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Tuesday, 31 December 2013
Tour at 13:00
Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: Well it was the last whale watching tour of 2013. We sailed out from Reykjavik with two boats which held the many passengers whom decided to join us on the calm weather day. Calmest wind we have perhaps had throughout December. It was anothe...
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Monday, 30 December 2013
Tour at 13:00
Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out from Hafnafjörður (town of the elves) into better sea conditions, making the tour as smooth and comfortable as possible. We sailed close to the coast along the Reykjanes Peninsula. The first cetaceans we saw were White-beaked Dolphins, ...
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Sunday, 29 December 2013
Tour at 13:00
Report from Elding and Hafsúlan: Today we sailed out on two boats from Hafnarfjörður harbour. We headed out of the harbour and sailed west with the wind. Our sail out was rather windy but not to choppy. Not long after we left the harbour Elding spotted a pod of Harbour Po...
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Saturday, 28 December 2013
Tour at 13:00
Report from Hafsúlan and Elding: We had a large amount of tourists joining us on todays tour, so much so that we had to take two of our boats out. We sailed from Grindavík today as it was forecasted and observed that the sea conditions would be better from there, getting s...
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Friday, 27 December 2013
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Thursday, 26 December 2013
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Wednesday, 25 December 2013
Christmas Day, Closed all Day
Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a prosperpus New Year.
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Tuesday, 24 December 2013
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Monday, 23 December 2013
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Sunday, 22 December 2013
Tour at 13:00
Report from Hafsúlan: Today the weather was very good with the sun peeking at us from under the clouds and calm seas. Before we left the harbour there was a massive feeding frenzy of birds, mainly Glaucous Gulls, Shags, a couple of Black Guillemots and Eider Ducks. After sa...
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Saturday, 21 December 2013
Tour at 13:00
Report from Hafsúlan: We headed out on to the bay today in very good conditions. Calm seas, slow winds and things were looking quite promising as we sailed out between the puffin islands of Akurey and Engey. We began our search by heading straight out into the bay towards t...
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Friday, 20 December 2013
Tour at 13:00
Report from Hafsúlan: Expectations were high as we sailed along the Reykjanes Peninsula to our humpback spot. A couple of stops on the why for fleeting Harbour Porpoises. The sailing was smooth of the way out but wind picked up later on in the day and the ride back with win...
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Thursday, 19 December 2013
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Wednesday, 18 December 2013
Tour at 13:00
Report from Hafsúlan: Todays tour started out with quite some swell. We sailed out from Hafnarfjörður for better seas but even so the boat rocked a lot as we headed out. We sailed along Reykjanes peninsula and on our way west we ran into a pod of White beaked dolphins. Th...
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Tuesday, 17 December 2013
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Monday, 16 December 2013
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Sunday, 15 December 2013
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Saturday, 14 December 2013
Tour at 13:00 Report from Hafsúlan and Elding : today we took out two boats so our passengers would be more comfortable. It was snowing and the visibility wasn't very good as we headed out but after about an hour it started to clear up. The landscape was beautiful, with snow covered mountains ...
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Friday, 13 December 2013
Tour at 13:00
Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed from Reykjavík old harbour on nice calm sea, well until we got further offshore then the rolling waves (swell) got bigger, when it got a bit too much we turned and headed south. We did spot a pod of Harbour Porpoises on this tour, about 20-3...
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Thursday, 12 December 2013
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Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Tour at 13.00
Report from Hasfsúlan: The weather was beautiful today and the skies were filled with clouds or a variety of colours. The weather was very intermittent though as one moment we had blue skies and then sleet then blue skies and on the way home, snow. We sailed west first of a...
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Tuesday, 10 December 2013
Tour at 13:00
Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out from Reykjavík old harbour, It was beautiful with the falling snow and spare blue skies. The hidden low lying sun coloured some of the clouds a orangy reddy hue which was beautiful. We sailed in good sea conditions except from a rolling ...
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Monday, 9 December 2013
Tour at 13:00
Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out from Hafnafjörður today to sail on less rocky seas and to search through one of our best areas in the wintertime. We along the Reykjanes Peninsula almost all the way to Garður but as we were getting closer to the headland the swell sta...
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Sunday, 8 December 2013
Tour at 13:00
Report from Hafsúlan: Despite a beautiful weather we did not manage to find a single cetacean today. Very disappointing but nothing we can do about it. Apart from the lack of sightings, it was a very nice day and we managed to escape the showers that surrounded us throughou...
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Saturday, 7 December 2013
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Friday, 6 December 2013
Tour at 13:00
Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out once again from Hafnafjörður with high hopes, We searched as we traveled along the Reykjanes Peninsula. We were sailing with the wind for most the tour so the first half was very enjoyable, enjoying the beautiful landscape. We didn´t f...
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Thursday, 5 December 2013
Tour at 13:00
Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out from Reykjavík in very very very cold conditions and yet breath-taking. We sailed to the area a friend of the company had told us about humpback Whale that was seen the day before. It was fantastic to see that the Whale was still around ...
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Wednesday, 4 December 2013
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Tuesday, 3 December 2013
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Monday, 2 December 2013
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Sunday, 1 December 2013
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Monday, 2 December 2013
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Saturday, 30 November 2013
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