Whale diary

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: Today was a day that was definitely worth remembering! We sailed from Grindavík on the south coast, the weather was looking excellent. The sky was blue, the sun was out and the sea was calm. It only took around an hour before we spotted our f

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out from Reykjavík today and were hoping to see the dolphins from yesterday. We sailed to the area where we last saw them and they all seemed to be gone. However, there were many birds around and the bay was lively. We continued our sailing al

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out of Hafnarfjordur today in hopes of good weather and nice sea conditions. We were in luck since the ocean was smooth when we sailed out and we went to the west along the Reykjanes peninsula. On our way back east we sailed further off shore

Unfortunately due to unfavourable weather conditions the whale watching tour today has been cancelled. Please call +354 519 5000, send an email to elding@elding.is or stop by our office for more information.

Tour at 1300

Report from Elding: Since the weather was rough today in Reykjavík we decided to go out from Grindavík instead. This decision turned out to be a good one. After only about 15 minutes of sailing we found a family of Orca (Killer Whales). There were two males, showing of their

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: The weather was mostly very good today, at the start of the tour the sun was even shining! The sea was quite calm and when we sailed with the wind it was very relaxing. We sailed from Reykjavík past Viðey and toward Akranes, after that we headed offshor

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out from Reykjavik in beautiful weather. Overcast but dry skies and of course the beautiful snow capped mountains. Unfortunately, the weather took a bit of a down turn when further out in the bay when the rain started but some of our passenger

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We had a very windy day today. We sailed out from Hafnarfjordur and went west along the Reykjanes peninsula. On our way out we sailed into the wind. What started out as rain soon turned into snow. It started snowing heavily and it was like christmas all

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: Today we sailed out from the harbour of Sandgerði. The sea conditions were good even though the wind was blowing a little bit. Almost as soon as we came out of the harbour we  spotted a few Harbour porpoises in front of us. When we stopped the boat they

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: The weather today was absolutely perfect, the Sun made its first appearance for a long time and the sea was almost glassy it was so still. To top it off there was barely any wind, it was actually quite warm! We sailed from Keflavík and moved along the R

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: The sailing today was very pleasant, the sea was almost glassy still and there wasn´t much movement in the waves. For most of the tour there wasn´t even any wind, it made for a very relaxing tour. We sailed from Reykjavík and headed along the Reykanes p

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We had a lovely sailing today. The fog from yesterday had lifted and the sea was very smooth. We went out from Reykjavík harbour and sailed past Whale-fjord and towards Akrafjall. Even though we did notice a few small flocks of feeding birds in the area

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: The sailing was very smooth today, there wasn´t much movement in the waves and there was a refreshing light shower of rain. We sailed from Reykjavík, past the islands of Akurey and Engey and out into the bay. The good weather allowed us to sa

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out from Hafnarfjörður today since the day started out rather windy here in Reykjavík. When we got out the weather had calmed and the ocean was very still. We got a glimpse at the landscape during the first part of the tour but it was later co

Tour at 13.00

Report from Hafsúlan; We sailed out from Hafnafjörður in very very nice weather. Slight swell but this didn´t seem to affect anyone today and the sun was out shining on the mountains and the birds. We sailed along way but only a flock of gannets was observed out at sea the r

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsluan: We sailed out from Grindavik with a relatively calm wind, overcast skies and it rained for most the tour but the sea conditions were good, except for the swell which was good but a bit too much for some of our passengers. We searched the areas we have b

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: Since we have been having so much luck in Grindavík lately we decided to sail out from there yet again. We started our tour by sailing to the same area where we found the humpback whales and orcas yesterday. When we got there we saw that there wasn't mu

tour at 13:00Report from Hafsúlan: We headed out from Grindavík again and the weather was just beautiful. There was some movement in the ocean but still no braking waves and the ocean looked like mirror. After only sailing for 30 minutes we found a pod of 5-7 Killer Whales and 3 Humpback Whales ,