Sunday, 8 March 2026

• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 9:00
• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 13:00

All whale watching tours are on schedule today from Reykjavík! Remember to dress according to weather and feel free to borrow our thermal overalls if needed!

Report from Eldey: With some snow flurrying around us, we bundled up and headed out, excited for who we could see today! The snow atop the mountains around us created a beautiful winter scene. First we checked around our islands to see if anyone was around. No cetaceans were around and so we set our sights further out into the bay. After a bit of a sail, we spotted a blow and went to investigate. Upon getting closer we were treated right away to the tail of one humpback whale! We recognized that this individual was Banana, who has been hanging out in our bay for majority of the winter. When they surfaced again they were really close a gave us a wonderful view of their body through the surface of the water. 

-Emily Erskine

Report from Eldey: This afternoon was a true Icelandic winter day - every weather in just a few hours. We had heavy snow storms mixed with blue skies and some large swells. A true Viking experience! We headed out into the bay, searching the same areas that we went to in the morning. However, we could not spot any signs of any cetaceans. A couple of blizzards didn't help but we stayed optimistic as we continued our search. We were able to watch plenty of northern fulmars gliding above the waves. Unfortunately, we didn't find any whales or dolphins out in the bay so we sailed back towards the islands closer to shore and continued our search in these shallower waters. In the end it seemed like our cetaceans won this afternoons game of hide and seek, so we gave out complimentary tickets in the hopes that everyone can try to spot some cetaceans with us another day. 

-Samantha Smith

Northern fulmar, black guillemot, eider duck, lesser and greater black-backed gull, black-legged kittiwake, red-breasted merganser, European shag, great cormorant, greylag goose