Whale diary

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    • ALL TOURS CANCELLED
    Due to unfavourable weather conditions in the bay, we have decided to CANCEL all whale watching tours scheduled today!

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    • ALL TOURS CANCELLED
    Due to unfavourable weather conditions, we have decided to CANCEL all whale watching tours for today!

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    We had a pod of about 10 white-beaked dolphins in the morning, which we also saw in the afternoon, along with a single minke whale which saw for a few surface sequence before returning back to shore!

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    After a bit of sailing we spotted about 7 white beaked dolphins in the morning, we then noticed a bigger blow a little further out but it wasn't seen again, so we offered complimentary tickets to all passengers. In the afternoon we presumably saw the same pod of white-beaked dolphins and then a minke whale shining in the sun!

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    • ALL TOURS ON SCHEDULE

    Despite a great encounter with white-beaked dolphins in the morning, we decided to offer all our passengers complimentary tickets. In the afternoon we came across a minke whale close to the shoreline, then a lone harbour porpoise and around 20 active white beaked dolphins!

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    • ALL TOURS ON SCHEDULE

    On today's tours we encountered up to 30 active white-beaked dolphins, a lone harbour porpoise which surfaced a lot around the back of our boat, about 3 minke whales that only surfaced a couple times and then a beautiful humpback whale!

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    Today we had a bit of a swell, but the sun was shining and lifting our spirits! We spotted a couple of minke whales, a pod of about 8 jumping white-beaked dolphins and additionally in the afternoon we also saw a few different pods of harbour porpoises

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    • ALL TOURS CANCELLED

    Due to unfavourable weather conditions in the bay, all whale watching tours have been CANCELLED today!

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    • ALL TOURS ON SCHEDULE

    This morning we had an encounter with about 5 white-beaked dolphins and 2 minke whales in the same area. In the afternoon we also spotted a minke whale and some white-beaked dolphins, however due to the sightings being very quick, we decided to give out complimentary tickets!

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    This morning we saw 4 minke whales (1 breached straight in front of us), a pod of harbour porpoises and about 15 white beaked dolphins. In the afternoon we saw the same species as the morning tour, but due to the elusiveness of the majority of our sightings we gave our passengers complimentary tickets!

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    • ALL TOURS ON SCHEDULE

    Today we saw a total of about 12-15 white beaked dolphins, a couple of minkes surfacing regularly whilst they fed as well as a few harbour porpoises in the same area.

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    Today we had about 4 minke whales some of them coming quite close to the boat, a small pod of 6-7 white-beaked dolphins and at least 5 harbour porpoises!

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    Today we found a pod of 4 harbour porpoises, a pod of 7 white-beaked dolphins and at least a total of 3 minke whales in all, that we managed to see scattered around us, some even coming up to the boat and swimming close by.

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    Due to the strong winds we headed towards mt. Esja for protection. On our way, we spotted 2 harbour porpoises and soon after we saw a minke whale. In the afternoon we did manage to spot a blow or two but didn't manage to see the individual producing it. We therefore decided to give out complimentary tickets to our passengers!

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    Beautiful weather in the bay today, despite the cold air and signs of an early winter. We encountered a pod of 6 white beaked dolphins and about 5 minke whales, roaming around and feeding. In the afternoon, in addition to that, we also saw a couple of harbour porpoises, but due to the difficult sightings we offered our guests complimentary tickets.

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    Our day started out with snow dusted mountains, a cool wind coming from the North and the swell was moderate (picked up in the afternoon). In all we found a pod of 9 white-beaked dolphins, 3 minke whales and 3 harbour porpoises on our adventures today. 

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    • ALL TOURS ON SCHEDULE

    Today we saw roughly 20 white-beaked dolphins, 8 minke whales and 2 small pods of harbour porpoises in Faxaflói bay!

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    In all we had about 5 minke whales in the bay today, around 15 white-beaked dolphins feeding and jumping joyfully out of the water and in the afternoon, in addition to that, we saw some harbour porpoises!

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    It was a bit windy today, but a least the sun was shining and warming our spirits! All in all, we encountered 2 minke whales, a group of white beaked dolphins and 3 harbour porpoises on today's tours.

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    We were unable to find any cetaceans in the bay this morning and therefore our passengers were offered complimentary tickets. In the afternoon we found a couple of minke whales (one quite close to Viðey island) and a few harbour porpoises.