Monday, 15 June 2026

• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 09:00, 11:00, 13:00, 15:00, 17:00, 20:30
• 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: Calm seas and gloomy skies when we left this morning. The tour started of strong when we spotted a pod of 4 harbour porpoises just outside the harbour. We ventured out further in the bay and spotted our first humpback whale! This one was busy feeding and we observed this for a bit. Then we continued on and suddenly a lot of things happened at the same time. It started with a blow of a humpback whale in the distance, followed by a second blow to our right. Then the whale in front of us started breaching! Suddenly also big splashes on our left. Three more humpback whales were breaching and chin slapping! On the horizon, more splashes of a breaching humpback. We set course to the trio and these whales were displaying all kinds of socials behaviours. They were all over each other, rolling around and even spy hopping, so doing a bit of people watching. It was very specials to see them also interested in us and something we will not soon forget.

- Janiek Schrijer

Report from Hafsulan: We departed Reykjavík this morning towards a very calm and flat seas, happy to have good conditions to search for whales. As we passed the islands outside of Reykjavík and their bird colonies, we saw multiple birds species, including fulmars, guillemots, and the very cute puffins. Out at sea, our first sighting was of a pair of two humpback whales, They were resting, calmly swimming at the surface, before diving for short periods. We moved on to our second sighting, which was a group of five white-beaked dolphins. These animals were way smaller than the humpbacks, but still double the size of a human, and very confident. They approached our ship a few times, investigating us from up close, before moving on. They were followed by a third sighting, three humpback whales travelling together and doing social behaviours, like waving their tails and tail-slapping. On the way back, we even managed to see the two humpback whales from before, and returned to Reykjavík with a boat full of happy people!

- Ricardo Mendes

Report from Eldey: Our first afternoon tour began like the morning, with overcast skies but a very calm sea, after half an hour of sailing we spotted a group of about 6-8 white-beaked dolphins which approached the boat before heading off in search of food. We could not stay long anyway because we were spotting very distant blows and needed to head further out. Finally we reached the area where we spotted multiple blows and out of nowhere emerged 3 humpback whales! One after the other they blew as if on cue, and one after the other they dove, showing us their unique flukes. We sat in awe as these whales went through a sequence of dives to feed below the surface. As more boats approached we headed out, leaving these whales in peace. As soon as we turned we spotted more blows not too far away, we approached and found 4 more humpback whales!! The bay seemed to be teeming with food! We could not stay long because we were very far from home, but we got to see 4 friends feeding and diving together, just incredible. We headed home, grateful to be alive and to share the planet with such magnificent beings. On our way home we spotted a minke whale as she swam right past our bow, and multiple humpbacks in the distance, one of which even breached. We were all amazed by what nature had in store for us today. 

- Matteo Poggio

Report from Hafsulan: We had quite nice conditions this afternoon with calm seas. Not too long into the tour we were accompanied by 2 minke whales travelling separately. However, they only did about one surface sequence each so not many people could see them. We later on entered a hotspot area that was full of life. A big blow was seen from a distance and as we headed closer we saw that it was a humpback whale. This individual was very actively feeding. It was moving fast in different directions, powerful fluke dives and loud trumpeting, clearly on a mission for food. It even blew bubble rings even though it did not vertially come up to the surface to feed. It was surrounded by a flock of hungry birds, clearly indicating a lot of fish. After watching this one for quite some time we headed on to a closeby humpback whale. That one also came close to the boat and with waters this calm you could clearly see the big white pectorial fins through the water. Surrounding us at this time was 3 minke whales at various distances. The way home was blessed with a pod of about 8 white-beaked dolphins. They were being very playful, leaping out of the water and showing off, investigating the boat closely and even showing off a juvenile of the pod. They were also cearly feeding, going fast in different directions. I am sure that the passengers enjoyed this tour as much as we did. Lovely day out at sea!

- Frida Skarfors

Report from Eldey: A bit chilly but otherwise a beautiful late afternoon here in Reykjavik. We headed out in the bay and learned out cetaceans and their evolution before we had our first sighting. It was a pod of 10 to 12 white-beaked dolphins. As we got closer, they appeared to break up into two pods and they were being elusive so we let them be. Quickly after, we saw a blow and a fluke of a humpback whale! When we arrived with the whale, we realized there were 2 more in the area, all busy feeding. There were also at least 3 minke whales in the area. The one closest to us even started bubble net feeding! He wasn´t very good at it yet, but who knows with time. After observing this, we left after a beautiful fluke dive and made our way back to port. We spotted a second pod of 6 white-beaked dolphins on our way back and they even came very close to the boat. All and all an amazing tour and a great time spend on the ocean.

- Janiek Schrijer

Report from Hafsulan: First midnight tour of the season, yay! And what a tour it was, with near-flat seas, and a gentle breeze blowing. First we encountered a pod of 5 white-beaked dolphins which curiously came to check out our boat, treating us to some jumps. Then, we also passed by 2 minke whales, but we moved on rather quickly from those as we were on our way to meet our stars of the evening, the humpback whales! As multiple blows appeared on the horizon, we approached an area where we found what turned out to be no less than 10 humpbacks! We manaeged to see many of them up close while a few we witnessed as blows further away, But what a spectacle we got! We saw them feeding all around us, sometimes by themselves, in pairs or even in threes! We saw also loads of surface behaviours including lunge-feeds and multiple breaches! We also saw peduncle throws, from the whale we identified as Davy Jones II and even bubble net feeding from Bubbles and their friend! This was truly a night to remember and the best possible way to fully kick off the summer midnight tours!

- Milan Vansteelandt

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