Whale diary

Unfortunately due to unfavourable conditions at sea, we are cancelling our whale watching tour today. Please call +354 519 5000 or send an email to elding@elding.is for further information.

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Report from Hafsúlan: today it was a northern wind which forced us to go one particular route in order to have as comfortable tour as possible. We sailed towards Akranes, looked at Mount Akrafjall and Mount Esja and into the mouth of Hvalfjörður whils

Tour at 13:00

Report from hafsúlan: it was cold today, about -5°C but it was at least not windy and the sea was quite calm except for some long swells that rocked the boat. we passed big flocks of birds three times on the tour, first sea gulls that stayed close to two fishing boats. Then

The whale watching tour today has been cancelled due to rough conditions at sea. Please feel free to contact us via email elding@elding.is or give us a call +354 519 5000 if you need further information.

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: The weather was fantastic when we sailed out on the bay this afternoon, the air was still and the mountains around us were all white with snow. We started to sail north towards a small fishing town called Akranes. Then we sailed west to go further out o

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: Today we went out from Hafnarfjörður as there we would be mostly sheltered from the wind and sailed towards Reykjavik but first we went a little to the west along the Vatnsleysuströnd coastline. The whole time there was some swell, cold and windy bu

The whale watching tour today has been cancelled due to rough conditions at sea. Please feel free to contact us via email elding@elding.is or give us a call +354 519 5000 if you need further information.

Unfortunately we have decided to cancel today's tour due to the storm. Please contact our ticket office for further information +354 519 5000 or elding@elding.is

Tour at 13:00

Report for Hafsúlan: With all the bad weather that has been happening this December its great just to be going out into the bay. The sea conditions were good the sunrise/rise was beautiful and the landscape stunning with the new white frosting. It was however, incredibly

Unfortunately we have decided to cancel today's tour due to unfavourable weather conditions at sea. Please contact our ticket office for further information +354 519 5000 or elding@elding.is

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: we went out with almost a full boat and started off by going to the same area as we had seen the orcas in yesterday, however the conditions were different than yesterday; the wind was stronger and increasing, coming from the west on top of that.

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: after two days of cancelled tours due to storm, we needed something to lift our spirits and that came in the shape of 2-3 orcas merely half and hour from Reykjavik. They were actually not found by us but by another Eldi

Unfortunately due to rough weather conditions we have cancelled our whale watching tour today. Please contact our ticket office for more information. +354 519 5000 or elding@elding.is

Unfortunately we have decided to cancel today's tour due to unfavourable weather conditions at sea. Please contact our ticket office for further information +354 519 5000 or elding@elding.is

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: we went out from Hafnarfjörður today as there we would be sheltered more than if we had gone from Reykjavik. Given the terrible snow storm and no visibility on the bus to Hafnarfjörður, we were pleasantly surprised to find that o

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: as this tour would be the last one before the strong storm hit tonight, we were hoping to repeat yesterday's success with the dolphins but sadly we were not lucky once we left Reykjavik harbour. The wind became ever stronger as we were out, the wate

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: we were not more than mile from the harbour when we found the white-beaked dolphins again, they seemed to have split up into smaller pods but we still saw maybe 30 plus close and in the distance. It was very beautiful how the low, warm, winter sun c

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Report from Hafsúlan: We were pleasantly surprised by how many lovely passengers joined us on a whale watching excursion today. A boat full of festive folks. During the month of December we offer our passengers a nice warm christmas drink with apple, cinnamon, cloves, or

Unfortunately we have decided to cancel today's tour due to unfavourable weather conditions at sea. Please contact our ticket office for further information +354 519 5000 or elding@elding.is

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: Today we departed from Hafnarfjörður as that is where we left the boat yesterday and we decided to use the trip to bring it back to Reykjavik as the forecast for the weekend seems to allow tours from there and hopefully that will