Saturday, 12 September 2026

• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 09:00, 13:00, 17:00
• PREMIUM WHALE TOUR | 9:00
• PREMIUM WHALE TOUR | 12:00, 15:00

Today's whale watching tours are on schedule!

Report from Eldey: The bay woke up to a chilly but sunny morning! We could even catch our first glimpse of snow on the mountains. The sea was beautifully calm, with amazing visibility perfect conditions for searching for our beloved cetaceans at the surface. Our first little sighting was a very sneaky minke whale only seen by some of us for a brief moment as it sped away. We headed north, and after a while, we spotted splashes at the surface. A calm pod of 7–8 white-beaked dolphins appeared, and they were incredibly curious! They approached the front of the boat, passed underneath us, and even explored the back of the vessel. With the dolphins coming so close, we could even recognize a 2-3 calves, who were always popping up alongside their mothers. The juveniles also showed off a bit, leaping, breaching and racing alongside the boat. Later, we continued our journey and spotted our first blow. A solitary, juvenile humpback whale, that was spending quite a long time underwater between surfaces. But then, out of nowhere, a huge splash appeared about a mile away! We headed in that direction, and when we arrived we saw one, two... and then three blows! Three humpback whales were together, very calm at the surface and showing us their beautiful flukes. Later only two showed up, but back again the three of them they were logging for a bit. On our way back we managed to spot many (around 15) harbour porpoises swimming in a very calm and shiny water. A perfect way to return home! 

- Orsi Stipsicz

Report from Eldey: In the afternoon, the wind had calmed down a bit, leading to a smoother and slightly less cold, sun-warmed sail out into Faxaflói Bay. Visibility was wonderful, and we could clearly see both peninsulas bordering the bay, Snæfellsnes and Reykjanes.Not even half an hour after leaving the harbour, we spotted the smallest cetacean in the bay, the harbour porpoise: a very spread-out pod of 10 cute, tiny harbour porpoises. But we continued sailing in order to reach a further area and explore some of our morning areas. Suddenly, out of nowhere, we spotted two shapes in the water cruising towards us. Once we got closer, we could confirm that there were two humpback whales, and they were extremely calm at the surface. They went down, but the second time they came back to the surface, there were three! Three individuals were resting very close to our boat... What an amazing moment! After a few more surfaces, we left the area in order to create less noise pollution, since other boats were in the area. We headed southwest this time, and after a while sailing, we saw another blow in the distance: another humpback whale, this time a solitary individual. On our way to this new area, a tiny minke whale appeared very close to us, and we had the opportunity to see it twice. When we arrived in the new humpback whale area, we realized it was a juvenile individual, and before leaving, we even saw it lunge-feeding once! With the bright sun shining on our smiling faces, we headed back to the harbour with unforgettable memories of this tour.

-María Huamán

Report from Eldey: On our last tour of the day, the afternoon had become colder as we sailed out into Faxaflói Bay. Despite the chill, the sea was full of surprises, and we were excited to see what the bay had in store for us. Not long after leaving the harbour, we encountered multiple pods of harbour porpoises (about 4-5 pods of 3-4 individuals)! They were spread out across the area, and we enjoyed watching these tiny cetaceans surfacing around us, clearly feeding, as they were all circling in their respective areas. As we sailed further, suddenly we spotted our first blow in the distance. It was a solitary humpback whale! We approached carefully and were able to watch the whale surfacing, but it was spending a long time underwater between breaths. After giving it some time, we decided to continue further into the bay, where we could see several more blows appearing in the distance. When we reached the new area, we were amazed by what we found. At first, 3 humpback whales were surfacing together. Then, as we watched, a fourth whale joined them! The excitement on board grew even more when one of the whales suddenly launched itself out of the water in a huge breach! It happened only once, but it was enough to make the whole boat cheer and scream. What an amazing moment! The whales continued surfacing around us, and soon we counted five individuals next to one another! We then spotted another humpback whale further away, bringing our total to 6. And the surprises didn't stop there! With other boats around one mile away, another humpback whale was also being observed in the area, bringing the total to SEVEN humpback whales in the area! What a busy evening. There was clearly lots of food in the area, as the seabirds were swarming around us, and very excited each time the whales came up. As we were quite far our, with a final fluke dive from our original trio, we bid them farewell and began making our way back to port. On our way however, we also saw the very very distant dorsal fins of 3 white-beaked dolphins as well as a total of 3 minke whales, which seemed to be heading in the direction of this feeding area. What a crazy and incredible final tour of the day!

- Orsi Stipsicz

Northern fulmar, Northern gannet, greater and lesser black-backed gull, Arctic skua, sooty shearwater, black-legged kittiwake, herring gull