Whale diary

Tour at 17:00 Report from Hafsúlan: The weather had calmed down a little bit when we headed out this afternoon. There were still some swells though and it felt like an easy going roller coaster. We found one minke whale in this tour. The minke came up few times very close to the boat allowing us

Tour at 17:00 & 20:30unfortunately the afternoon tours have been cancelled due to unfavourable weather conditions. If you have any questions you can come to our office between 8-21, call us on 519 5000 or email us at elding@elding.is.

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Report from Elding: We had our h

Tour at 20:30Report from Hafsúlan: The evening sun smiled up on us as we headed to one of the Puffin Islands to begin the tour. We then headed out in the hope of seeing some whales. We sailed for a long time with out any sighting but there were a lot of birds around us, and big groups of Manx Sh

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Tour at 17:00

Report from Hafsúlan: First stop of this tour was Akurey, the Puffin Island where we got to see again many Puffins, they were so adorable so we stayed with them quite some minutes before we headed out into Faxa Bay. It took us a long

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: It seemed very calm as we sailed to the puffin island Akurey where we found many puffins all around the island, standing on it and flying and swimming close to it. After a good start, we headed out on the bay with an optimistic view and spotted a minke wh

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: Unusual tour this evening. We started in Akurey the puffin island which was full of puffins and other birds. We then sailed out but a long time passed before we finally spotted huge splashes far from us. As we carefully tried to approach what we thought w

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: There was a definate party atmoshere on the boat this evening and after seeing the puffins at akurey and finding 3 Minkes Whales which all surfaced together, two seemed to be travelling together and occasionally surfacing close to the boat we listened to

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: Wow what an evening, not only was the sunset beautiful but the wildlife was incredible as well. We must have seen over 50 White-beaked Dolphins on this tour, in the distance and close up, they were jumping so high and landing on their sides with a massive

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: We sailed out on what seemed to be the calmest and smoothest water ever. It had just finished raining and the sun came out warming everything up and giving us a lovely rainbow. We headed out to sea with a delightful group of passengers eager to see some w

Tour at 20:30

Report from Hafsúlan: The sea conditions had really calmed down on this tour and it was beautiful to see all the clouds turning pick and purple as the sun sets. We started at Lundey (puffin island), wasn´t so many puffins at home, so it wasn´t surprising that we saw loads ou

Tour at 20:30

Unfortunately we cancelled the last tour of the day due to unfavourable weather conditions.

Tour at 17:00

In the evening, we sailed out once more and were facing quite windy conditions. After having an enjoyable stop at Akurey, one of the islands where the Atla

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: Our second midnight whale watching tour and it wasn't bad at all, not only did we get a really nice encounter from at least two friendly Minke Whales, which surfaced many times and once just 10-20 meters from us, it was incredible to hear the sound of the

Tour at 20:30

Report from Elding: First midnight whale watching of the year and a wonderful tour it was too. We sailed out in great weather, a bit overcast but really nice calm seas. It wasn't long that we had to wait for a first cetacean, A Minke Whale which was relatively close to the c

Tour at 17:00:

Report from Elding. It had gotten a bit colder when we headed out for the afternoon tour.  We sailed straight out to the area where we had seen the Minke Whales earlier that day. After sailing for about half an hour a Minke Whale popped up right in front of the boat, just 5

Tour at 17:00Report from Hafsúlan: The tour started off pretty slow, as we only saw one Harbour Porpoise as we were heading out and for around 40 minutes there was no sighting. But finally we saw our first dorsal fin! It was a Minke Whale that surfaced around 50 meters away from the boat, the an

Tour at 17:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We went out on the bay with high hopes after the last tour this afternoon. It was calm but a bit rainy as headed back to where the Humpback whale had been on the earlier tour. To our disappointment, we did not find it again, so we headed a bit further.

Tour at 17:00

Report from Hafsúlan: We left Reykjavík harbour and the sea was a lot calmer than earlier today. We headed out to sea with the sun shining on mount Esja and a fair share of gulls joined us on our way out. We arrived at an area that seemed to be full of fish as the birds seem

Tour at 17:00

Report from Hafsulan: The skies looked a little dark on our way out, but soon the rain stopped, the sun came out and the sea was calm...but not for long. The wind picked up again and the rain came back. Our passengers were very commited and stayed with me through what seemed

Tour at 17:00

Report from Hafsúlan: It was raining when we started today's last whalewatching tour, but the group of 10 brave sailors that joined us was well equipped with our warm overalls and full of positive attitude - "There is no bad weather, just wrong clothing!". Anyways, the sea w

Tour at 17:00

Report from Hafsúlan: It really is incredible how wildlife changes. The puffinns were all on the island and we did see two Minke Whales and 2-3 White-beaked Dolphins but they all seemed to be sleeping, travelling very slowly and almost stealth like as sometimes you could jus