Whale diary

Tour at 20:00

Report from Eldey: The afternoons downpour had cleared and we sailed out in the glorious evening sunset on the horizon. After only 30 minutes we spotted our first marine mammal - the minke whale. It surfaced about 400 m from the boat and w

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: "After rain comes sunshine" and this evening was not an exception. We headed out from the Old harbour of Reykjavik with rain clouds in the horizon and a sunset that was about to be the most beautiful I have seen in Iceland so far during

Status: Whale Watching tour at 20:30 pm CANCELED

Unfortunately we have had to cancel our whale watching tour tonight at 20:30 pm on 28.06.2016 due to rough sea conditions
Please contact us at +3545195000 or at elding@elding.is

Tour at 17:00

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: The beginning of the tour was pretty special. Right from the boat we could see people watching the football match from the Eurocup. Iceland was playing against England and everyone was really excited as the match was coming to an end wi

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: The weather gave us a small break, without too much wind, nor rain, increasing the difficulty of this tour. However, some dense clouds still covered the skyes and only a few rays of light managed to made their way through them. We arriv

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: The wind had picked up a lot since the earlier tours and the swell was now getting up to 1 meter height. This made spotting a bit more challenging, still we were optimistic after the great sightings earlier this day. On the way out we p

Status Tour at 20:30 pm: CANCELLED

Due to bad weather and rough sea conditions we have cancelled our midnight whale watching tour. 

Please contact us at elding@elding.is or at +3545195000 for further information and rebooking. 

Tour

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: Almost no wind this evening and a flat sea. The first encounter of the tour was a pod of 4-5 harbour porpoises that we could observe for a while. Then we started what turned out to be a marathon search out in the bay an

Tour at 20:30

Report from Eldey: This day full of whale watching ended with better conditions than we had this afternoon. The wind had picked up a bit more and there was some movement on the boat, but the visibility had increased so that we could look for cetaceans in t

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: There was not a cloud in the sky to spoil the magnificent sunset we sailed out into. All the passengers were basking in the glorious sunlight, drinks in hand, and eyes at the ready to the spot the wildlife. The bird life was particularl

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: A few cracks in the cloud shower greeted us with some rays of the midnight sun as we sailed out of harbour. The volcano Sneafellsjökull was gloving in the setting sun infront of us and it was very beautiful. We searched far and wide on

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: It was raining slightly throughout the tour and a bit cold but wearing the overalls it was just cosy. We hadn't been sailing long when we happened upon a minke whale. It was travelling really fast but surfacing a l

Tour at 13:00

Report from Eldey: Weather conditions seemed to have calmed down a bit with less swell when we sailed out. There were loads of puffins sitting on the water and flying around. After about half an hour we spotted Atlantic white beaked dolphins,

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: Amazing start with the sun shining and almost no wind. Quickly we encountered about 6 harbour porpoises that came up several times. After about half an hour sailing we encountered white beaked dolphins

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: We had a beautiful sail out into Faxaflói the wind had dropped and the sea was a lot flatter than previous tours. It was still a bit choppy with a few white caps, which made spotting difficult. Nevertheless, after only a short time spen

Tour at 20:30

Report from Eldey: What a wonderful start for our midnight tour. The sea conditions were absolutely perfect, no swell and with the cloudy sky the surface looked bright. These are optimal conditions for spotting cetaceans and we had an easy time spotting an

Tour at 17:00

Report from Eldey: The sun was still shining up in the sky, but unfortunately a little of wind show up at this time on Faxa bay, which not only increased the cold sensation, but also created lots of whitecaps that made it harder to spot wildlife. But about

Tour at 17:00

Report from Elding: What an afternoon! The sun was still shining and the conditions for whale watching were very very good. We started the tour with very interactive and playful white-beaked dolphins.  They were bowriding, s

Tour at 17:00

Report from Eldey - We sailed from the old harbour of Reykjavik, trying to reach the area were an amazing humpback whale was spotted behaving really funny in previous tours. About 40 minutes after our departure we came across a small pod of about 5-7

Tour at 17:00

Report from Eldey: We sailed out in high spirits from the previous success of the last two tours where we saw sightings from all four of our common species of cetaceans that we find most frequently in the bay here. After only 40 minutes of sailing we were