Whale diary

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    Tour at 20.30

    We were very lucky with the weather once again where we headed out to Faxaflói bay. Our first minke whale popped up just few minutes after we left the harbour! What a great start of the tour. Then very soon we found more minke whales and lot of harbour porpoises together! Ve

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    Tour at 20:30

    Beautiful scenery, mind-blowingly amazing mid-night sun. Two rainbows, great photo opportunities and for you love birds out there you missed a very romantic tour. However, again no whales. Saw blows and a dorsal fin from a dolphin but nothing more once stopped. Puffins were

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    Tour at 20:30

    Beautiful weather this evening. The sun heading behind Snæfelsjökull the glacier while rainbows over Reykajvík. The trip we started in Akurey where we watched the Puffins fly around the island and some of them sitting at the surface. Out on the bay we spotted 1-2 Minke Whale

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    Tour at 20:30

    We sailed straight out to Faxaflói bay in a beautiful and calm weather. Soon we spotted a nice group of harbour porpoises, surfacing very close to the boat before they disappeared. After a while we spotted our first blow from a minke whale, we didn't see him though so we hea

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    Tour at 20.30

    We headed out in a beautiful weather to Akurey. There were lot of puffins at home this nice evening. Then we started to search for the whales out on Faxaflói bay. We found our first minke whale in a short time. The whale was teasing us a little bit, coming up all around the

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    Tour at 20.30

    We headed to Akurey again and saw some puffins on and around the island this very nice afternoon. Then our whale watching tour began. We spotted a blow in a distance, but we could not see the whale, so we headed further out to look for something else. Again we spotted a blow

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    Tour at 20:30

    We started this evening's tour with a visit by Akurey the puffin colonies. Many of the Puffins were sitting at the surface around the island while others were flying above the island. The weather was great, so peaceful and quiet and the sunset was amazing. Out on the bay we

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    Tour at 20:30

    We headed straight out to Akurey to visit the puffins. We saw some puffins around the island sitting on the surface. Then we headed out to search for the whales. We spotted many many blows from the whales and even a big blow, bigger than a minke whale blow, but we did not fi

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    Tour at 20:30

    Again we visited Akurey before going out whale watching. There were some puffins on and around the island so we could take a good look at the birds. After a nice time with the puffins, the search for the whales began. We had to search a big area to find the whales, but in th

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    Tour at 17:00

    Again another great tour. Saw at least 4-5 Minke Whales, surfacing really close to the boat (10-20 meters). You could even see one of the Minkes travelling just beneath the surface of the water, it looked like it was rolling. Then it surfaced 2-3 times really slowly showing

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    Tour at 20:30

    Due to strong winds on the bay we have cancelled the first Midnight Whale Whale watching tour of the season. The forecast looks much better for tomorrow so we hope that the first actual Midnight Whale Watching tour of the season will be super nice tomorrow night! Tour at 17:

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    Tour at 17:00

    On this tour we almost could buy ice cream at the Keflavik airport because we had to go MUCH further out than we usually do because the bay was quite empty tonight, but it was worth it and after a long time sailing we spotted finally two Minke Whales at the same time and the

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    Tour at 17:00

    The weather was also great on our last tour. We could enjoy a calm sea and really beautiful sunlight. First of all we went to Akurey the puffin island and saw some puffins sitting on the surface and flying around the island. There where also some eider ducks on the island. T

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    Tour at 17:00

    Again we sailed very far out to were the Minke Whales were on the previous tour but unfortunately the flocks weren't there anymore but we did see at least 2-3 Minkes without the birds. They were however very difficult to follow. Only surfacing twice before disappearing and t

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    Tour at 17:00

    A very good tour. We set out on really calm seas and saw the Puffins at Akurey, Puffin Island. Then we headed straight to where we saw the Minke Whales on the 13:00 tour. We stuck it rich once again. First we found a couple of White-beaked Dolphins that were travelling at a

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    Tour at 17:00

    The sea conditions were great for this tour. couldn't believe how much calmer the sea was from the earlier tours. Once again there was not many puffins on the Island but we saw a lot offshore. It wasn't long before we saw a large flock of feeding seabirds which is a really g

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    Tour at 17:00

    We headed out again from Grindavík harbour in sunny and windy weather. The wind had picked up a little bit but that did not stop us searching for the whales. We sailed out about 30 min without seeing anything, but then suddenly we spotted a blow! And again we found a very ni

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    Tour at 17:00

    Tour has been cancelled due to a strong wind out in Faxaflói bay

     

    Tour at 13:00

    Again we saw lots of puffins around Akurey. The wind was picking up when we headed out to Faxaflói bay. And like this morning the whales were very difficult to find. We fou

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    Tour at 17:00

    Wind had definitely picked up on this tour. It was also a long time before we came across a Minke Whale. It surfaced a couple of times but far away. The next Minke Whale surfaced many times but always in the wrong direction so the swell would always cover the whale. Later we

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    Tour at 17:00

    Unfortunately the 1700 was not that good. The weather had calmed down a lot but the wildlife was very difficult. We did come across a small pod of White-beaked Dolphins which surfaced a couple of times but in completely different places. This made it very difficult to point