Whale diary

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    Tour at 19:00

    Report from Elding: We still had some wind with us this tour but sailing out was good and warm as we had the wind in our backs. We saw the outline of Snæfellsjökull and some nice orang sky on the other side of Snæfelsn

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    Tour status: RUNNING

    Tour at 19:00

    Report from Elding: Despite some clouds we were welcomed by a semi-orange sky in our evening tour. It was windy but the beautiful views of Esjan and Akrafjall kept our ey

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    Tour status: RUNNING

    Tour at 19:00

    Report from Elding: The last tour of the day was definitely the smoother! The swell was much gentler, and we still had the lovely sun with us. This made for a relaxe

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    Tour status: RUNNING

    Tour at 19:00

    Report from Elding: Once again we left for tour under the sunshine. It was quite windy however and the wind continued to pick up on our way out.

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    Tours at 17:00 and 19:00 : CANCELLED

    Tour status at 9:00, 10:00. 13:00 and 14:00 : CANCELLED 

    Due to strong winds we are sorry to have to cancel our tours today. For more info please contact our ticket office at elding@elding.is

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    Tour status: CANCELLED

    Unfortunately our 17:00 and 19:00 tours have been cancelled due to unfavourable weather conditions. If you have any questions regarding our tours please don't hesitate to contact our ticket office for further information, either via phone +354 519

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    Tour status: RUNNING

    Tour at 19:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: Clear skies and a perfect sunset were the background of the last tour of the day. During this journey it was possible to fallow and observe a minke whale

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    Tour status: RUNNING

    Tour at 19:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: The continuation of good weather was still keeping everybody in high spirits. It took us about an hour to get to the place where we saw a lovely group of maybe 8-

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    Tour status: RUNNING

    Tour at 19:00

    Report from Elding: Smooth sailing with some fine rain for this tour, we sailed out to the usual area and came across a small pod of 4 white-beaked dolphins. They seemed to be milling ar

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    Tour status: RUNNING

    We will be sailing out from Reykjavík's Old Harbour today for our tours. Sea conditions are favorable but we might get a few rain drops here and there throughout the day. Please don't hesitate to contact our ticket office directly for any quest

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    Tour status: RUNNING 

    Tour at 19:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: We were heading towards the sunshine for our evening tour, which made the spotting a little more difficult, but set a nice background for the tour. Our first sighting was a po

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    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Elding: This has to be one of my favourite tours this summer. It started out like a very challenging tour. The sea was almost mirror flat, but there was also almost no life in sight. I started to lose hope when our captain i

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    Tour status: RUNNING

    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Elding: We were off to a difficult start on this tour, but our luck quickly changed an hour into sailing, when we had our first encounter with a pod of 5-7 white-beaked dolphins! Even though it wa

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    Tour status 20:30 : CANCELLED

    Due to the wind getting worse, and the sea conditions getting rough, we have to cancel the 20:30 tour today. For more information contact our ticket office at elding@elding.is or by phone +354 519 5000

    Tour at 13:00 a

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    Tour status: RUNNING 

    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Elding: A beautiful, calm, quiet evening on the bay. There was not much to see in terms of wildlife tonight, even the birds were rare, the occasional fulmar flying past or a puffin divi

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    Tour at 20:30 

    Report from Elding: Sun was shining, sea was calm and finally the temperature was warming up. We were looking forward to heading out into the big blue to search for some whales. After 30 minutes of sailing we came across our first, a minke wh

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    Tours Running: 09:00, 10:00, 13:00, 14:00, 17:00 and 20:30

    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Elding: The weather smoothed up after the previous trips. Our first sighting was an elusive minke whale that we were able to fallow for a w

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    Tour status: RUNNING

    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Elding: We sailed out on overcast sky, the sunlight shining a little through the clouds into a calm bay. We kept looking for cetaceans over one and a half hours as suddenly a few

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    Tour status: RUNNING

    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Hafsúlan: When heading out for our midnight tour we had perfect sea conditions and we got to see some sunshine as well, creating a very nice background for our first sightings. The first one

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    Tour at 20:30

    Report from Eldey: It was just incredible evening! First of all we got to see sun and amazing sunset with Snæfellsjökull mountain in the front. With warm orange light all landscape looks like in fire. It was bit windy but that didn´t stop