Whale diary

Tour at 13:00

Unfortunately due to rough weather at sea we have decided to cancel the tour this afternoon. Please call our office +354 519 5000 for further information.

Tour at 9:00

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Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: Hafnarfjörður it was on this somewhat chilly and foggy April afternoon. We went out and went west, scanning along the shore before turning out and to then to the north and finally east as we were going to end the tour in Reykjavi

Tour at 13:00
Unfortunately we have to cancel our whale watching tour at 13:00 due to rough weather. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact us at the ticket office - elding@elding.is or +354 519 5000

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We went out from Hafnafjörður on the afternoon tour to get shelter from the swell and the wind. The sailing was alright during the first half of the tour when we traveled with the wind. We search along the coastline but didn't´t find

Tour at 13:00

Report from Elding: We went out from Reykjavík again as the sea conditions were still pretty good, even though the wind had picked up a bit and the swell was a little higher. It took a while until we spotted a minke whale. Unfortunate

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: the sea conditions were still pretty good but the swells from west were getting a bit bigger that moved the boat more up and down then in the morning tour. we were very optimistic for the tour because it had been relatively easy to sp

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: the weather had not changed much since the morning so we again got really good sea conditions. we went to where we had seen the dolphins in the morning tour but on the way to there a passengers saw animal coming up to the surface. we

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out from Hafnafjörður in the afternoon to make it easier for us to sail out on the bay with the high swells. We decided to head to the area where we had seen the humpback whale in the morning tour. It was rough on the way ou

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: we tried a new strategy this afternoon and traveled west, straight out in the hope we would find some minke whales in another area. No minkes unfortunately but we did get to see many harbour porpoises, 3 pods, 2 with 2-3 individuals b

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: It was getting windier and the swells were getting taller than in the morning tour. The sailing was comfortable when we went out on the bay because then we were traveling with the swells but on the way back to land it was quite rough.

Tours at 9:00 and 13:00

Unfortunately due to rough conditions at sea we have decided to cancel today's tours. Please contact our ticket office for further details via email at elding@elding.is or calling us at +354 519 5000.

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We went out from Reykjavik on our afternoon tour and the weather was still very nice even though the wind had picked up a bit and was more from the north now then in the morning. We sailed south to avoid the worst swell and the wind b

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We went out from Reykavík on our afternoon tour and found a minke whale after approximately 30 min sailing. It stayed with as for about half an hour and surfaced a couple of times really close to our boat and in

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We went again out from Keflavík to sail with the swells but this time we ended our tour in Reykjavik. We had only been sailing for few minutes and were still really close to land when we saw a minke whale

Tours at 9:00 and 13:00

Unfortunately due to rough conditions at sea we have decided to cancel the tour. Please contact our ticket office for further details.

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: wind was blowing more strongly then in the afternoon and the swells were also getting a bit higher. We sailed west along Reykjanes peninsula to stay in calmer sea then further from land. It rained and hailed on us on the way out but w

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: it had cleared a little bit since the morning tour, it was still full overcast but we were at least able to see towards land for through out the whole tour. we began by going to the area where we had seen the minke whale this morning.

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: We changed the location from this morning to Keflavik. The weather hadn't´t changed so light rain and a cloudy sky faced us when we traveled out in the southern part of Faxaflói bay. After about 30 minutes of sailing Hafsúl

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: The wind and the swells had picked up a bit since the morning tour and on our way out in the bay the travel was quite rough with some green faces on the boat. A small pod of harbour porpoises was seen after twent

Tour at 13:00
Due to rough conditions at sea we have decided to cancel the tour this afternoon.

Tour at 9:00
Report from Hafsúlan: The wind was blowing strongly from east so the sailing was very comfortable when we went out on the b