Monday, 16 March 2026

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

Today's Whale Watching tour from Reykjavík at 09:00 and 13:00 are on schedule! Remember to dress according to weather and feel free to borrow our thermal overalls if needed!

Report from Eldey: The wind was blowing hard from the mountains; it was quite chilly, but with a hot chocolate in hand and a strong sun, we set sail to find cetaceans! As we went around the islands to try the same location as yesterday, we stumbled upon a blow! A humpback whale was in the area feeding. It got our attention thanks to the big flock of birds on top of it. It did plenty of fluke dives as well as small dives in between. A very nice sighting, but it was not over yet. Nearby, there was another big flock of birds, but this time with a few small splashes under it. As we got closer, we could tell that we had ourselves some 5 to 7 white-beaked dolphins!! They were fast-moving and stampeding to catch breakfast. As we followed the action, we saw another 2 pods of the same species, bringing a total of around 25 dolphins. A really great morning at sea!

- Pedro Teixeira

Report from Eldey: Our afternoon started with high hopes as we decided to sail out under sunny skies. The wind seemed to dim a little bit which gave us a great opportunity to check the area where we found the whale in the morning. We sailed for about 40 minutes before we heard the news of a humpback whale in the area. We got a bit closer to watch the whale dive multiple times and resurface super close to us! We then decided to continue our trip but not long after we found a big pod of white beaked dolphins about 30 individuals feeding under a big flock of birds! As time was running out we decided to head back but we still had time to give one last look at the humpbacks and we found a second smaller pod of white beaked dolphins! What a great day at sea!

-Maria Ernesto

Great black-backed gull, lesser black-backed gull, great cormorant, greylag goose, red-breasted merganser, common eider, black-legged kittiwake, common gull, glaucous gull, Northern fulmar