Whale diary
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Tour at 13:00
Report from Hafsúlan: Finally the strong winds subsided giving us the opportuntity to venture out to see if the whales were still around. We left the harbour in Grindavík with very high hopes as the days before the storm were very successful. We sailed around for a while and
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Due to very strong winds we have decided to cancel today´s tour. Sorry for any inconvenience caused and please contact us if you require any further information via email or calling us on +354 5553565.
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Tour at 13:00 Report from Hafsúlan: Since we saw two Humpbacks and big pod of White Beaked Dolphins we were very excited to head out again this afternoon. We only made it few hundred meters out of the harbour when we started to see the blows from the two Humpback Whales that we saw on the mornin
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Tour at 13:00
Report from Hafsúlan: What a day, Humpbacks and Dolphins! We decided to go from Grindavík today due to the brewing storm that has already taken over Faxaflói Bay. The other side of the peninsula provided nice shelter from the northerly winds and so we took our passengers
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Tour at 13:00
Report from Hafsúlan: The sky was blue and winds were calm as we sailed out of the harbour this afternoon. It was a very clear day so you could really enjoy the amazing scenery around the Faxaflói bay on the way out. After about 40 minutes we found tiny minke whale which at
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Tour at 13:00 Report from Elding: When we sailed out this afternoon it was snowing a little and the wind had picked up a little bit. Non the less the weather was fine for this time of the year here in Iceland and the sea conditions stayed fine trough out the tour. We had high hopes on this tour
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Tour at 13:00
Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out on a cloudy but still day. There was alot of wildlife in the bay today and we actually had one thing after the other for about an hour and a half. We first had Harbour Porpoises everywhere maybe 20+ scattered individuals then it was a
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Tour at 13:00
Report from Hafsúlan: The wind had picked up a little since yesterday and it was also some what cloudier but the visibility was still great and it didn´t rain which was also a bonus. It was a very eventful tour today as we saw at least 4 Minke Whales, Two in the same are
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Tour at 13:00
Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out in beautiful weather and relatively calm seas. We saw three species of cetacean on this tour and many seabirds. We first got to see a Minke Whale which surfaced many times and close to the boat on a couple of those times but then went for
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Tour at 13:00
Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out in the cold but beautiful weather this afternoon. There was so much birdlife in the bay today, in many places we saw diving Northern Gannets, Kittiwakes and other gulls feeding in the surface. We did not have to search for long before we s