Whale diary

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    Tour at 13:00

    There were not so many whales around today.  We only spotted one Minke whale. It surfaced three times and always very far away. Even though the weather was quite nice and calm sea conditions, and we spent a lot of time searching, this was the only cetacean we found this time

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: The weather was the same when we headed out again this afternoon. After searching for some time the captain spotted a big group of Harbour porpoises but they were very shy and disappeared before we could spot them again. Further out, some of our passeng

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    Tour at 13:00

    We had beautiful weather conditions today. It was sunny and the sea was calm. We headed out in to Faxaflói bay and soon spotted some splashes on the water surface. As the got closer we saw that there were harbour Porpoises. It looked like a family group of at least 3 to 6 an

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    Tour at 13:00

    In perfect weather, very calm sea and no wind, we sailed out to Faxaflói bay this afternoon. Soon we spotted a group of White-beaked dolphins. They were a bit shy, but some of them came very close to our boat a few times. Further out we spotted some Harbour porpoises. Some o

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    Tour at 13:00

    After we got out to Faxaflói bay we first spotted a blow from a Whale, when we got closer we saw that this was a Humpback Whale and it was going for a deeper dive. It stayed under water for very long and while we were waiting we spotted several Minke Whales. The Humpback Wha

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    Tour at 13:00

    Finally beautiful and calm weather again. After sailing and searching for some time we finally spotted a group of White-beaked dolphins. A very nice group, which came quite close to our boat, surfacing many times. When we were heading back to the harbour a few of our passeng

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    Tour at 13:00

    The sea condition was quite rough out in the bay, even though the wind had dropped down a bit.  After searching for a long time we spotted a blow from a Minke whale.  But it was very difficult to find it again. We only saw a blow and one time a fin coming up to the surface 1

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    Tour at 13:00

    Tour cancelled due to a very strong wind out in Faxaflói bay.

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    Tour at 13:00

    The weather today was really good, the sun was shining and it was pretty calm even though we had quite many white caps out there that disappeared during the tour as the wind calmed down. There were not many whales around today. We first spotted the several Gannets diving int

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    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Elding: Out in Faxaflói bay this afternoon we first spotted White-beaked Dolphins breaching in the distance and when we got closer to them they were swimming around the boat for a while and going under it as well. Close by we spotted the first Minke Whale. The Mi

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    Tour at 13:00

    The weather was very beautiful when we headed out to Faxafói today, slow wind and the sun was shining. After sailing for some time we spotted a blow and then a black back. It was a Minke whale which surfaced a few times, then another one and another one. What a surprise.....

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    Tour at 13:00

    The weather was quite nice when we headed out searching for whales. It took us some time to find them today. First a blow but we could not find the whale, then second blow and after searching in the same area we spotted the Minke whale. It only surfaced a few times before di

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    Tour at 13:00

    The weather was similar during this tour. We headed out and after searching for a bit we finally spotted the first Minke Whale. It was rather difficult to track it since it got sort of hidden in between the waves when it came up but in this area we spotted at least 3 differe

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    Tour at 13:00

    We headed out ready for rough sea and it was quite the adventure with the wind, rain and sun in our faces for a while and then a beautiful rainbow afterwards. After searching for a while we came to an area where there were quite many birds around and soon we spotted a flock

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    Tour at 13:00

    The weather was quite nice when we sailed out searching for whales this afternoon.  In the beginning we only spotted one or two Minke whales. The second whale was very nice, surfacing many times and we could even smell the whale, very nice smell....... OR NOT. Like always it

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    Tour at 13:00

    The weather was still very nice, the sun was shining and the sea conditions were quite nice. And the whales were again in a very nice mood. Many Minke whales were in the same area as this morning so it was easy to find the again.  They were still busy feeding. We also found

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    Unfortunately we have to CANCEL the tours today due to very strong wind at sea.  For further information call us at (+354) 555 3565.

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    Tour at 13:00.

    The weather continued to be rough, strong wind big waves and it was raining like cats and dogs. Still we headed out to Faxaflói bay to try our luck with the whales. But this time the luck was not with us for the big whales. We spent a long time searching and the only whales

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    Tour at 13:00

    After sailing only 10 minutes we spotted a small group of Harbour porpoises, and a nice one it was. They surfaced many times very close to our boat. Nice beginning. But we had no luck with the big whales this afternoon.  We searched for a long time, but no Minke whale showed

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    Tour at 13:00

    We headed straight out to the same area this afternoon to try to find the whales again. After searching for some time we spotted a flock of feeding birds, Kittiwakes, Gulls and Fulmars. And a  Minke whale came up between them.  But this whale did not surface many times befor