Whale diary
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Tour at 13.00
We sailed out to Faxaflói bay in a calm and nice weather. It took as some time until we spotted a black back in the surface and it was a minke whale! He surfaced many times for us around the boat and few times so near that we clearly heard the heavy breath. After a while we
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Tour at 13:00
Unfortunatly tour today at 13.00 has been cancelled due to a stormy weather out in Faxaflói bay. As the weather forecast looks now we will be going on a whale watching tour tomorrow at 13.00.
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Tour at 13:00
Once again we sailed out into Faxaflói Bay in beautiful weather. Need to enjoy it whilst we can as strong winds look like they're coming for tomorrow. We were doubly lucky to not only see one Minke Whale but two on this tour. After a long time of seeing only Dolphins, amazin
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Tour at 13:00
A day like no other. Flat calm sea and the light was incredible with beautifully lit mountains and skies. Unfortunately no large whales but we did see a lot of White-beaked Dolphins and they were enjoying the waves from the boat and bow riding. Great day
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Tour at 13:00
We sailed out on a beautiful day today. We went along the coast towards Keflavik in search of a Humpback Whale which was satellite tagged and tracked to Faxaflói Bay however the whale was unfortunate too far around the other side of the Reykjanes Peninsula for us to follow.
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Tour at 13:00
We left the harbour today in really nice weather. Not much wind and blue skies but it soon changed and rain and grey clouds started to close in. We found a great pod of White-beaked Dolphins on this tour which were playing in the waves and coming within meters of our boat an
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Tour at 13:00
Faxaflói Bay has not been very productive lately but it's always worth checking it out as you never know when it could change. Unfortunately not today. Complimentary tickets to all.
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Tour at 13.00
We didn't find the whales this afternoon when we finally sailed out after three stormy days. It was quite rough out there and we searched in a large area but no sign of them. Only one time, one white-beaked dolphin surfaced and we didn't find it again. We saw only a few bird
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Tour at 13:00
Has been cancelled due to a storm out in Faxaflói bay.
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Tour at 13:00
Cancelled due to unfavourable weather conditions
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Tour at 13:00
Unfortunately tour has been cancelled today due to a stormy weather out in Faxaflói bay.
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Tour at 13:00
We headed out from Reykjavík this afternoon in very nice weather. After searching for some time we spotted a group of white-beaked dolphins. But they were very busy searching for food and disappeared very quickly. Further out we found another group of white-beaked dolphins a
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Tour at 13:00
The weather was very nice in the beginning of the tour, calm sea and cloudy but later it started to rain a lot. After sailing for a long time we spotted some white-beaked dolphins. They were very nice to us, surfacing many times, very close and swimming under the boat again
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Tour at 13:00
It was quite windy and cold when we headed out from Grindavík this afternoon. After sailing for a long time, searching in a large area we finally spotted a pod of Harbour porpoises. They were fast swimming but very nice to us so we could follow them for some time and a few t
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Tour at 13:00
We headed out from Grindavík this afternoon in beautiful weather, the sun was shining but it was quite windy and cold. We were searching in a large area for a long time but no sign of the whales so we offered our passengers some complimentary tickets. Let's hope the whales w
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Tour at 13:00
We headed out from Grindavík this afternoon in very rough sea conditions. It took us a long time to find the whales this time, then finally we spotted some feeding birds and very close to them a small group of busy feeding, white-beaked dolphins. They surfaced very close a f
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Tour at 13:00
Rough seas and cloudy skies with the occasional rain shower was the main attractions of this tour. Unfortunately no wildlife except for the many Eider Ducks and Shags resting along the harbour wall and the few gulls and Gannets that was soaring on the strong air currents. At
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Tour at 13:00
The weather today was worse than we predicted so we had to cancel our 13:00 tour today due to swell and no whales on our morning tour. Hoping for better conditions and better weather tomorrow. Please follow our diary for updates. Tour at 09:00 We sailed out from Grindavík th
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Tour at 13:00
We headed out from Reykjavík this afternoon in wonderful weather, slow wind and the sun was peaking out from the sky. After searching for some time we spotted some blows far away. We found one ore two minke whales, the first one only surfaced three times before disappearing
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WHAT A TOUR! We were only 4 minutes from the harbour of Grindavík when we spotted some huge black fins coming up to the surface 200 meters away. And it was a BIG group of ORCAS. Lots of feeding birds, diving gannets in the same area so it must been big school of fish there.