Saturday, 29 August 2026

• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 09:00, 11:00, 13:00, 15:00, 17:00, 19:30
• PREMIUM WHALE TOUR | 10:00, 12:00, 14:00, 16:00, 19:00

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

Report from Eldey: This morning offered great conditions for whale watching! Calm seas, sunny skies and visibility for miles made us very excited to go out. We spotted a blow in the distance and we headed over to investigate. On the way there, a pod of 5 harbour porpoises joined briefly on the journey. The blow turned into a fluke and we confirmed it was Neila, a humpback whale! She was not shy and surfacing very close to the boat. We continued our way around the bay, spotting a elusive minke whale when some splashes caught our attention. A second humpback whale was breaching! Not once, but over and over again! It kept going, even when we got closer, even doing some slaps with their beautiful white pectoral fins It was quite a small one, with the energy of a teenager, and we could see it breaching even after we left. After this special encounter, we put on the music and enjoyed the rare Icelandic sunshine as we made our way back to port. 

- Aleks 

Report from Hafsúlan: The weather was perfect as we went out. Just a slight breeze from the west and a few clouds made for a great summer day. Just a few minutes into the tour a quick traveling minke whale surfaced behind our boat. Further out we then spotted the huge blow of a humpback whale. The massive animal was feeding and surfaced quickly before diving down again showing its fluke. We stayed with this whale for some time and it even surfaced close to our boat. On our way back we came across a fast traveling pod of around 5-8 harbour porpoises and another minke whale in the distance. 

- Knut Albrecht

Report from Eldey: The sea was even better then this morning, very calm and with blue skies in every direction. Not very far out of the harbour we spotted a minke whale! This individual came up a few times, before arching its back for a longer dive. We continued our way and spotted a blow in the distance. This was the blow of a humpback whale, and not any whale, this was Neila! A regular and a very loved whale, that we observed going for some beautiful flukes dives close to the boat. While we were waiting for this whale to resurface, a pod of 5 harbour porpoises showed up! They were hunting something, surfacing quick and often. After this, we checked out other areas in the bay before it was time to head back. We enjoyed the sun and the beautiful mountains before returning to port with new, happy memories. 

- Janiek Schrijer

Report from Hafsulan: The weather was absolutely sublime on the afternoon tour, slightly cloudy but calm seas and gentle winds. We set out and found an elusive minke whale after about 30 minutes. We waited for it to come back up but in the distance we saw a big breach and so we headed over there immediately, in the hopes that whatever it was, it would do it again. As we arrived we found two solitary humpback whales swimming about 500 m apart. They were diving and surfacing constantly, most likely feeding. Each dive they showed their wonderful fluke. We saw some splashes in the distance and decided to leave the whales, on our way some harbour porpoises swam passed us, around 6-8 of them. Then we were swarmed by a pod of about 10 white-beaked dolphins, some coming near the boat and others even leaping out of the water. When our time was up we headed back home and on our way we met one of the humpbacks we had seen at the start of the tour, went for a fluke dive and we waved goodbye. Everyone left with big smiles and much information about the whales and our oceans. 

- Matteo Poggio

Report from Eldey: This evening started with calm seas and sunny skies, before the clouds rolled in. The sun was low and because of that we could see multiple blows coming up in the distance, illuminated by the sun. There were two humpback whales feeding in the same area, togheter with a big pod of about 10 white-beaked dolphins! With lots of seabirds around, this area must be full of food. The whales were not together, but just around, going for short dives, changing direction and showing their beautiful fluke every time. Both of these whales were well known, it was Neila and Harpy! We followed them both for a while and even the dolphins came to check us out. A sneaky pod of 6 harbour porpoises was also around, feeding like everybody else. Then, a third unknown humpback whale joined the party and we got to see this one very close, right next to the boat. After a last magnificent fluke dive, we waved our whales goodbye and sailed back to the harbour. 

- Aleksandra Lechwar

Report from Elding: Tonight, we set off for one of our last midnight whale watching trips of this season. It was a little overcast, but the sea was very calm and as the sun was setting, everything was cast in beautiful pastels. We enjoyed the mountain views and not too long after we left port, we found our first wildlife! It was 2 humpback whales that were slowly swimming side by side. The whales we doing beautiful surface sequences with their flukes lifted high at the end of each one! After we had a good look at these two, we kept searching. We came across so many harbour porpoises. It was likely over 20 individuals that we observed throughout the trip. Eventually, we circled back around and found another humpback whale. It turned out to be one of the ones we saw earlier. We observed another few fluke dives and this was when we started running out of daylight. On our way back to port, we drew attention to threats cetaceans are still facing in our oceans with whaling being a very present one here in Iceland still, unfortunately. We hoped every passenger on board will remember this very special moment and help us to spread awareness to continue protecting whales and marine life.

- Maria Huaman

Arctic tern, Northern gannet, Northern fulmar, greater black-backed gull,black backed kittiwake