Whale diary

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    Tour at 13:00

    The weather was very nice, calm sea and the sun was shining. The puffins were still on the island and around it. But the whales were not around this afternoon. We spotted two minke whales but they only surfaced one time and we could not find them again and none of our passen

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    Tour at 13:00

    The weather was absolutely beautiful when we sailed out again this afternoon, calm sea and the sun was peaking out from the clouds. And the luck was with us again today, we spotted at least 5 to 7 minke whales, some came very close to our boat many times, other surfaced furt

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    Tour at 13:00

    The conditions on the bay were excellent and it had even stopped raining. We started the tour with a short stop by Akurey to take a look at the puffins. We saw a lot of puffins around on the water so that was really nice. Once further out we started noticing some harbour por

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    Tour at 13:00

    The wind had increased a bit from the morning tour and it was raining/snowing more. Just as on the morning tour we spotted harbour porpoises quite close to land and they were again very nice and surfacing quite close to the boat. We continued on and started spotting minke wh

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    Tour at 13:00

    The whale watching tour at 13:00 has been cancelled due to storm and unfavourable conditions on the bay.

     

    Tour at 09:00

    The whale watching tour at 9:00 has been cancelled due to storm and unfavourable conditions on the bay.

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    Tour at 13:00

    The whale watching tour at 13:00 has been cancelled due to storm and unfavourable conditions on the bay.

     

    Tour at 09:00

    The whale watching tour at 9:00 has been cancelled due to storm and unfavourable conditions on the bay.

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: The weather was getting pretty good when we headed out again this afternoon. The sun was even peaking out from the clouds. We first spotted a group of harbour porpoises. They were very nice swimming and surfacing all around the boat. Further out we foun

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    Tour at 13:00

    The wind was picking up a lot and we told all our passengers that this tour would bee quite rough. And it was bumpy but it was also very successful. When we came to the area where we spotted the whales and the birds this morning, the birds were still there and also some mink

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    Tour at 13:00

    The sun was shining but the wind had speeded up a bit when we sailed out this afternoon. When we came to the area were we found the whales earlier this morning we saw there were lots of birds feeding. Fulmars, kittiwakes, gulls, guillemots and diving gannets and also many mi

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    Tour at 13:00

    The wind had speed up at bit when we sailed out again this afternoon. It took us a while to find something but finally we spotted some white beaked dolphins. We followed them for a while, and some came quite close to the boat. The weather conditions were getting worse and sn

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    Tour at 13:00

    We sailed out again this afternoon and the weather was getting better and better even the sun was peaking out from the clouds. It took us a long time finding the wales again. Suddenly there were harbour porpoises everywhere, all around the boat. Very nice. Further out, we fo

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    Tour at 13:00

    What a fantastic tour! The wind was still very strong but the humpback whale we spotted was so considerate that it stayed close to land and therefore we had really good shelter from Reykjanes peninsula. We were barely out of the harbour when our captain and few passengers sp

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    Tour at 13:00

    Again we have to cancelled our whale watching tour due to strong wind and unfavourable conditions on the bay.

     

    Tour at 9:00

    The whale watching tour has been cancelled due to strong wind and unfavourable conditions on the bay.

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    Tour at 13:00

    The whale watching tour has been cancelled due to strong wind and unfavourable conditions on the bay

     

    Tour at 09:00

    The whale watching tour has been cancelled due to storm and unfavourable conditions on the bay

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    Tour at 13:00

    We sailed out from Hafnarfjörður this afternoon. We decided to take a different direction than on the morning tour so we could scan a larger area. The wind increased and it even started raining. We were searching for a long time. Then suddenly one of our passengers spotted s

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    Tour at 13:00 The whale watching tour today has been cancelled due to strong wind and unfavourable conditions on the bay

    Tour at 09:00 The whale watching tour today has been cancelled due to strong wind and unfavourable conditions on the bay

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    Tour at 13:00

    The weather is still to rough for the 13:00 tour so it has been cancelled.

    Tour at 09:00 The whale watching tour today has been cancelled due to strong wind and unfavourable conditions on the bay

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    Tour at 13:00 The weather is still to rough for the 13.00 tour so it has been cancelled.

    Tour at 09:00 The whale watching tour today has been cancelled due to strong wind and unfavourable conditions on the bay.

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    Tour at 13:00

    The weather was the same when we sailed out from Hafnarfjörður again this afternoon. After searching for a long, long time just out of the blue one whale surfaced not very far from our boat. Some of our passenger saw it and screamed "We saw a whale" But the whale was diving

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    Tour at 13:00

    The whale watching tour today has been cancelled due to strong wind and unfavourable conditions on the bay.

    Tour at 09:00

    The whale watching tour today has been cancelled due to strong wind and unfavourable conditions on the bay.