Northern Lights Diary

✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

Report from Eldey: A day that started very stormy and unpleasant ended very calm tonight with northern lights appearing as soon as we left the harbour. They seemed only faint as they were covered by clouds, but as the clouds began to move

✔ TOUR CANCELLED | at 21:00

Aurora activity: 4/9 

Weather conditions: E 12m/s 3°C

Cloud Cover: Fully Clouded

Moon status: Waxing Crescent Illumination: 21%&nb

✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

Tour at 21:00

Report from Eldey: Everything what we needed to see northern lights was in the mix: clear skies, nice weather and a small growing moon. The night was smooth and nice as we waited for the northern ligh

✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

Report from Eldey: This was a calm, cold and beautiful night to be out on the water. The sky turned out to be clearer than predicted so we knew the chances were to meet the northern lights were good, but mother nature mate us work for it t

✔ TOUR CANCELLED | at 21:00

Aurora activity: 3/9 

Weather conditions: E 11m/s -1°C

Cloud Cover: Fully covered

Moon status: Waxing Crescent Illumination: 3%&nb

✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

Report from Eldey: We didn't even make it out of the harbour when the northern lights started appearing. Not a cloud could be seen in the sky and stars were shining all around. First, the lights were coming and dissapearing. But then they

✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

Report from Eldey: As soon as we left the harbour archs to the north could be seen. Not just one but 2-3. Its always incredible when everything comes together to see the Aurora Borelis, darkness, clear sky and activity. The lights got stro

✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

Report from Eldey: If you want to know how a northern light cruise should be, well tonight was the perfect description for an incredible tour. As soon as we left the harbour behind we started to see a greenish glow in th

✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

Report from Eldey: It was an absolutely beautiful night with perfectly clear sky and calm weather. There was no glow from the moon so when we left the city we were sailing under thousands of stars. It was so nice that we weren't bother at

✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

Report from Eldey: While this morning was already very calm seas, this night was even calmer. We sailed around the islands in Kollafjöður and stopped when we got to a gap in the clouds and could see stars. We were very happy the thick clou

✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

Report from Eldey: What an incredible evening. Calm seas, clear skies and a good activity forecast meant we had almost a full boat on this eveninngs cruise. As we sailed out from the harbour we saw our first glimmer of an arch to the north

✘ TOUR CANCELLED  | at 21:00

Aurora activity: 4/9 

Weather conditions: N 1m/s 3°C

Cloud Cover: Fully Clouded

Moon status: Waning Crescen

✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

Report from Eldey: It was birthday of our captain Otto so of course we wished him to see northern lights tonight. Night was cloudy but thanks to strong wind all clouds were passing by fast and we had few moments when it was clearing and we

✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

Report from Eldey: What a beautiful night. It felt so warm because there was as good as no wind, so none of our passengers even wore our overalls to keep warm. As we were sailing out, while still going through the most important safety inf

✘ TOUR CANCELLED  | at 21:00

Aurora activity: 3/9 

Weather conditions: SW 7m/s 5°C

Cloud Cover: Fully clouded

Moon status: Last Quarter

✘ TOUR CANCELLED  | at 21:00

Aurora activity: 2/9 

Weather conditions: E 10m/s 7°C

Cloud Cover: Fully clouded

Moon status: Waning G

✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

Report from Eldey: Our evening tour was a pleasure in terms of sailing. Almost no wind, calm waters and peaceful atmosphere. The tour started in a very promising way once we could see a lot of starts above our heads but

✘ TOUR ON SCHEDULE  | at 21:00 

Report from Eldey: The tour began with a beautiful clear sky. The weather was rough but the sailing was comfortable as we never left the sheltered areas close to land. Unfortunelty thick clouds came rolling in

✘ TOUR CANCELLED  | at 21:00

Aurora activity: 3/9 

Weather conditions: S 13m/s 7°C

Cloud Cover: Clear skies

Moon status: Waning Gibbous

✔ TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

Report from Eldey: The evening started with some lightings (not very usual in Iceland) and light rainfall but suddenly it cleared up and we started to see some stars. Once we reached our main "northern light waiting area