Sunday, 23 August 2026

• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 09:00, 11:00, 13:00, 15:00, 17:00, 19:30
• PREMIUM WHALE TOUR | 9:00, 10:00, 12:00, 13:00
• PREMIUM WHALE TOUR | 15:00, 16:00, 19:00

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: The weather was a wonderful Icelandic summer day. Rain, wind, sun and clear sky all within half an hour. The wind was blowing strong from the west and pushed quite some swell into the bay. We plowed out and searched for quite some time. Finally the blow of a humpback whale could be seen and we were able to witness a few fluke dives before we had to return back to the harbor in wonderful sunshine. 

- Knut Albrecht 

Report from Hafsulan: The weather in Reykjavik was cloudy thought we sailed out and we found clear skies that made us exited for the day ahead. Lucky for us on our way out to the open waters we found some Atlantic puffins. Soon they will be gone for the winter. Not long after we spotted a blow in the distance and we went to investigate. The blow was coming for a humpback whale that was feeding in the area it was surfacing every few minutes and often close to our boat. We spent the rest of out time admiring this active individual and we started our way back with many nice memories to remember.

-Eleftherios Manioudakis 

Report from Eldey: There was still a high swell in the bay, but the sun had come out and the wind was calming down, so off we went into Faxaflói. Since the visibility was so good, we spotted the blow of a humpback whale from a distance. He was coming up regularly, and was surfacing in random directions - one time even coming straight towards us! At one point he was very close to our bow, and suddenly threw his peduncle in the air! What a spectacular sight, especially from so close. We stayed with the humpback for a while, and in the meantime two minke whales were also regularly surfacing close to it. We tried to follow one of the minkes, but instead the humpback whale kept coming up close to us. We enjoyed being in the presence of this beautiful animal for a bit longer, and then sailed south, towards the sun. After some good views of the landscape around us, it was time to head back to harbour.

-Eline van Aalderink

Report from Hafsulan: The sun was really shining bright by now and, while still choppy, the sea had visibly started calming down after this morning's big waves. Riding the waves we went out and found a humpback whale, an individual that was feeding and was thus going back and forth, surfacing and diving often. Sometimes, with a fluke nice and high, sometimes without. After a good time we continued a bit more but even though we searched it seemed like we could not find any other signs of wildlife. We then decided to spend our remaining time with the same humpback before returning home, ending our sunny afternoon with a high!

Milan Vansteelandt

Atlantic puffin (pufflings!), arctic skua, eider duck, great cormorant, herring gull, great black-backed gull, lesser black-backed gull, northern gannet, northern fulmar, black-legged kittiwake