Whale diary

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: We headed out sailing west in a little bit of wind and swells on this midnight tour. After 30 minutes of sailing we had our first encounter with cetaceans. A single harbour porpoise joined us and bow-rided us for a

Tour at 20:30

Report from Hafsúlan: The wind was higher than earlier in the day but the sea was still very calm as we sailed this evening. This was a very quick starting tour with just 20 minutes sailing gone before we sighted our first minke whale

Tour at 20:30

Report from Hafsúlan: I was a expecting a beautiful evening as we steamed out in to the bay but my expectations were blown away. Cracking a few jokes we sailed leisurely looking out for cetaceans. We didn´t have to go very far before spotting three

Tour at 20:30

Report from Hafsulan: As expected from such a day, we had a wonderful weather for the midnight tour ! With no wind to bite us, no swells to shake us and no cold temperatures to freeze us we set sail in relaxed conditions and high spirits. It was not long b

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: We were barely out of the harbour when we spotted the first minke whale, in that area there were two minkes one close to the boat and another keeping its distance. After staying for a long time with the minkes we d

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: Smooth sailing all evening made for a relaxing journey. Of course the whales and dolphins were in full force as well this evening! It took some time to find them, around 50 minutes of sailing before we saw in the distance a sign of&nbsp

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: The wind from the afternoon had decreased a little bit and the swells hit us from the northwest. But that didn´t stop us from sailing out on the midnight tour. A partly cloudy sky showed us the midnight sun from time to time. We decided

Tour at 17:00

Report from Hafsúlan: Today our captain decided to head further south than usual, passing between Akurey and the Seltjarnarnes peninsula. This was a great decision because we encountered a pod of white-beaked dolphins, 4 individuals, after only 2

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: A flat sea and weak winds gave us the best conditions of spotting some whales on this midnight tour. The sun also peaked through the clouds from time to time, giving us a beautiful scenery around us. We sailed straight out for half an h

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: Half of the sky was covered in clouds when we left, but the sun was right behind them, ready to emerge at anytime. After a quiet sailing to the main whale area, we noticed splashes far away, 2 kilometers away. The animal responsible of

Tour at 20:30

Report from Hafsúlan: We went our way full of hope, since the day has been very successful so far. Nothing could have prepared us for the amazing tour that was coming ! At first we went quite far away to try to find cetaceans. The trip was smooth, there wa

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: The sun was setting slowly in sky as we made our way out on to the beautiful bay. The sea was flat and we had birds all around us. The first species that we spotted was a pod of white beaked dolphins with 

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: We left Reykjavik under a quite covered sky but we were heading toward rays of light piercing through the clouds, a landscape offering us a splendid contrast between a dark sea and clear sky colors. We had to go out far away to find spe

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: Conditions were perfect this evening as we sailed out from Reykjavik harbour and onto Faxa bay. Quite soon we spotted the first cetaceans of the tour which were some Harbour porpoises. We caught a quick glimps

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: The  weather  and sea conditions  were absolutely perfect for whale spotting this evening. Soon after we left the harbor we got news from another whale watching boat that they had seen two humpback whale

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: On the midnight tour we wasted no time in the beginning, headed straight in the direction of the last location of the humpback whales seen on the 5 pm tour. We searched the location for almost an hour without any luck of finding the two

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: On this beautiful night we went out from Reykjaviks harbour in search of cetaceans. We had several minke whale sightings during the day, as well as many flocks of arctic terns. The abundance of animals plus the readings on our fish- fin

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: The last trip of the day started off a bit rough, since the wind speed was increasing. Nevertheless we were optimistic to find the animals we saw earlier again on this tour. Traveling west, with the wind in our back turned out to be a s

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: The winds had calmed and warmed up so with a magician musician we headed out in high hopes. We spotted one very shy minke whale that sneakily surfaced in our wake. In the same area we encountered many guillemo

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: the weather had taken a turn for the worst as the mist rolled in bringing a light rain that drenched you after a few minutes, the wind also picked up but spirits on the boat was still high and we wouldn't let the Icelandic weather spoil