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Status: RUNNING
We are sailing out from the Old Harbour in Reykjavik on a beautiful and sunny day. Wind is coming from the South and is 4-6m/s.
Tour at 17:00
Report from Eldey: The waters were still a little rocky from the weste
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Status: RUNNING
We are sailing out from the Old Harbour in Reykjavik today. The wind is coming from the North-West and is about 2-7m/s. There could be a little movement on the boat out on Faxa Bay.
Tour at 17:00
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Status: RUNNING
We are sailing out from the Old Harbour in Reykjavik today. The wind is coming from the South East and is about 4-6m/s. There could be a little movement on the boat out on Faxa Bay.
Tour at 17:00
Report from Elde
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Status Tour 1 pm and 5 pm: RUNNING
We are sailing from the Old Harbour in Reykjavik at 1pm and 5pm today. According to the forecast the wind is calming down but there will be movement on the boat. If you are sensitive to motion sickness we offer preventative tablet
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Status Tour 1 pm and 5 pm: CANCELLED
Due to unfavorable conditions at sea we have to cancel our Whale Watching tours at 1pm and 5pm today. Please don´t hesitate to contact Elding ticket office at elding@elding.is or +354 519 5000 if you have any questions.
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Tour at 17:00
Report from Eldey: This tour has been a perfect example on how fast everything can change here in Faxa bay. What an incredible tour we had which started off under a blue, clear, sunny sky with almost no wind so that there was only a little bit of movement
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Status tour 5pm: CANCELLED
Status tour 1pm: CANCELLED
Tour at 09:00
Report from Eldey: Faithful to the weather forecast, the bay roughed us up quite a bit this morning ! There was a strong and cold wind bat
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Tour at 17:00
Report from Eldey: Our first cetacean species on this tour was a minke whale. It was a bit tricky to watch it as it was surfacing just 2 times in a row and diving longer dives. This behaviour implied the animal was fishing, and we also saw
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Status: RUNNING
We are sailing out from the Old Harbour in Reykjavik on a beautiful but cloudy day. Wind is coming from the North and is 4-6m/s. There could be some movement on the boat.
Tour at 17:00
Report from Elding: What a
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Status: RUNNING
We are sailing out from the Old Harbour in Reykjavik today. The sun is trying to break out but there could be some rain on and off today. Wind is coming from the South-East and is around 8-10m/s so there could be some movement on the boat out on Fax
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Tour at 17:00
Report from Eldey: We were once again greeted by wind and rain on this tour, but luckily it died down all along the trip, so in the end we had quite a comfortable ride. It was not a busy tour, as they were less than 20 passengers on this tour, but the crow
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Tour at 17:00
Report from Eldey: It was rather nice heading out into the bay this evening, wind was not so bad on the way but a lot windier on the back in 10m/s winds from the southeast. most enjoyed the warm inside saloon where as the more determined passengers stayed
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Tour at 17:00
Report from Eldey: We definitely had the best sea conditions on the late afternoon tour today, topped off with some glorious sunshine. On our journey out we spotted perhaps 3 harbour porpoises blazing at the surface, but then the
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Status: RUNNING
We are sailing out from the Old Harbour in Reykjavik on a beautiful and sunny day. There is little to no wind but there can always be a little movement on the boat out on Faxa Bay.
Tour at 17:00
Report from Eldey
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Status: RUNNING
We are sailing out today from the Old Harbour in Reykjavik. There are some winds blowing in from the south east so there might be some movement on the boat. Don't miss todays chance to book a ticket for adventure!
Tour at 17:00
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Status: RUNNING
We are sailing out today from the Old Harbour in Reykjavik. It´s a cold but sunny morning. Hopefully you can join us today to see these amazing giants !
Tour at 17:00
Report from Eldey: We set out into the
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Tour at 17:00
Report from Eldey: Some clouds had stolen their way into the crystal blue sky when we were sailing out in Faxa bay this early evening, but still the conditions remained good for whale watching. The first cetacean species that we spotted was a small po
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Tour at 17:00
Report from Eldey: 3 tours in a row we got a warm sunshine and calm sea to sail on, in a country where weather can be capricious, it's like winning the lottery ! And we kept on being lucky with the cetaceans as well. We had to sail quite far away as t
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Status Tour at 19:00: CANCELED
Unfortunately we have to cancel our Whale Watching tour in the Midnight sun due to unfavorable sea condition. If you have any questions please don´t hesitate to contact us at +354 519 5000 or elding@elding.is
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Status Tour at 19:00: CANCELLED
Unfortunately we have to cancel our Whale Watching tour in the Midnight sun due to unfavorable sea condition. If you have any questions please don´t hesitate to contact us at +354 519 5000 or elding@elding.is
Tour at 17: