Whale diary

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    • ALL TOURS ON SCHEDULE

    The sun was shining, the sea was calm, but it was still chilly in the bay. We found a humpback whale, 4 minke whales, 8 harbour porpoises and about 15 white-beaked dolphins.

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    Today we started out with calm conditions, but decided to cancel our afternoon Premium tours due to increasing wind. In all we saw about 3 minke whales today, a couple of pods of white-beaked dolphins, harbour porpoises and 2 humpback whales!

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    All whale watching tours were cancelled today, apart from the midnight sun tour. Unfortunately we did not see any cetaceans this evening, so we offered complimentary tickets to our passengers..

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    • ALL TOURS CANCELLED

    Due to unfavourable weather conditions in the bay, all whale watching tours have been CANCELLED today.

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    Today we saw the three main species of Faxaflói bay. We had incredible encounters with energetic white-beaked dolphins, minke whales and humpback whales.

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    Today we saw harbour porpoises, humpback whales, a few pods of curious white-beaked dolphins and a couple of minke whales, both far and up close.

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    • ALL TOURS ON SCHEDULE

    A cloudy, but beautiful turned to rain in the afternoon. All in all we encountered pods of white-beaked dolphins, several minke whales, about 3 humpback whales and a pod of 10 harbour porpoises!

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    • ALL TOURS ON SCHEDULE

    The day started out calm with sprinkles of rain, We encountered about 12 white-beaked dolphins, 2 minke whales, humpback whales and 3 harbour porpoises on today's tours.

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    We sailed out in calmer conditions than expected. In total we encountered 7 harbour porpoises, minke whales, 15 white-beaked dolphins, a humpback whale and many birds including puffins! One tour had no sightings and passengers were of course offered complimentary tickets!

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    Gloomy skies and calm sea turned into white caps in the evening. We saw a humpback whale, several minke whales, a harbour porpoise and couple of pods of white-beaked dolphins on our endeavours today!

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    All our Premium tours were cancelled, but we managed to sail on our Classic tours. We managed to encounter 1 minke whale, 3-5 humpback whales, 2 small harbour porpoises and a pod of about 40 white-beaked dolphins!

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    All our Premium tours were cancelled, but we managed to sail on our Classic tours. In total we saw about 4 elusive minke whales although one breached 15 times at one point, we even encountered a single harbour porpoise, 3 white-beaked dolphins and a humpback whale. One tour had no proper sightings and passengers were offered complimentary tickets.

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    • ALL TOURS ON SCHEDULE

    Incredible day in the bay with a mindblowing amount of wildlife! We encountered about 10 humpback whales, 40-60 white-beaked dolphins that were gathered in a single pod as well as about 8 minke whales and some harbour porpoises!

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    • ALL TOURS ON SCHEDULE

    What an incredible day! All in all we saw about 3 harbour porpoises, about 15-20 humpback whales, 6 minke whales and an incredible 60 white-beaked dolphins that had formed in a large pod in the evening!

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    • ALL TOURS ON SCHEDULE

    Today is Iceland's National Day! We saw at least 5 minke whales, 6 humpback whales, a pod of harbour porpoises and somewhere between 60-80 white-beaked dolphins travelling together as a huge pod!

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    • ALL TOURS ON SCHEDULE

    All day we had a nice calm sea. We spotted 3 minke whales, about 15+ white-beaked dolphins, a relaxed humpback whale and even a couple of them lunge feeding and 2 harbour porpoises!

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    On this bright and beautiful day we sailed into Faxaflói bay to find humpback whales lunge feeding, about 8+ white-beaked dolphins and a coupe of minke whales!

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    Today's sightings included about 5 harbour porpoises, a couple of humpback whales, several minke whales and approximately 8+ white-beaked dolphins.

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    • ALL TOURS ON TODAY

    Today we saw a pod of about 15+ white-beaked dolphins, we even saw 10+ minke whales throughout the day, a small pod of harbour porpoises, as well as a humpback whale on one of today's tours!

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    Today's sightings included minke whales (one even breached in the distance), humpback whales and very sociable white-beaked dolphins!