Friday, 13 February 2026

• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 9:00, 13:00

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: in this glorious morning with the sun coming behind the mountains, clear skies and calm seas, we sailed out to find some whales! It didn't take long until we spotted in the distance 2 dark backs together and getting closer... 2 humpback whales, our friends Banana and Kiwi! These 2 humpbacks were not alone: there were at least 15 grey and harbour seals around us, super curious, swimming and probably feeding too, very close to the whales. We stay there for a while and enjoyed nature around us since these whales wouldn't spend too long under the surface. They were very active! We then decided to sail out and give them some space. However, when we were already a bit far, we needed to return to them since they started to breach!! Not only once, but even when we got there, they breached many times and it was amazing to see! What a great lovely morning at sea!

- Milla Brandao

Report from Eldey: Our afternoon started with clear skies and calm seas, although it was pretty cold we enjoy the sun shinning in a beautiful winter day. We sailed out from the harbour and just after a few minutes we spotted in the distance 2 blows together, 2 humpback whales, our friends Banana and its friend that we also sighted this morning We stay there for a while and enjoyed their presence occasionally spotting some grey and harbour seals around us! Then we decided to sail a bit further out and we found 2 different pods of harbour porpoises! As time was running out we decided to head back but first we stopped once more by the humpbacks to see one last fluke dive!

-Maria Ernesto

Northern gannet, Northern fulmar, great black-backed gull, lesser black-backed gull, herring gull, great northern diver, eider duck, great cormorant, European shag, black guillemot, common guillemot