Whale diary

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    Tour at 19:00

    Report from Elding: The last tour of the day gave us a nice evening light through the clouds in Faxafói. We were sailing out when we spotted a minke whale from the distance. We tried to get a closer look at the animal, we could see it for

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    Tour at 19:00

    Report from Elding: This year we are trying something new in August with tours running at 7pm, as a replacement for the 8.30pm midnight tour. So we that worked this evening had the honor of sailing out on the first 7pm tour with Elding! It couldn't have be

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    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Eldey: The evening tour was probably the windiest tour of the day but the sea conditions were still nice and comfortable. After about an hour, we saw a big blow in front of us in a great distance. We approached the animal and found an elusive

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: The sea conditions had been pretty rough all day but it was warm and sunny when we left the harbour. We had only been sailing for about five minutes when we heard from another whale watching boat that they had seen a humpback whale&

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    Tour at 20:30 

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Elding: The sea conditions had been pretty rough throughout the day but the sea was calmer when we headed out. It was quite warm as well which was nice. We decided to head strai

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    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Eldey: What a tour! just 20 minutes out of the harbour we saw two blows, the exhaled breath from a pair of humpback whales. Suddenly they started to breach, not just one of them but two breaching together. It is a special thing

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    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Elding: We headed out into the midnight sun with some gusts of winds and swell. I think this definitely added to the excitement on-board as we rolled over the waves in search of marine mammals. After about 40 minutes an eagle-eyed customer was

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    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Eldey: The sun continued to be shining for us this evening, so we sailed out into the quite choppy sea under a blue sky. Even though the wind made it a little bit chilly, most of our passengers stayed outside and made good use of our overalls.

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    Status: RUNNING

    We are sailing out from the old harbor in Reykjavík today. The sea is very calm and there is little to no wind.

    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Elding. What a tour! The rain had stopped and there was no wind when we left th

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    Status: Running

    We are sailing out from the old harbor in Reykjavík on a quiet day. The wind is quite calm today and the conditions at sea are great. We hope you are able to join us to see these amazing giants in they're natural habitat .

    Tour at 20:30

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    Status: Running

    We are sailing out from the old harbor in Reykjavik today! The wind is quite calm today and the conditions at sea are great. We hope you are able to join us to see these amazing giants in they're natural habitat .

    Tour at 20:30

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    Status: Running

    We are sailing out from the old harbor in Reykjavík on a quiet day. The wind is quite calm today and the conditions at sea are great. We hope you are able to join us to see these amazing giants in they're natural habitat .

    Tour at 20:30

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    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Elding: Chill and beautiful evening in the Bay of Reykjavik. We were going for the last trip of the day and it was full of life. The sky was about to clear up a bit in the horizon and the light was turning yellow for the sunset

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    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Eldey: Whales in the midnight sun - I`m pretty sure that this tour fulfilled everyone´s expectations. It was a beautiful evening with the sun slowly sinking towards the horizon when after about 50 min we came across a humpback whale

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    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Elding: It was a bit of a damp start as there was light rain when we left the harbour and throughout most of the tour. The sea was calm and the conditions were good for spotting cetaceans. We made our way out to the area where a humpback had be

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    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Eldey: One of our favourite tours of the day mainly because of our awesome onboard musician/s and the breath-taking sunset. Tonight was another night like this but on top of the scenery, sunset and incredible and funny musician 'Bjarni' we also

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    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Elding: We sailed out from the old harbour, in what seemed to be one of te most beautiful nights we have seen so far in this summer in the Faxa bay. The marvelous midnight sun was warming the almost crystal clear waters. Just about 30 minutes a

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    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Elding: The last tour of the day gave us a nice sunset on the horizon. Sailing the Bay was easy, with just a bit of wind and calm sea. Visibility was very good and the colors in Reykjavik city from the light of the sun made the landscape v

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    Status: RUNNING

    We are sailing out from the Old Harbour in Reykjavik today. The wind is coming from the East, around 8-13m/s, and there will be movement on the boat.

    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Eldey: The sea conditions were ideal

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    Tour at 14:00

    Report from Elding: The wind had picked up quite a bit compared to the morning when we sailed out this afternoon and we could really experience the diversity of the Icelandic weather. At the beginning it was sunny and then soon it started raining a bit, bu