Whale diary

Tour at 13:00Report from Hafsúlan: The wind had slowed down a little since this morning so we had a very beautiful autumn weather and a calm sea. We did not have to sail to far before we saw diving Northern Gannets and when we came closer we saw small pod of Harbour Porpoises there as well. Afte

Tour at 13:00Report from Hafsúlan: The wind had pick up a little since this morning so there was a bit of a swell but here in Iceland, a bit of a wind is not a problem! So we sailed on out the Faxaflói bay, everything looking very promising and the birdlife beeing very lifely. We had to sail for

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: given the rather disappointing morning, there was but one option, to head straight out to where the dolphins had been seen an hour or so before. However, they had gone off in the meantime, sadly, we love dolphins here at Elding and love to show them.

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out from Hafnafjörður on this tour to get a bit more shelter from the land and hopefully find and area that is a bit more productive than the area we covered on the morning tour. It took us quite a while before we saw anything but when we d

Tour at 13:00

We went straight out to where we had left the dolphins two hours earlier but they were off to somewhere and we did not see them on this tour. We did however see Minke Whale (1) and Harbour Porpoises (4-5). First we saw the porpoises and spent a few minutes watching them. But

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: The wind had picked up a little bit since this morning but the weather was still very nice, the sun was shining and the sea pretty calm. We sailed out for quite a while before we saw our first cetaceans of the tour, they turned out to be a small pod of

Tour at 13:00

Report from Elding: The sun was shining this beautiful afternoon when we headed out in Faxaflói. Once we got out we did not see that many birds around. There were few gannets and not many of them feeding, and the fulmars were just sitting on the water surface. We searched

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out with high expectations of finding the Fin Whales again but unfortunately they were not found. We searched everywhere we thought they may have headed to but no luck. We even sailed for a bit longer than usual because we just wanted to sh

Tour at 13:00 has been cancelled due to very strong wind out on Faxaflói Bay. Our office will be open today so please get in touch with us if you have any concerns regarding your reservation on this tour.

Tour at 09:00

Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: What a morning, the sun was s

Tour at 17:00

Report from Hafsúlan: A beautiful tour in the evening light and lots of gannets and seagulls feeding and flying around but unfortunately we only saw one minke whale in the distance twice and another in the distance once, very hard to show the passangers so we gave complim

Tour at 17:00

is unfortunately cancelled due to strong winds out in the bay. Sorry for any inconvenience caused and please contact us if you require further information.

Tour at 13:00

Report fron Hafsúlan: We were hoping to find the same individual from the morning tour s

Tours 13:00 and 17:00

are unfortuneately cancelled due to strong winds in the bay. Sorry for any inconvenience caused and please contact us if your require further information.

Tour 09:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out into the bay in not the nicest of weathers, rain

Tour at 17:00

This tour is unfortunately cancelled due to strong winds out in the bay. Sorry for any inconvience caused and please contact us if you require further information.

Tour at 13:00

The winds were starting to increase now as predicted but it was smooth sailing o

Tours at 17:00, 13:00 & 9:00

Tour unfortunately we have cancelled all tours to day due to a storm. Sorry for any inconvience caused and if you require further information please contact us.

Tours at 17:00, 13:00 & 9:00

Tour unfortunately we have cancelled all tours to day due to a storm. Sorry for any inconvience caused and if you require further information please contact us.

Tour at 17.00

Unfortunately this tour has been cancelled due to strong winds out in the bay. Sorry for any inconvience caused and please contact us if you require any further assistance.

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: The wind was starting to pick up alittle bit and

Tour at 17:00 Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out on a beautiful evening with the sun lower in the sky it lit everything up. the wind had calmed down too than the previous tours. We sailed very very far out in the hope of spotting some humpbacks as myself and the captain had a feeling that t

Tour at 17:00

Report from Hafsulan: We sailed out once again with a bit of a swell but felt less compared to the last tour but the wind did pick up a bit throughout the tour. The sun was out and as the sun lowed in the sky it lit everything up, the mountains, birds, Reykjavik and even a M

Tour at 17:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out again from Keflavík but ended our tour in Reykjavík so even though it was a bit windy day we had the wind in back on the way so the sailing was pretty smooth. After sailing for a long while we saw a big dark back coming out from the sea cl

Tour at 17:00

Unfortunately this tour has been cancelled due to unfavourable weather conditions. The office is open until 9 PM so please get in touch with us if you have any concerns regarding your reservation on this tour.

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: it was anothe