Monday, 6 July 2026

• 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

Today's Whale Watching tours from Reykjavík are on schedule as shown above. Remember to dress according to weather and feel free to borrow our thermal overalls if needed!

Report from Eldey: As we were heading out this morning, we had practically no wind, which made for a pleasant time at sea. We were not just lucky with the weather today, but also with the sightings. After a little bit of cruising, we found a pod of 5 white-beaked dolphins! As we got closer, the dolphins started to be quite aerially active. We saw two of them non-stop jumping for a good moment! After this very fun and impressive encounter, we carried on. Shortly after, we found a humpback whale! We observed a few surface sequences and everyone was very impressed by this whale's fluke-display. After we moved on from this encounter, we even managed to find a third species of cetacean, a minke whale! This minke whale was very nice to observe and we got to see it a bunch of times before it was time to start heading back to port. We had a great time at sea!

- Hannah Carstens

Report from Hafsulan: For our 11 AM tour we sailed out under overcast skies on very calm waters, wonderful conditions for spotting whales as we had great visibility with minimal glare on the sea surface. After sailing for about 40 minutes of sailing and learning about the species we might spot in the bay, a tall big blow appeared in the distance ahead! As we slowly approached with excitement, we discovered that it was a humpback whale. We stayed with this individual for a while and could watch it go for some beautiful long fluke dives. The whale was very calm and spent quite a lot of time underwater when diving, so after some time here we decided to leave it be on its peaceful travel to discover what else Faxaflói had to offer. After some more time sailing, a few other blows appeared ahead. We ended up in a dream location! We had another humpback whale fluke diving on our port-side, a pod of 10 white beaked dolphins travelling on our starboard side, and 2 minke whales that appeared in the distance in front of us. It was hard to decide where to look! The dolphins approached the boat, travelling under us and popping up side to side. We admired as we got to see these sweet, quite large dolphins very u close and personal. On our return we stopped one more time to watch the same humpback whale we discovered from before. Again, we were lucky to see it fluke dive a few times before it was time for us to head back to the harbour again. On our return, we spotted some more minke whales travelling in the distance, and got to learn more about the history and landscape of Faxaflói bay. What a wonderful tour!

- Eline Van Aalderink 

Report from Eldey: Despite the clouds and a few drops of rain the weather was still warm and gentle this afternoon. Again we found a bay full of wildlife as we spotted at least 6 minke whales all over the place. a few of them even feeding right besides our boat! We also saw 2 Humpback whales; Both busy feeding as well. One of them was going on many brief dives, while the other took slightly longer but both of them treated us to many beautiful flukes! As a surprising ender we also found a pod of 8 white-beaked dolphins! They were travelling fairly leasurely and so we spent the remaining minutes of our tour travelling alongside until we finally had to call it a day and return home again.

Milan Vansteelandt

Report from Hafsulan: The calm conditions of the morning persisted in the afternoon, and we sailed out onto a (to Icelandic standards) warm Fáxafloi bay. We admired the surrounding Reykjanes- and Snæfellsness peninsula, and suddenly spotted a tall big blow in the distance. It turned out to be a humpback whale! As we got closer, we discovered that the individual was not alone, but also accompanied by 10 white beaked dolphins with some very small calves and surrounded by a large flock of seabirds. It turned out we had ended up in a big feeding ground! Two minke whales also briefly popped up in the distance, and suddenly another humpback whale also arrived under a flock of seabirds in the distance. We stayed with the first individual and got to admire as the whale was lunge feeding, and also bubble net feeding just next to us. Some surfaces were so close we could loudly hear the large sound of its exhale as it came up for air. As time went on, the two humpback whales swam closer to each other, and the initial solitary feeders joined together as one, showing us their synchronized dives as they caught momentum to swim down below. We felt very spoilt being able to have such a close encounter, smiling as they sometimes were upside down showing their bellies over the surface in between feeding, and creating large bubble clouds from down below. What a lovely afternoon!

- Maja Andersson

Report from Eldey: We sailed out again. This time with a bit of a drizzle following us, but this did not keep us from having a spectacular trip. As we were leaving port, all of us were on the top deck, staring expectantly at the ocean. We spotted some birds and it did not take long until we found our first cetaceans. It was two humpback whales and they were very bust feeding. We became witnesses of spectacular foraging displays. The whales cooperated by blowing lines of bubble clouds next to each other, thus herding the fish and and lunging high up into the air. Later on in the encounter, we also observed one individual blowing full bubble spiral. Observing bubble net feeding like this is incredible! When we moved on from the animals, we kept searching and found some minke whales. There was two in one area. They were also busy feeding and we even got to see one going upside down as it was lunge feeding! Throughout the trip, we kept finding minke whales and probably observed a total of 5 different individuals. Towards the end of the trip, we passed by one of the humpback whales again. We spotted a small pod of around 2 to 5 white-beaked dolphins too and got to see more humpback lunge feeding action. When we returned to port our passengers were beyond impressed by the wildlife we got to observe on this incredible trip!

- Hannah Carstens

Report from Elding:  We headed out in light rain with low seas and steady visibility, and our first sighting came quickly: a sleek minke whale that surfaced several times and even passed right by our bow, giving everyone a thrilling, close look at its streamlined dorsal fin. Continuing along, we encountered a solitary humpback whale actively feeding; it was working methodically, laying bubble walls and, on a few occasions, building into a full bubble net before lunging through the center. After observing multiple feeding cycles, we moved on and located a coordinated pair of humpbacks feeding together, alternating roles and timing their lunges with tight surface intervals and synchronized turns. Pushing farther, we rounded another stretch of productive water and found about 4 harbour porpoises passing by and 2 more humpbacks spread across the area... also feeding with birds! Everyone was super hungry tonight. We watched them for a while, sinking in all the nature around (including loud chaotic birds). We then started our way back, spotting in the distance the first whale we saw and about 2 more minkes. Our night was complete. We returned home happy and cosy in the saloon with a hot chocolate in our hands.

- Milla Brandao

Atlantic puffin, Arctic tern, Arctic skua, Northern fulmar, Northern gannet, great and lesser black-backed gull, black-legged kittiwake, herring gull, common guillemot, eider duck, black-headed gull, common shag, great cormorant