Whale diary

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    Status: RUNNING

    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: The wind had picked up and it was rather blustery as we headed out into the bay, It was a long time before we saw our first cetacean, just over an hour but once we were in the area wildlife

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: On our evening tour it was even windier than before and the sea conditions were a bit rougher with quite a few white-caps. The start of the tour was a bit difficult. After about 45 minutes we got news from another whale watching boat tha

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: A slow start but an incredible finish!, It took us maybe 40 minutes to sail to the main area of the day and we enjoyed many puffins swimming along on the way, enjoyed the ladscape and the calm weather. It was a little chillier on this to

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    Status: RUNNING

    Its partially clouded today, and a little cold, but we are sailing out from Reykjavik Harbour in good spirits, with warm overalls onboard to keep the cold away! 

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: We had the same great weather that we've had all day but it had gotten a bit colder so the over-alls came to good use. We started sailing to the same place where we last spotted a humpback and encountered about 4-6 white-beaked d

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    We are sailing out today from the Old Harbour in Reykjavik. It is partially clouded but little Wind from the northwest

    Tour 17:00

    Report from Eldey: Our sail out of the harbour remained fairly calm again for this evenings tour but a rain cloud loomed in the di

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    Status: RUNNING

    We are sailing out today from the Old Harbour in Reykjavik. It is partially clouded and a little Wind from the west, so there could be some movement on the boat out on the bay.

    Tour 17:00

    Report from Eldey: Last tour of the day f

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: We were greeted with calm seas this late afternoon and even lucky enough to catch some dazzling rays of sunshine through the clouds. Our tour began with sightings of harbour porpoises and a great amount of bird activity

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: The weather continued in very good conditions. The sea was smooth and calm, it seems like perfect spotting conditions. The emotion began when about an hour after our departure a solitary minke whale

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: We decided to sail towards the areas where we had seen the minke whales on our earlier tours. On the way there we felt that it was getting colder and our overalls came to a good use in the blowing wind. When we reached the areas where we

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: The cloud had cleared a little bit when we headed out on the evening tour. Again the big swells gave us an adventure ride out and we searched for a long time again before we found anything on the tour. It was some passengers at the back

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: With the good sensations we get from the two first tours, we went off to the sea full of high hopes. The sun started to shine again and the sea remained calm and smooth. About 40 minutes after our departure, we saw in the distance sev

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: Another glorious tour, with sunshine and hardly any wind. Our whale sighting started fairly soon with blows from two different humpback whales spotted on the horizon. We got very good sightings of this speci

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: What an evening. The whole day has been absolutely incredible and this tour did not disapoint either. On the way out we saw many seabirds including the Atlantic puffin that everyone is always excited to see. After 40 minutes of sailing w

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Eldey: The weather didn't change much from the afternoon. This time we tried to sail more north in hope to find more cetaceans there. It felt cold when we sailed up into the wind that was blowing hard from north. After we passed the town Akrane

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: The wind had picked up since the 13.00 o'clock tour and it had gotten colder as well. At the beginning of this tour there weren't that many waves, but it all started to change after a couple of hours, when the sea started to get a lit

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    Status: CANCELLED

    Due to unfavourable weather conditions, we have decided to cancell all our whale watching tours today (9am, 1pm, 5pm) .

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    Tour at 17:00 CANCELLED

    Tour at 13:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: The weather and sea conditions were still difficult in the afternoon as we left the harbour. We stayed close to the northern coast of the bay to protect ourselves from the strong

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    Status: CANCELLED

    Due to strong winds and storm warnings, we will not be operating our whale watching tours today (at 9:00, 13:00 and 17:00). Please contact our ticket sales team to reschedule your

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    Tour at 17:00

    Report from Hafsúlan: The weather has gotten bad since the last tour. The wind has increased and mostly all of the sky was covered by dark clouds. We had also some slightly rain now and then. The first two hours of the tour passed without any kind of sight