Friday, 5 June 2026

• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 09:00, 13:00, 17:00
• PREMIUM WHALE TOUR | 10:00, 12:00, 14:00, 16:00, 20:00

Today's Whale Watching tours from Reykjavík are on schedule. Remember to dress according to weather and feel free to borrow our thermal overalls if needed!

Report from Eldey: We set sail in to the bay and also into the rain this morning. This did not temper our spirits in the least, so we kept our eyes on the horizon in search for wildlife. Not long after our efforts were rewarded with a blow in the distance! This was a humpback whale and it was traveling. It was coming up a lot and not changing direction, so we could track it really well and keep a respectable distance. After a while, we left this whale on its travels and as we turned around, we immediately spotted another humpback whale! This was a very sleepy humpback, resting at the surface and being very calm. We enjoyed its presence and then had to head back to the harbour. On our way back we experienced a true Icelandic weather phenomenon: horizontal rain. Suddenly, trough the rain, we spotted another blow belonging to a third humpback whale! It was truly a humpback party today. This whale even did a fluke dive, an amazing end to our adventure.

- Janiek Schrijer

Report from Eldey: Rain accompanied us when we left the harbour this afternoon, but we were excited and ready for an adventure! Soon enough, a blow appeared on the horizon and we headed over to investigate. As we got closer, we started to see a back coming out of the water and we knew then it was a humpback whale! This whale was feeding, coming up for air a few times before heading off into the deep with a fluke dive. After spending some time with this whale, we decided to continue our way. The rain picked up which caused some slight technical complications. The microphone got soaked, so we got to hear the ding-dong of the bridge public address system before learning about different seabird species for a bit. Soon the rain cleared and we were back to regular programming with better visibility. This was when we found another humpback whale! This one was showing us some interesting behaviour as well. We saw it stationary by the surface, which is a resting behaviour called logging. After a bit it did a very slow fluke slap which was incredible to observe. As were were running out of time, we started heading back to port. Despite the rain, it was a great trip!

- Hannah Carstens

Report from Eldey: It was still raining when we sailed out in the late afternoon. We were few people, so it was nice to have a lot of space on the boat and it made it easy to ask questions. After a while, we spotted not one but two blows in the distance! Two humpback whales side by side was very special. They were resting, sometimes going for a longer dive, probably feeding in the deeps below. We spend a lovely time with these whales before heading on. Another whale watching boat spotted a blow so we also went to investigate. It was another humpback whale! From a distance, it showed some signs of disturbance. It was slapping its pectoral fins, rolling around and trumpeting. We kept our distance and the whale calmed down. It surfaced really close to our boat and eventually was resting at the surface before going for some dives. It was quite interesting behavior that triggered a nice conservation about the impact of whale watching vessels and the importance of the code of conduct. On the way back it stopped raining so we put on the music and enjoyed the sail. 

- Janiek Schrijer

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