Saturday, 22 April 2023

Today we will be operating on Þruma RIB for our 10:00 and 14:00 Premium Whale tours and on our lovely vessel Eldey for the 09:00 and 13:00 Classic Whale Watching tours. Make sure to dress appropriately for the tours as it is always colder on sea than on land.

• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 09:00
• PREMIUM WHALE TOUR | 10:00
• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 13:00
• PREMIUM WHALE TOUR | 14:00

COVID-19: Keep in mind that passengers and crew are asked to ensure their own hygiene and safety at all times. Washing hands thoroughly with soap and using a hand sanitiser is advised. 

Report from Eldey: We set sail with a very Icelandic day with light rain in our faces and a heart full of hope. After about 45 minutes we started to see harbour porpoises being very shy and then a massive blow not too far from us! It was a humpback whale slowly swimming. This whale was very predictable since it came up and then it went for a fluke dive. It did this 4 or 5 times in a row! But, there were too many boats in the same area and we need to respect the code of conduct in order to respect these gentle giants. We went further away and we saw a little blow not too far again, it was a minke whale which decided to disappear after this. Our day was over, we started to head towards the harbour after a very nice Icelandic day on Earth Day!

-Pedro Teixeira

Report from Eldey: We started the tour with a completely covered sky but a nice and warm temperature. As we headed out of the harbor we realized there was a bit of a fog covering the horizons. As I was explaining the area in which we were at that moment some passengers spotted some harbor porpoises! They were behaving elusively as they always do so we decided to go on a bit further seeking for bigger wildlife. Just a bit later, I spotted a blow in the distance and then another one closer to us! It was a humpback whale!! We were also able to see a very quick white beaked dolphin. Pedro was taking some pictures and realized the humpback whale had some scars due to a previous entanglement. After some time we decided to head back to Reykjavik. We saw around 6 harbor porpoises, 1 white beaked dolphin, and 1 humpback whale.

-Nicolás Corral