Thursday, 21 May 2026

• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 09:00, 13:00
• PREMIUM WHALE TOUR | 10:00, 14:00, 20:00

All whale watching tours are on schedule today from Reykjavík! Remember to dress according to weather and feel free to borrow our thermal overalls if needed!

Report from Eldey: On this marvelous sunny day with great sea conditions, we sailed out looking for some cetaceans in the bay! On the way, the breeze was calm, the birds were feeding and everyone was outside to get sun-kissed. It didn't take long until we spotted a blow in the distance and when we went to investigate, we saw we had a humpback whale feeding! This one popped up right next to the boat too and was showing off its fluke while going down for a dive. When leaving this whale due to the amount of boats around, we looked to our left and saw some splashes in the distance, made by fast white-beaked dolphins! There were 5 of them, a bit scattered, with a baby amongst them, jumping!! We had a very nice view of the mom and the calf when they decided to come closer to our front and we stayed a bit with them. Then, we started heading back to the harbour slowly, enjoying the good weather and happy with the sightings of this morning.

- Milan Vansteelandt

Report from Eldey: We set sail in sunny weather and excited about the tour! We didn´t have to wait very long because soon after leaving the harbour we saw a small blow in the distance. It belonged to a small whale, which caused some confusion at first, but we identified it as a juvenile humpback whale! It was feeding and doing very beautiful fluke dives. After a while more boats joined the watch party and we decided to continue on. We learned about cetaceans and their evolution, while keeping our eyes on the horizon. On our way back to the harbour we passed the area where we saw the humpback and suddenly there was a minke whale right in front of the boat! There were also 3 to 5 harbour porpoises around! Everybody got a nice look at these animals and then we made our way back home, enjoying the last rays of sunshine as the clouds came rolling in.

- Janiek Schrijer

Atlantic puffin, Artic tern, Northern fulmar, lesser and great black back gull, great cormorant, Northern gannet, black-legged kittiwake, herring gull, common guillemot, eider duck