Whale diary

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    Today the weather today was quite windy but very sunny. Saw loads of birds and today was especially special because we saw the first of the Puffins of the summer. Unfortunately we had no luck with the whales today but there were fishing boats in the area that were catching a

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    Tour at 13:00

    We headed out from Grindavik. The weather was beautiful, sunny and slightly windy. After sailing for about 20 minutes we spotted a group of White-Beaked Dolphins. There were about 15-20 individuals that were breaching constantly and very playful. We stayed with this group fo

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    Tour at 13:00

    It was pretty cold and windy when we headed out from Grindavík today. After searching for a vile we finally spotted one group of White-beaked dolphins. They came very close; some of them even swam under and along side the boat. All the passengers had many opportunities to wa

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    Tour at 13:00

    We headed out from Grindavík today to avoid the heavy seas in Faxaflói. It was cold but sunny as we started the tour. Soon we saw a lot of birds, Fulmars, Kittiwakes, Razorbill, and many Gannets. We spent a lot of time searching and finally we spotted a small group of White-

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    Tour at 13:00

    The weather was quite good  today. The sun was shining but the wind was speeding  up during the tour. After sailing for some time we spotted a blow. And it was a blow from a Humpback Whale. Very nice one, slapping the fluke one time, and always taking shallow dives. It showe

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    Tour at 13:00

    Due to bad weather conditions our tour today has been cancelled!

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    Tour at 13:00

    Today we took out two boats. We sailed far out in reasonable conditions, calm weather and with a little swell. Despite our greatest efforts we were not lucky finding the bigger whales today. However we found two groups of White-beaked dolphins. The first group was difficult

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    Tour at 13:00

    The weather was quite good today. The sun was shining, excellent visibility and hardly any wind. After sailing for 40 minutes we spotted a blow. And it was one Minke Whale. The whale was not in a good whale watching mood so we headed further out. And again some blows, and no

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    Tour at 13:00

    The weather today was pretty good, a bit wet but the swell had gone down. We headed out really looking forward to find out what the day was going bring us. After sailing for about an hour we found our first pod of White-beaked Dolphins, there were about 20-30 of them togethe

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    Report from Hafsúlan: The weather was great again today, there was some swell since the wind was blowing from the west but it was still and warm outside. Our other boat Elding went out as well, they left about 30 minutes earlier than we did and found a huge pod of White-bea

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    Tour at 13:00

    The weather today was pretty warm, hasn't felt that warm for quite a while now. The wind was calm but we had a bit of a swell due to the wind direction. We headed straight out to Faxaflói bay and when we'd been sailing for about 2 hours and 36m we finally spotted a blow. The

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    It was very quiet in the bay today. The past few days have been very windy so we had to cancel our tours on Friday and Saturday due to strong wind and bad conditions out at sea. Today the wind had gone down but it left us with some swell. We headed out from Hafnarfjörður and

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    Tour at 13:00

    Due to bad weather conditions our tour today has been cancelled!

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    Tour at 13:00

    Due to bad weather conditions our tour today has been cancelled!

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    Tour at 13:00

    Due to bad weather conditions our tour today has been cancelled!

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    Tour at 13:00

    We sailed out from Grindavík today. We headed to the area where we had spotted the Orcas (Killer whales) and Humpback Whales last weekend. When we got to the area the weather changed quickly, it started snowing and the visibility got pretty bad and we couldn't see very far a

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    Tour at 13:00

    Due to bad weather conditions our tour today has been cancelled!

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    Tour at 13:00

    As we sailed out from Grindavík we could not imagine what we had coming. After 15 minutes of sailing in sunshine and calm sea, we spotted the first blow. It turned out to be a Humpback whale, rather shy in the beginning but after a few minutes it started to let us in closer.

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    Tour at 13:00

    Again we headed out from Grindavík. The weather was calm but there was a bit of swell. We were looking for the Orcas from the day before when we spotted several blows in the distance. When we came closer we saw it was a Humpback whale and not only one but two of them. It was

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    Tour at 13:00

    Today we headed out from Grindavík because the weather was very bad in Faxaflói. We had some news from capelin-fishers, about humpback whales south of Grindavík. At the beginning of the tour the sun was shining but the wind was quite strong so we had to stay closer to shore