Saturday, 14 February 2026

• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 09:00, 13:00

All whale watching tours are on schedule today from Reykjavík! Remember to dress according to weather and feel free to borrow our thermal overalls if needed!

Report from Eldey: On this cold and beautiful Valentine's Day, we sailed out when the sun was rising behind the mountains... Glorious! The sea was a bit choppy and the wind was strong, but we put on our overalls and got hot drinks and we were ready to go! We first spotted 2 blows together and we knew we were in a good spot: many seabirds around, around 6 grey seals and 2 humpback whales feeding! We watched Banana and Kiwi go for deep dives with the light sunkissing their flukes while we also had fun watching the seals swimming close to the boat! We then went for a little sail to see what else we could find. After passing by islets and seabirds, we came back to the humpbacks before returning home. They were amazing, appearing very close to the boat and surprising us all! Lovely cold weather with our favorite animals at sea.

- Milla Brandao

Report from Eldey: The afternoon tour started with a strong breeze coming from the east, but still with the sun on our faces. We went in search of whale fun and about 10 minutes into it, we found 2 humpback whales nearby, feeding on some nice fish. It was Banana and Kiwi (or Split) that were roaming around the islands of the capital city. We stayed for some time before other boats joined and so we left to give more space to the whales. We did a big circle to try to find more stuff to see. Soon we spotted a few Northern gannets plunge diving at an astounding speed, making a bit of a splash. Not too far from there, about 10 harbour porpoises were swimming very fast and playing with the waves! One of them even nearly breached, a rare action from such a shy animal. And sson they went away, like they always do. Back to the humpbacks we went and about 5 grey seals  were swimming with them, sometimes side by side with the giants, but they were not afraid, they just wanted fish. Back to the harbour.

- Pedro Teixeira

Northern gannet, Northern fulmar, black-legged kittiwake, great black-backed gull, lesser black-backed gull, glaucous gull, icelandic gull, herring gull, black-headed gull, red-breasted merganser, common loon, great cormorant, European shag, eider duck, razorbill, black guillemot