Whale diary

Status: CANCELLED

Due to unfavourable weather conditions, we have decided to cancell all our whale watching tours today (9am, 1pm, 5pm) .

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Tour at 17:00 CANCELLED

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: The weather and sea conditions were still difficult in the afternoon as we left the harbour. We stayed close to the northern coast of the bay to protect ourselves from the strong

Status: CANCELLED

Due to strong winds and storm warnings, we will not be operating our whale watching tours today (at 9:00, 13:00 and 17:00). Please contact our ticket sales team to reschedule your

Tour at 17:00

Report from Hafsúlan: The weather has gotten bad since the last tour. The wind has increased and mostly all of the sky was covered by dark clouds. We had also some slightly rain now and then. The first two hours of the tour passed without any kind of sight

Tour at 17:00

Report from Eldey: The weather and sea conditions remained optimum for our last tour of the day. Quite soon after leaving the harbour we came across a young harbour seal. The seal was both curious and inquisitive and stared at us for a lon

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: The wind had gone down a little bit and the sea conditions were better than this morning but there was more cloud coverage and colder as well. We made good use of the complimentary overalls onboard, keeping us warm. We saw a lot of

​Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey and Hafsúlan: It was getting calmer but it still felt really windy on the way out when we sailed up into the wind. We headed right away towards the area where we had seen the humpback on the morning tour. Eldey and Hafsúlan split up to s

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: The wind had picked up a little bit this afternoon when we headed out. We went directly to the same area where the whales had been in the morning. We searched for a while without any luck. After a while we saw huge splashes not so far aw

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: The wind was even getting stronger and the sea more rocky. When we got to the area where we had the sightings on the morning tour. There were still a lot of birds in the area but not as many as on the morning. This looked promising with the birdlife as i

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: The weak winds and perfect sea condition continued on the afternoon tour, that also got lovely sunshine during the whole tour. So the conditions for whale watching were perfect and we all could enjoy the smooth sailing out to the "hot sp

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: Weather was even warmer than this morning when we began our afternoon tour. Overalls were not needed, it felt like a summer day ! In the continuity of the 09:00 tour, it was not long before we spotted our first individuals, the frenzy ha

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: The weather was much better on this afternoons tour where we even saw some breaks of sunshine through the clouds. After less than 30 minutes we saw our first pod of white-beaked dolphins which included a juvenile. We fol

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: The swell continued into the afternoon and we had quite a rollercoaster ride heading out into Faxa bay. We only had light rain, but unfortunately that was enough to decrease the visibility so that we could not see much of the beautiful l

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: We sailed out and it had clouded over a bit from this morning but the sun was still shining. After sailing for about 25 minutes a large pod of 9-12 white-beaked dolphins were spotted. It was a beautiful encount

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: After such a nice tour this morning, we left the harbour in high spirit, eager to see more. It was not as sunny as on the previous tour, but still the temperature was nice, we had good visibility and the scenery was

Status: CANCELLED  at 13:00

Do to unfavourable weather conditions, the 13:00 tour has been CANCELLED today. For more information, please contact our ticket office at elding@elding.is or +354 519 5000

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Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: On this foggy day we sailed straight out to the area that we left the humpbacks on the morning tour. We were so happy to see that the humpback whales were still in that same area just about 20 minutes from the

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: Because of the winds we experienced on the morning tour we were expecting some swells but the sun really warmed everybody up on the way out. We had an amazing morning tour so we were excited to get out again. We headed straight out to th

Status: CANCELLED

Due to unfavourable conditions, our tours today (9:00 & 13:00) have been cancelled. Please contact us directly via elding@elding.is or +354 519 5000 for more information.

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: It was still an overcast sky and some light rain when we left the harbour on the afternoon tour. We still had swells from the west and the boat rocked, it caused green-faces onboard. For the ones that stayed outside the overalls came to