Friday, 3 July 2026

• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 9:00, 11:00, 13:00, 15:00, 20:30
• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 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 as shown above. Remember to dress according to weather and feel free to borrow our thermal overalls if needed!

Report from Eldey: After a few gloomy and rainy days, the sun was finally out this morning. We sailed out into the blue bay with no whitecaps, but a little bit of swell. We were still admiring the sunlit mountains when we found a minke whale! We checked it out a bit and then carried on exploring. Soon after, we encountered a humpback whale. When we arrived by to have a look at the whale we also noticed a pod of around 5 white-beaked dolphins, but quickly lost track of them because the whale was drawing in all our attention. This whale was showing off its bubble net feeding skills all around the boat. It started with curtains and eventually showed us some nice spirals. After a bit we carried on again and stopped by a group of another four humpback whales in a tight group together. Because there was already a few boats by these ones, we decided to move on quickly. The bay was quite busy today, which was why we immediately found another humpback whale! This one was quite small compared to the other ones, and briefly showed us its pectoral fin. Finally, we decided to start heading back. On our way, we even saw another minke whale! It was a super nice trip!

- Hannah Carstens

Report from Hafsulan: Some northwesterly swell made for a fun ride into Faxaflói this morning, but the wind remained low so we had great visibility. Our first encounter was with a very calm humpback whale. This individual surfaced once, then stayed under for a couple of minutes, and then came back up close to where he went down. We didn´t want to disturb his morning slumber, so we continued towards some splashes created by a pod of 8 white-beaked dolphins. The dolphins were making small circles as they were probably having their breakfast, and we enjoyed some close up views of the active pod. Then we spotted a blow - another humpback whale! This individual was also feeding, and we could track it as it was underwater because it kept creating bubblenets! It led us to two other individuals, and they eventually all joined together. When we were about to leave, one of the individuals came up a couple of meters from our starboard - wow! After this very close encounter we made our way back to Reykjavík. 

- Eline van Aalderink

Report from Hafsulan: Wind and waves died down on our 15:00 tour, all sun all around, great moods! We left with high spirits and after having trained our passengers on whale and dolphin spotting, everyone was focused on the sea to spot some activity. Quite soon, near the city of Akranes we saw blows, as we got closer there were about 3 humpback whales in the area. However, these were changing directions frequently during feeding and they were very tricky to spot. But we kept our cool and stayed patient. Not long after we managed to slowly approach an area with two individuals which were coming very close to the boat. At a certain moment, out of nowhere, a whale came to the surface from a lunge feeding bout! Belly up! We could see the enormous belly and dilated throat grooves! It was just spectacular. After watching a few fluke dives we decide to leave the area and head south. The bay was full of life, so it did not take long before spotting our next blows. We approach an area with 2 minke whales, a pod of about 6 white-beaked dolphins, and a bubble-netting humpback whale! We were all in awe with all the wonderful things we were witnessing. As the humpback whale came to the surface, after blowing perfect bubble rings, we could catch a glimpse at the mouth and baleen plates. As the whale fluke dove, it was time for us to say goodbye. We leave the area with cheers and applauses for these incredible animals and this incredible world we live in, that we must fight for and protect! 

-Matteo Poggio

Report from Elday: We had  wonderful weather, clear skies and calm seas ahead of as. Our first sighting was at the begging of our tour not more than a mile away for Akurey island. It was a minke whale that surfaced tow times. We continued father out because we could see quite a few blows in the distance. Indeed was more than seven humpback whales at the same area. We went passed all of them but focused in the tree of them that where lounged feeding close to our boat. It was an amazing experience even with a breach and a tail slap too. We couldn't ask for more and we cam back to port with big smiles and lots of nice memories.

- Eleftherios Manioudakis