Wednesday, 24 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
• PREMIUM WHALE TOUR | 20:00

Today's Classic 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 Háfsulan: What a glorious morning! We ventured out under sunny skies, all out on deck, ready to see which cetaceans would show up today. Very shortly after leaving port, a sweet pod of 4 harbor porpoises made some swift surfaces by our side. We were lucky to get  some glimpses of these small whales, and it almost felt like we were travelling together for a second. We also spotted one very quick minke whale. Just as with the porpoises we observed this indiviudal on the go as they were on a mission to waters closer to port. As we came further out onto the bay a tall, blow caught our eye in the distance. As we arrived, we discovered that it was not just one whale, but two humpback whales! We could watch this duo surface next to each other in the sunshine for quite some time, assuming by their calmness that they were recharging their batteries together. As we noted more blows in the distance around, we decided to wave this pair goodbye and continue our adventure. We ended up in an area with a lot of feeding seabirds, Northern gannets, kittiwakes, and lots of other gulls - could this be a sign bigger animals were feeding below? Sure enough, we were lucky to see 4 different humpback whales fluke diving around us at various distances, one was so close we were even lucky to clearly see its beautiful fluke print! Just when we were about to make our return to the harbour, one individual surprised us with a bit of a roll, just by our side! We were all left in awe by this close encounter, and could not help but smile the whole journey back.

- Samantha Smith 

Report from Hafsulan: Coming soon!

Northern gannet, Northern fulmar, Arctic tern, Atlantic puffin, black guillemot, common guillemot, black legged kittiwake, common eider duck, greater and lesser black backed gull, herring gull, oyster catcher, black headed gull