Whale diary
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Tour at 19:00
Report from Elding: The wind had picked up a lot since the last tour and the sea was rougher. We began by sailing north towards Akranes. Soon after we turned west we spotted 3-4 white beaked dolp
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Tour at 19:00
Report from Elding: What a wonderful evening. not many cetaceans but a great tour nonetheless. We traveled for over an hour to a location the capt
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Preview textTour status 19:00: CANCELLED
Due to strong winds we have unfortunately cancelled our 19:00 tour this evening. For more info please contact our ticket office at elding@elding.is or by phone +354 519 5000
Tour at 17:00
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Tour at 19:00
Report from Elding: These evening tours are really a treat by themselves. The lighting is phenomenal and the fact that we managed to see a pod of
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Report from Elding: Easterly wind drove us far from Reykjavik without even feeling it, sailing was calm and relaxed. After a bit a first m
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Report from Elding: We still had some wind with us this tour but sailing out was good and warm as we had the wind in our backs. We saw the outline of Snæfellsjökull and some nice orang sky on the other side of Snæfelsn
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Report from Elding: Despite some clouds we were welcomed by a semi-orange sky in our evening tour. It was windy but the beautiful views of Esjan and Akrafjall kept our ey
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Report from Elding: The last tour of the day was definitely the smoother! The swell was much gentler, and we still had the lovely sun with us. This made for a relaxe
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Tour at 19:00
Report from Elding: Once again we left for tour under the sunshine. It was quite windy however and the wind continued to pick up on our way out.
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Tours at 17:00 and 19:00 : CANCELLED
Tour status at 9:00, 10:00. 13:00 and 14:00 : CANCELLED
Due to strong winds we are sorry to have to cancel our tours today. For more info please contact our ticket office at elding@elding.is
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Unfortunately our 17:00 and 19:00 tours have been cancelled due to unfavourable weather conditions. If you have any questions regarding our tours please don't hesitate to contact our ticket office for further information, either via phone +354 519
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Tour at 19:00
Report from Hafsúlan: Clear skies and a perfect sunset were the background of the last tour of the day. During this journey it was possible to fallow and observe a minke whale
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Report from Hafsúlan: The continuation of good weather was still keeping everybody in high spirits. It took us about an hour to get to the place where we saw a lovely group of maybe 8-
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Report from Elding: Smooth sailing with some fine rain for this tour, we sailed out to the usual area and came across a small pod of 4 white-beaked dolphins. They seemed to be milling ar
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We will be sailing out from Reykjavík's Old Harbour today for our tours. Sea conditions are favorable but we might get a few rain drops here and there throughout the day. Please don't hesitate to contact our ticket office directly for any quest
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Tour at 19:00
Report from Hafsúlan: We were heading towards the sunshine for our evening tour, which made the spotting a little more difficult, but set a nice background for the tour. Our first sighting was a po
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Report from Elding: This has to be one of my favourite tours this summer. It started out like a very challenging tour. The sea was almost mirror flat, but there was also almost no life in sight. I started to lose hope when our captain i
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Report from Elding: We were off to a difficult start on this tour, but our luck quickly changed an hour into sailing, when we had our first encounter with a pod of 5-7 white-beaked dolphins! Even though it wa
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Preview textTour status 20:30 : CANCELLED
Due to the wind getting worse, and the sea conditions getting rough, we have to cancel the 20:30 tour today. For more information contact our ticket office at elding@elding.is or by phone +354 519 5000
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Tour at 20:30
Report from Elding: A beautiful, calm, quiet evening on the bay. There was not much to see in terms of wildlife tonight, even the birds were rare, the occasional fulmar flying past or a puffin divi