Whale diary

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    Tour at 13:00

    The weather was the same as this morning but the wind eased down during the tour.  We decided to sail further out hoping to find the great mammals of the ocean. All we saw were only two small Harbour Porpoises surfacing twice and spotted some Puffins. It was like somebody ha

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    Tour at 13:00

    BEST TOUR OF THE SEASON SO FAR!! The wind had calmed down and wasn’t so painful on the face. We headed out offshore but didn’t have to travel very far before we were surrounded by White-Beaked Dolphins (50 to 100 individuals). They were just everywhere; leaping, breaching, b

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    Tour at 13:00

    CANCELLED due to storm on the bay!

     

    Tour at 09:00

    CANCELLED due to storm on the bay!

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    Tour at 13:00

    Unfortunately the whale watching tour has been cancelled today due to bad weather at sea.

     

    Tour at 09:00

    CANCELLED due to bad sea conditions!

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    Tour at 13:00

    Even though the 1 o´clock tour wasn´t successful with the whales it was certainly successful with the seabirds. Just 10 minutes after leaving the harbour we found a flock of feeding Gannets, Fulmars and Kittiwakes. We sailed towards the Hólmsberg cliffs for both tours and go

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    Tour at 13:00

    Again we headed out from Reykjavík and the weather was just about the same as this morning. After searching for along time we spotted something black sitting on the surface. When we got closer we saw it was Great Northern Diver. Quite a spectacular bird and not often seen so

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    Tour at 13:00

    Both tours of the day were onboard Elding (Icelandic meaning lightning) this vessel allowed viewing on three platforms so that all can see and what a great deal to see for this tour. Again sailed offshore and spotted a small pod of Harbour Porpoises but again they were very

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    Tour at. 13:00

    This tour we sailed out from Reykjavík. After sailing for a while we spotted a flock of feeding birds. Close to the birds we then spotted a Minke Whale. This Minke whale was not in a good whale watching mood today since it seemed to only surface once and then it went for a

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    Tour at 13:00

    Cancelled due to bad weather out at sea.

     

    Tour at 09:00

    We sailed out from Hafnarfjörður harbour today. It was quite windy but by going from Hafnarfjörður we got some shelter from land. Close to Keflavík the captain spotted a blow twice but the whale nev

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    Tour at 13:00:

    Cancelled due to bad weather conditions out at sea.

     

    Tour at 09:00:

    We sailed out from Reykjavík today, the weather was pretty ok on they way out but it picked up a lot of wind on the way back also with the wind coming straight at us. We headed towards

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    Tour at 13:00

    It took a little while longer to see the first Minke Whale of this tour but they were spotted none the less. Again, there were quite a few blows seen but once we got closer to where the blow was spotted the Minkes´ seemed to disappear and this happened on a couple of occasio

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    Tour at 13:00

    The snow was gone but the sun was still shining when we headed out again, the second time today searching for Whales. The captain spotted a small pod of Harbour Porpoises which disappeared after spotting them only one time. So we sailed further out. And this tour was very mu

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    Tour at 13:00

    The whale watching tour has been cancelled today due to bad weather at sea.

     

    Tour at 9:00

    The whale watching tour has been cancelled today due to bad weather at sea.

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    Tour at 13:00

    Unfortunately the whale watching tour has been cancelled today due to bad weather at sea.

     

    Tour at 09:00

    We sailed out from Reykjavík Harbour. We started out by sailing towards the area where there had been sightings yesterday. Unfortunately we didn't sp

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    Tour at 13:00

    Today both boats (Hafsúlan and Elding) were out exploring Faxaflói Bay in search of whales. It took only 15 minutes to find something, a large Minke Whale. It was obvious that it was not the same one as this morning. This one had a notch in his dorsal-fin. It seemed to be ve

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    Tour at 13:00

    Two of our vessels, Hafsúlan and Elding, went out in Faxaflói Bay this afternoon widening the area we were searching for whales. We spotted a small flock of birds and saw a lot of fish on the fish finder however; we were unsuccessful in seeing any whales. The weather was gor

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    Tour at 13:00

    Again we headed out from Grindavík due to the bad weather in Faxaflói Bay. This time trying a different area further out because of the lack of cetaceans on the first tour. The wind was speeding up and the snow was getting heavier so we sailed towards land again. No whales y

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    Tour 13:00

    For this tour we sailed out of Grindavík because of the increasing winds in Faxaflói Bay. Even though the sun was shining the winds made it extremely cold. We heading out offshore for about an hour and a half and had an amazing encounter with a small pod of ORCA (this is not Ap

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    Tour at 13:00

    Today we sailed out from Grindavík due to strong wind in Faxaflói bay. The weather was great, a bit windy and cold but the sun was shining and it wasn't too rough. We started out by sailing fairly close to land and sailed towards Krísuvíkurbjarg, a lot birds were there today

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    Tour at 13:00

    Today the weather today was quite windy but very sunny. Saw loads of birds and today was especially special because we saw the first of the Puffins of the summer. Unfortunately we had no luck with the whales today but there were fishing boats in the area that were catching a