our 13 o'clock tour and we saw no sign of it anywhere despite the ca

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: After one tour with minke whales and one tour with white-beaked dolphins, we were wondering what we would get to see in this tour. Thanks to the wind, the conditions were a bit rougher but we still tried to make it as comfortable as p

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: A tour full of minke whales in the evening! We went out from Reykjavík again in these awesome sea conditions and were sure to find a few minke whales again. And we were right, after about 45 min we spotted the first minke whal

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Elding: We departed from Reykjavík harbour, the sea conditions were a lot better than this morning. We still had some leftover swell from the storm yesterday so the boat rocked a bit. The tour started slowly like earlier tours but by the end of

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    Tours at 14:00 and 17:00 have unfortunately been canceled due to unfavorable weather conditions. Sorry for any inconvenience caused. Please contact our office at elding@elding.is, call on 00354 519 5000 or drop by if your require further details. 

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: The weather made a turn towards the worse on this evening tour. Strong winds and light rain, really made the flotation overalls that we offer all of our passengers come to good use. We sailed into the waves for the first part of the t

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: This afternoon was quite windy but the sun shone down on us and the skies were clear as we sailed out onto Faxa Bay. We sailed out between Akurey and Engey before heading in a southerly direction towards where we had seen cetaceans ea

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: On this tour we had a little bit more wind than earlier tours but the conditions were still good. The tour started off slowly but spotted 2 minke whales in few hundred meter distance, unfortunately they didn't want to

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: On the last official tour of the day the weather was still as good as on the earlier trips, making the tour very special. The calm surface made it possible to spot a big pod of white- beaked dolphins, traveling very c

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: Leaving the harbour of Sandgerði turned out a bit rough. This didn´t change until we passed the tip of the Reykjanes peninsula. Traveling in the Faxaflói bay on our way to the Reykjavik harbour was a great ride, for one because t

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: This tour started with many birds again, for example feeding northern gannets in an area that looked very promising. Since sea birds and cetaceans feed on the same fish species, feeding birds are always a good sign on the search for w

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: On the evening tour we started by sailing west out in Faxaflói. The rough sea was still present and the boat started to rock from side to side when we left the protection of the harbour. But passengers used the overalls that we are of