Monday, 7 July 2025

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

Report from Eldey: Sailing out today, the large swell had calmed down, but the sea was still slightly rough. We expected the best from the whales however, and they absolutely delivered ! We managed to see 12 minke whales, with 7 coming close to us, and around 12 humpback whales as well, with 4 roaming around the boat. With one pair logging peacefully, several fluke dives all over and minkes passing left and right, we managed to find the feeding spot, with a frenzy of whales all over. We finished our great tour continuously spotting whales and blows everywhere, knowing that the rest of the day would keep giving. 

-Alex Paumier

Report from Hafsulán: This morning, we headed out into a partly cloudy, partly sunny Faxaflói Bay. Everyone was excited to spot some cetaceans, and it did not take long before someone shouted "blow ahead!". It was a humpback whale feeding. We approached slowly and got a good view as the individual took a few shallow dives to filter feed. All of a sudden, we spotted a second blow in the area - also from a humpback whale. Soon after, we saw another dorsal fin breaking the surface nearby - this time, it was a minke whale passing swiftly. After spending some time in the area, we continued to test our luck further. After some time we saw splashes in the distance! As we got closer, we realized it was a couple of breaching humpback whales ahead of us. We stayed with one young individual for quite a while as it repeatedly breached and slapped its pectoral fins. A few times, it even treated us to a full breach very close to the boat. Then it started peduncle throwing! Suddenly, we noticed what might have been causing this forceful behavior - a pod of white beaked dolphins was swimming near the whale, seemingly causing some irritation. When the dolphins left, the humpback continued breaching. We stayed a little longer before heading back to the harbour. Everyone felt happy after such a wonderful tour, and on the way back we even some a couple of more humpbacks breaching!

- Maja Andersson

Report from Eldey: Sailing out again this afternoon, we knew that the wind would pick up, making the waves a bit harder than expected. However, quite quickly we noticed big splashes in the Southern part of the bay: a humpback whale that kept breaching, jumping out several times in front of us for quite some time, along with 2 other individuals that kept feeding all around. Further along, we could see many more blows, and some other odd breaches in the distance. The bay was seemingly on a feeding frenzy, with around 7 humpback whales and 6 minke whales coming close to our boats, but many more being spotted all around. We headed back once again knowing that today had been a great sighting day, even finishing with one last humpback whale breaching multiple times in front of us

-Milla "Milla" Brandäo

Report from Hafsulan: Our afternoon started with wavy seas and a bit of wind but we knew an adventure was waiting for us! We sailed for about 45 minutes before we spotted our first blow ! As we got closer we could see a few more blows around us! We were at the right place! We approached our first humpback whale who came to say hello a bit closer to our boat before going for a beautiful fluke dive! We moved from whale to whale seeing them feed around us! Out of nowhere we spotted a huge splash! A whale was jumping! The whale breached out of the water multiple times and did some head slapping as well! amazing sighting! Around us we also spotted about 3 minke whales in the distance! Eventually it was time to head back but we still could see around 8 blows all around us and a small pod of 4-5 white-beaked dolphins bow ride with us for a bit! A wavy but fun tour today!

-Maria Ernesto

Northern gannet, North Atlantic puffin, Northern fulmar, Arctic tern, black legged kittiwake, lesser black backed gull, common guillemot, black guillemot, manx shearwater, herring gull, Arctic skua