Friday, 20 February 2026

• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 9:00, 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: A day so beautiful it almost made us forget it is still winter. Cold but calm and beautiful. We saw the head of seal looking at us for a while but it was in the glare of the sun so a bit challenging to see what species it was but most likely a Harbour Seal. Soon after we came across 2 Humpback Whales right in front of Lundey Island and had a rewarding half an hour or so with their continuous feeding, signified on the surface by what seemed to be occasional parts of the feeding lunges that humpback whales and other baleen whales are so known for. Numerous patches of northern fulmars sitting on the water plus a very brief sighting of 2-3 Harbour Porpoises were then the icing on the cake as we made our way back to Reykjavik.

- Baldur Thorvaldsson 

Report from Eldey: We went out towards flat seas and a beautifully sunny sky this afternoon. It took a bit of searching we then found our 2 humpback whales Banana & Split once again. They were going on rapid dives in the area, clearly feeding on the many fish below. As they were going back and forth we even got a few excited little lunges! We spent a long time following them on their journey of feeding and in between rests until it was time to give them back their peace and quiet. We went out onwards into the sunny bay to find 2 harbour porpoises. They were however very shy and only spotted by a few lucky passengers. This then concluded our tour and so we happily sailed back, concluding another successful afternoon.

Milan Vansteelandt

Northern fulmar, great cormorant, Northern gannet, black guillemot, res-breasted merganser, eider duck, great black-backed gull, lesser black-backed gull, herring gull, Icelandic gull, black-headed gull, black-legged kittiwake, common loon