Whale diary

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    Tour at 13:00

    The weather was very nice, calm sea and the sun was peaking out from the clouds. The puffin island was nice but the whales were hiding from us, except three harbour porpoises which showed up two times before disappearing. We sailed quite far out, searching for whales and eve

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    Tour at 13:00

    Again the sun was out but the cold Icelandic wind cancelled out the warmth from the sun. We started the tour at Akurey (Puffin Island) and saw many on and around the island with a couple flying very close to the boat. We then headed further North to an area where we have bee

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    Tour at 13:00

    The weather was getting better when we set out this afternoon. The puffins were all around the island. We spotted one small pod of harbour porpoises but they disappeared soon. We were searching for a long time, crossing a big whale watching area, looking for whales, but desp

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    Tour at 13:00

    Again we sailed out in great weather. Calm sea and we couldn't ask for better visibility seeing all the Reykjanes peninsula and the whole circle around to the edge of Snæfelsnes peninsula. We started the tour with a stop by Akurey to see the Puffins before heading out. On th

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    Tour at 13:00

    The weather was still very nice when we sailed out to Faxaflói bay this afternoon. We had to sail very far out to find the whales. First we spotted a pod of Harbour porpoises, a very nice one. Further out we finally found the minke whales. First one surfaced only 4 times bef

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    Tour at 13:00

    Again we sailed out in a beautiful weather. We headed out to Lundey to look at some puffins but there were no puffins to see, only few flying around the island, they were all out at the bay. Than we headed out to Faxaflói bay, after a while we spotted a great group of harbou

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    Tour at 13:00

    Soon after we left the harbour we spotted something far away. When we came closer we saw it was a pad of white-beaked dolphins. They were very nice but the second pod we found was even better. This group was fantastic, surfacing all around us and we could see them quite well

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    Tour at 13:00

    The weather continued being very nice. Calm sea but it started to rain. We found two groups of white-beaked dolphins, one very small and one much bigger. The second group came quite close to the boat. We also spotted lots of harbour porpoises and they were very nice to us to

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    Tour at 13:00

    The weather was very nice, calm sea and the sun was shining. The puffins were still on the island and around it. But the whales were not around this afternoon. We spotted two minke whales but they only surfaced one time and we could not find them again and none of our passen

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    Tour at 13:00

    The weather was absolutely beautiful when we sailed out again this afternoon, calm sea and the sun was peaking out from the clouds. And the luck was with us again today, we spotted at least 5 to 7 minke whales, some came very close to our boat many times, other surfaced furt

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    Tour at 13:00

    The conditions on the bay were excellent and it had even stopped raining. We started the tour with a short stop by Akurey to take a look at the puffins. We saw a lot of puffins around on the water so that was really nice. Once further out we started noticing some harbour por

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    Tour at 13:00

    The wind had increased a bit from the morning tour and it was raining/snowing more. Just as on the morning tour we spotted harbour porpoises quite close to land and they were again very nice and surfacing quite close to the boat. We continued on and started spotting minke wh

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    Tour at 13:00

    The whale watching tour at 13:00 has been cancelled due to storm and unfavourable conditions on the bay.

     

    Tour at 09:00

    The whale watching tour at 9:00 has been cancelled due to storm and unfavourable conditions on the bay.

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    Tour at 13:00

    The whale watching tour at 13:00 has been cancelled due to storm and unfavourable conditions on the bay.

     

    Tour at 09:00

    The whale watching tour at 9:00 has been cancelled due to storm and unfavourable conditions on the bay.

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: The weather was getting pretty good when we headed out again this afternoon. The sun was even peaking out from the clouds. We first spotted a group of harbour porpoises. They were very nice swimming and surfacing all around the boat. Further out we foun

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    Tour at 13:00

    The wind was picking up a lot and we told all our passengers that this tour would bee quite rough. And it was bumpy but it was also very successful. When we came to the area where we spotted the whales and the birds this morning, the birds were still there and also some mink

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    Tour at 13:00

    The sun was shining but the wind had speeded up a bit when we sailed out this afternoon. When we came to the area were we found the whales earlier this morning we saw there were lots of birds feeding. Fulmars, kittiwakes, gulls, guillemots and diving gannets and also many mi

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    Tour at 13:00

    The wind had speed up at bit when we sailed out again this afternoon. It took us a while to find something but finally we spotted some white beaked dolphins. We followed them for a while, and some came quite close to the boat. The weather conditions were getting worse and sn

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    Tour at 13:00

    We sailed out again this afternoon and the weather was getting better and better even the sun was peaking out from the clouds. It took us a long time finding the wales again. Suddenly there were harbour porpoises everywhere, all around the boat. Very nice. Further out, we fo

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    Tour at 13:00

    What a fantastic tour! The wind was still very strong but the humpback whale we spotted was so considerate that it stayed close to land and therefore we had really good shelter from Reykjanes peninsula. We were barely out of the harbour when our captain and few passengers sp