Whale diary

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    Report from Hafsúlan: The weather was much the same on this tour and the wildlife more scattered. We headed offshore and it wasn´t long until we spotted a pod of 2-3 Harbour Porpoises, which were really interactive, surfaced close and many times around our boat. Really nice

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    Report from Hafsúlan; The wind had picked up a little on this tour which it usually does in the afternoons giving the seas a bit more of a ripple. We sailed towards the same area as this morning and was surprised to find the White- Beaked Dolphins had come a lot closer. 15-2

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    Report from Hafsulan: In the afternoon, the weather was still just perfect with calm sea and very good vision and we were very happ to get a good view on the volcano Snæfellsjökull about 120 kilometer apart from Reykjavik in the end of Snæfellsnes peninsula. This time, we he

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsulan: After a beautiful morning tour with many sightings, we were looking very forward to today's afternoon tour. Even though it started raining here and then, the sea was still calm and the wind not very strong. This time, it took us a bit longer until we sp

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    Report from Hafsúlan: The wind had picked up a little bit but is was still very nice to be out on the water. This time we tried our luck at Akurey (puffin colonie of about 19,000 breeding pairs). It looked to be bare of puffins but many other birds were present. We headed of

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    Report from Hafsulan: In the afternoon, the wind had strengthened a bit, but the weather was still good. Since we had seen many Minke Whales and porpoises in the morning, we decided to directly go back to the area where this morning´s feeding frenzy had taken place. However,

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    Tour at 13:00

    In the afternoon, the wind had strengthened slightly, but the sea was still relatively calm. We directly headed out towards the area where we had seen some Minke Whales and White-beaked Dolphins in the morning. On our way, we spotted several smaller groups of Harbour Porpois

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan : We sailed out from the harbour in Hafnarfjörður because the weather was supposed to be better there this afternoon. The sky was kind of grey and when we had been sailing for a few minutes the wind had gotten stronger and there were bigger waves than th

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    Report from Hafsúlan. We sailed out from Reykjavík and the weather had gotten better even though it was still cold. We had been sailing for just over an hour when we encountered a pod of 6-8 harbour porpoises. We watched them briefly before heading further out, hoping t

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: The wind had gotten a little bit stronger this afternoon but it wasn't as cold as this morning. We sailed for about one and a half hour in again, beautiful weather but with some wind, before we saw pods of...

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsulan: In the afternoon, the sun was still shining and the winds had calmed down a bit, allowing us to sail under relatively calm conditions. Since we had spotted a couple of Minke Whales in the morning, we decided to first sail to the area where we had seen t

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsulan: We sailed out from Keflavik this afternoon so that the sailing would more comfortable for our passengers, heading with the swell and wind ending the tour in Reykjavik. We saw many birds on the way but unfortunately no cetaceans (whales, dolphins and por

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    Report from Elding: In the afternoon, the weather was still very nice with blue sky, a gentle breeze and sunshine. So we sailed out of Reykjavik harbour on a calm sea and very good visibility. It took us only 20 minutes until we spotted a Minke Whale about 300 meters away fr

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    Tour at 13.00

    Report from Elding: As the wind got a bit stronger in the afternoon, we sailed again in the shelter of the land and decided to try our luck in Hvalfjörður (Whale Fjord), where Minke Whales and White-beaked Dolphins had been seen before. Unfortunately, we did not see any whal

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    Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out once again from Reykjavík Harbour with incredible cloud formations and better sea conditions too, even though it was still bumpy on the way out. We got to the area we saw the blows from the mornings tour and waited and waited. Eventually w

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    Report from Hafsúlan: In the afternoon, we sailed again from Reykjavik harbour. The sea had turned even calmer than in the morning and we were looking forward to the tour, since visual conditions were very good. Like in the morning, it did not take us very long until we met 

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    Report from Hafsúlan: In the afternoon, we started from Hafnafjörður, where we had ended our morning tour. We were very surprised and happy how fast the weather had changed from wind and snow to relatively calm sea and sunshine and we were very optimistic to have more luck t

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    Tour at 13:00 Report from Hafsúlan: Due to strong winds we decided to cancel today´s whale watching tour at 13:00. If you have any questions or need more information, please contact us via e-mail elding@elding.is, phone +354 555 3565 or come to our office (open: 09:00-17:00).

     

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