Whale diary

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Report from Eldey: It was rather windy today and the well high which rocked the boat up and down on our way out on the bay. We found big flocks of birds far out on the bay but we never found any cetaceans around the birds. On our way back to Reykjavík we f

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Report from Eldey:We sailed out from Reykjavík's Old Harbour on this windy morning, and encountered many white caps and a bit of swell out in the bay. We headed west towards our main sighting areas and then further south to get some protection from land. E

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Report from Eldey: We were expecting strong winds on the tour but luckily for us the wind did not pick up until towards the end. For most all the tour we sailed on calm sea in perfect conditions for spotting cetaceans. After only about 30 minutes we spotte

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Report from Eldey: The weather could not be better, the wind had calmed down, skies where blue and the visibility, phenomenal. It was the perfect day to be out on see on a cold but gorgeous winters day. We sailed for about 40 minutes before we saw the firs

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Report from Eldey:The wind was much stronger on this tour and it rained a lot on us for the first half hour of the tour. We traveled over very lively areas with big flocks of birds but no cetaceans were to be seen. Finally after about 2 hours our first mat

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Report from Eldey: We had high hopes for this tour as the morning was so good. We journeyed out to the area we saw the minke whales this morning, about an hour sailing away. After about 40 minutes passengers at the back of the boat saw something so we turn

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Report from Eldey: The weather forecast was a little mis leading today as it said it was going to calm down and yet the wind increased. Still it was quite comfortable, at least on the way offshore. We went straight to the same area as in the morning and wa

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Report from Eldey: The wind was picking up but the sea conditions were great until the very end of the tour when the swell was getting a bit higher. Although it rained on us the whole tour we kept optimistic for finding animals because of our great tour th

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Report from Elding and Eldey: because of high number of passengers we went out on two boats this afternoon. The wind was picking up but the sea conditions were still good. Eldey went further out on the bay to search for animals than Elding. Elding was the

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Report from Eldey: Strong winds from the north means bitterly cold at sea. We made very good use of the overalls we offer all passengers on this tour. Like this morning we struggled to find any cetaceans on this tour. We sailed for a long time searching, o

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Report from Eldey: The wind was picking up an the swell getting a little higher but we were able to get shelter from land and stay in calm sea for the most part of the tour. We went to the same area where we had found the dolphins on the morning tour but c

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Report from Eldey: This was undoubtedly the tour of the month so far! We sailed out in very weak winds from northwest and a sunny sky that remained through most part of the tour. We had very nice views over the landscape and the snow covered mountains arou

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Report from Eldey: Sea conditions couldn't be better than this afternoon and it had stopped raining. With this weather it was easy to spot animals from a long distance. Our first sighting were 3-4 harbour porpoises, it was difficult to spo

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Report from Eldey: The same conditions as this morning with weak winds and dry sky. We had an amazing view over the landscape as we sailed out. Most of the mountain tops around Faxaflói are now snow covered. We came across many flocks of seagulls on our wa

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Unfortunately we have to cancel our tour at 1pm due to rough weather. Please contact our ticket office for further information and re-booking at +354-5195000 or elding@elding.is

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Report from Eldey: This was

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Report from Eldey: The wind was getting lower and the sea conditions even better but it still rained nearly the whole tour. It took us a little longer time to find animals on this tour but finally we found 3-4 white beaked dolphins. They s

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Report from Eldey: This tour started also in Hafnarfjörður, so we had a comfortable ride for the first hour of the tour. We slowly reached one of our main whale watching areas a little further offshore, so that we had a bit of swell rocking our boat. Even

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Report from Eldey: It was nicer sailing from Keflavik, strong winds still but not the big rolling swell that can be very uncomfortable. We journeyed along the Reykjanes to check the seas next to the Hornsbjarg Cliffs as many times we have seen cetaceans th

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Report from Hafsúlan: The wind remained strong from the southwest and the swells were still high. The journey out in the bay was rough just like this morning. We pushed forward for one hour before turning and traveling with the swells from the side. Brave

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Report from Eldey: We moved our boat Eldey under the morning to Hafnarfjörður and decided to go out from there on the afternoon tour. The sailing started towards the south from the harbour and we got some shelter from the worst swell. We searched towards K