Monday, 14 July 2025

• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 09:00, 11:00, 13:00, 15:00, 17:00, 20:30
• PREMIUM WHALE TOUR |10:00, 12:00, 14:00, 16:00, 20:00

Report from Eldey: We headed out on calm, flat waters under clear skies and sunshine. Heading out from the harbour, we very quickly came across 3 harbour porpoises travelling towards the coast, as well as a minke whale spotted by a vigilant passenger. A very strong start! We continued into the bay, heading for some splashes on the horizon, a small pod of white-beaked dolphins, jumping and leaping ahead of us! We were quickly distracted by some larger splashes in the distance, a breaching humpback whale! We hurried over to get a closer look, and found a group of 4 humpbacks feeding in the area. We immediately recognized two of them, the beloved mother-calf pair! The calf put on quite a show for us, breaching, pec slapping and tail slapping, while mom went for some gorgeous fluke dives nearby. We stayed with this group for quite a while, admiring the playful little calf, proudly showing off all the surface behaviours in their repertoire. As we were turning to head to another blow, mom decided to show off some tail slaps as well, illustrating the massive size difference between a baby and a momma humpback. After this amazing sighting we headed for one of the many blows around us in the area, another humpback joined by a small group of playful white-beaked dolphins! Always special to see these interactions, the dolphins were leaping around the the humpback, which began rolling on the surface! Satisfied with the multitude of special sightings of this tour, we headed back to the harbour. What an incredible tour! 

- Orsi Stipsicz

Report from Hafsulan: This morning we sailed out onto a calm ocean and warm sunny skies! We do get sunshine but it is rare that it is warm so this was a special treat! We sailed out and quickly spotted a minke whale close to the boat. It popped up 4 times but as we were still close to land we wanted to get a little further out. And good thing we did, we proceeded to spot 3 blows on the horizon from 3 different humpback whales! Turns out we had found the calf and what we presume is its mother, as well as one extra humpback! While we were still en route we could see the calf breach as well as the other one but this then calmed down as we got closer. As one was a calf it is likely it tired itself out, just like a child running frantically around the play ground and needed a little rest. We stayed with these too for the most part, but on occasion the other humpback said hello, and then we actually noticed a fourth one in the visinity as well! What a treat! We eventually wanted to give our duo some space, and went for a little sail to find something or someone else. Just as we left, the little one started breaching again so we couldnt resist and turned back around. We stayed as long as we could but eventually had to head back home to harbour, on the way home spotting another minke whale.

- Anna Richter

Report from Eldey: We headed into the calm, flat bay under beaming sunshine. Very early on, we spotted an elusive minke whale, but continued on to try and spot some less shy cetaceans. Soon after, we spotted a pair of humpback whales, feeding together. We stayed with this pair for quite a while, and just as we were about to leave, they began breaching! Naturally, we stayed a while longer, and were treated to quite a show! Pec slaps, breaches, spy hops galore! We returned to harbour absolutely beaming with happiness after this once in a lifetime tour!

-Sigrún Helgu

Report from Hafsulan: we sailed out this afternoon once more, this time still in the sun but the wind had definitely picked up. Not long into our sail we spotted a pod of 12 white beaked dolphins! They spread out a little as we got closer but were bow riding along our left showing us their gorgeous patterns through the water. Not wanting to loose too much time close to land, we eventually headed on when the dolphins did and spotted three blows in the distance (again)! We got to an area where it looked like it was snowing from the amount of birds in the air! It was a mass amount of birds that was unlike anything we had ever seen before! In this one spot we had 6 humpback whales that were feeding but three that we got to have a close look at. These three were doing a mix of different feeding behaviours from bubble net feeding to lunge feeding and sometimes coming up with such gusto that it looked like a mini or half breach! It was quite the spectacle. We stayed for as long as we could watching on in awe, also spotting a minke whale pop up as well. Eventually we did have to set course for Reykjavik, making one more pit stop for a pod of 7 more dolphins before doing so. What a magical afternoon!

- Knut Ablrecht 

Report from Elding: We left the harbour under clear skies and sunshine, headed into the calm bay. We headed for some blows amidst flocks of birds in the distance, hoping to see some whales and stumbled upon an absolute feeding frenzy! With at least 10 humpback whales, as well as at least 10 minke whales in the area, we were clearly on top of a massive bait ball, also evidenced by the massive flocks of diving birds. Bubble-netting painted the surface of the water bright blue and humpbacks, including the beloved Davy Jones II, where lunge feeding all around us! Anywhere we looked, a gaping humpback whale mouth slammed shut just above the surface of the water, before diving deeper once more with an elegant fluke dive. We stayed as long as we could, admiring this unique, ingenious feeding technique in awe! What a lucky tour! 

-Sigrún Helgu

Report from Elding: What a day, the weather could not be better. Clear sky, sunshine and double figure temperatures. We still had a good breeze from the north west, so we expected a bit of rolling when we went out. After a smooth sail towards the sun, we spotted the blows of some whales and as we got closer, also the activity of birds on the surface increased. It was a group of 5 humpback whales that were busy on the surface, probably feeding on he abundant small fish in the area. It was not easy to stay with them as they spread out over quite a vast area, but our captain Valgeir steered the boat with sure hands to give us a good look at the whales. Also some white beaked dolphins joined the feeding. In total we had around 10 individuals close to the boat and swimming along with us for some time while we made our way toward two very active humpback whales that were breaching further away. As we got closer one of these little show-offs performed an almost full breach no more than 50 m away from the boat! What as sight and sound from up close. Again, what a day!

- Knut Albrecht