Whale diary

Unfortunately, due to unfavorable weather conditions today's 13:00 and 17:00 tours have been cancelled. Please call +354 519 5000 for more detailed information.

Tour at 09:00

Report from Elding: This morning, the wind was blowing heavily in faxa bay. Therefore, we decided to start o

Tour at 17:00

Report from Hafsúlan: In the evening, the wind was going a bit down, but we were still facing long waves rolling in from the North Atlantic making this tour exciting for those that enjoyed the roller coaster ride, but surely less enjoyable for those with sensitiveness to sea

Tour at 17:00

Unfortunately, the 17.00 tour has been cancelled due to unfavorable weather conditions. For more information please call +354 519 5000.

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: In the afternoon, we went out from Hafnarfjördur once more and we were very optimistic to

Tour at 17:00

We once again sailed out from Hafnafjordur and it was really nice to feel the wind calm down even though the rain seemed to have gotten stronger. This was the best tour of the day as we got to see two Minke Whales, one close up for a long time and another in the distance whi

Unfortunately, due to unfavorable weather conditions the 13.00 and 17.00 tours have been cancelled. Please call +354 519 5000 for more detailed information.

Tour at 09:00

Report from Hafsúlan: In the morning, the wind was blowing strong from the sea. Therefore, we decided to start t

Unfortunately, due to unfavourable weather conditions, the 5 pm tour has been cancelled. For more information please call +354 519 5000

Tour at 13:00

Report from Hafsúlan: This afternoon, the wind was blowing strong on faxa bay and the sky was covered in rainclouds. As we we

Tour at 17:00

Report from Hafsúlan: In the evening, the wind was still blowing, but it seemed to calm down slowly as we went out. The bay was covered in rain clouds, but we were lucky had some sunshine in between creating beautiful colours of faxa bay in the evening sun. We searched the b

Tour at 17:00

Due to unfavorable weather conditions, the 5 pm tour has been cancelled. For more information please call our ticket office (

Tour at 17:00

Due to unfavorable weather conditions, the 5 pm tour has been cancelled. For more information please call our ticket office (+(354) 519 5000).

Tour at 13:00

Report from Elding: In the afternoon, the wind was blowing very strong and the sky was overcast, but a s

Tour at 17:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out of Reykjavik in quite large swells which most passengers enjoyed but one or two ended up with green faces. We searched a very large area and had one sighting of a minke whale in the distance which never showed up again and a few small spla

Tour at 17:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We decided to head in the same direction as this afternoon, hoping we would still encounter the animals from earlier today. Unfortunately the bay seemed rather abandoned and even searching in a large area, for a long time didn't help. It was still a bea

Tour at 17:00

Report from Hafsúlan: The wind had picked up a bit but it was a beautiful evening light. We were searching for a rather long time until we spotted a pod of White Beaked Dolphins. We saw them a couple of times and than they were gone which was a bit disappointing. We kept on

Tour at 17:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed out from Hafnafjörður as the Sei Whale should be close and it was, only 20 minutes sailing and we found it again. It was incredible, so big. The third largest of all whales getting up to 21 meters long and weighing up to 45 tons. What is even

Unfortunately we have to cancel the whale watching tours at 13:00 and 17:00 due to strong winds in Faxaflói bay. Please contact our ticket office for more information (e-mail: elding@elding.is / phone: +354 519 5000).

Tour at 9:00Report: We headed out from the harbour in Hafnarfjör

Tour at 17:00

Report from Hafsúlan: It was a very calm evening when we sailed out into Faxa Bay. It was a bit foggy offshore but the sea condition was much better than this morning. We were searching for a long long time and we almost lost hope to see something UNTIL a Minke Whale surface

Unfortunately, due to unfavourable weather conditions all other whale watching tours have been cancelled today. For more information please call +(354) 519 5000.

Tour at 09:00

Report from Hafsúlan: This morning, the sea was very rough, but the sun was shining here and there and rain

Tour at 17:00

Report from Hafsúlan: The day was obviously not letting up as the rain continued to try and drench us as we headed south into the bay. The overalls were definitely used to their maximum today to keep our passengers dry and warm. We saw one Minke Whale on this tour which surf

Tour at 17:00

Report from Hafsúlan: The wind had freshened up a bit when we sailed out but it was still a very nice sea condition with an unexpected evening sun. We didn´t sail far out before we spotted our first Minke Whale. We stayed with this animal for a while before we decided to hea

Tours at 14:00 and 17:00

Unfortunately we had to cancel the rest of the tours today due to unfavorable weather conditions.

Tour at 13:00Report from Hafsúlan: The wind was still strong as we headed out, but the sun was out which made the tour a lot more pleasant. We sailed for a lon