Sunday, 10 August 2025

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

Report from Eldey: This sunny morning treated us to wonderful conditions in the bay - clear skies, light winds, and very calm waves. We had a great view of Snæfellsjökull on our way out, which suggested promising spotting conditions. Sure enough, we soon noticed splashes in the distance. As we approached, we saw a pod of about 10 white-beaked dolphins, traveling and leaping out of the water. We stayed to watch them for a while before continuing on to test our luck further. Suddenly, we spotted some blows in the distance - it was two humpback whales! We spent quite some time observing them as they fluke-dived and surfaced to breathe. While watching the humpbacks, we also spotted several minke whales around us - about seven in total throughout the tour, seen at various distances. A couple of them surfaced very close to the boat, allowing us to clearly see their snouts as they came up for air. Before returning we came across another humpback whale travelling alone. We stopped to watch it surface a few times, before making our way back to the port.

- Maja Andersson

Report from Hafsulan: with the sun strong on our faces, we went out to explore the wonders of Faxaflói. We first saw a minke whale passing by, that was very fast! But then we saw another one, that popped up close to our boat. We stopped and it was still close, came just about 5m from our boat! We could even see it through the surface, as it went down, and we could even take a good look of its fluke, still under the surface, something that we definitely don't see everyday! We continued, and we saw a blow in the distance!! There was a pair of humpback whales, swimming side-by-side. Lovely to see them, as they came so close to our boat. As we had another boat there, we decided to check another blow not far away. It was another humpback! With the sunlight hitting quite well, the whale emitted a rainblow! On the way back, we spotted a minke and stopped for a few moments to check it out. Then, another humpback whale going for deep dives and another minke as well! The bay was full of life, and even the Northern gannets were having a feast!

- Milla Brandao

Report from Eldey: The seas were very calm and the sun felt warm while a chilly wind came from the northeast. On this tour we spotted 6 humpback whales, with the first one being incredibly shy, so after a quick fluke dive it disappeared. No matter though, as the five others more than made up for it! After we continued on our search, we found an area with 5 humpbacks bubblenet feeding! 4 of them were working closely together, often lunging out the water after creating their beautiful bubblenets. The fifth one was only a few hundred meters away, working hard by himself to create his own bubblenets. We got to see this spectacle for almost an hour, until we had to finally leave and start heading home again, while the kept bubblenetting in the distance behind us. On our tour we also got sightings of 3 fast minke whales passing by then and again, adding a nice species diversity to our afternoon!

Milan Vansteelandt

Report from Hafsula : We sailed out under calm seas and clear skies straight towards the open waters. It dint took long until we spotted some blows from the distance. It was 4 humpback whales that were feeding together. Right when the engines where in neutral one of them breached Infront of our boat multiple times letting us speechless. Soon 2 minke whales joined while the humpback whales where bubble net feeding. An really interesting and fun tour full of action.

-Eleftherios Manioudakis 

Report from Eldey: This evening the sun was reflecting very beautifully on the water and we took direction towards Snæfellsjökull where a blow had been spotted. We arrived to find a humpback whale that was fluke diving. Suddenly, we could also see two solitary minke whales doing some quick surfaces. We were staying for quite some time before we continued on a little bit to find another area that seemed like an active feeding ground. We stopped to have a look around, and suddenly bubbles appeared next to us, followed by a humpback whale, surfacing just meters from us! What a surprise! We could watch it do a head rise and a quick exhale at the surface, before it dove down again. We waited for a few minutes and then a full body breach launched next to us! After, it did some calm fluke dives again. What a treat before we had to make our way back to port again. As we got closer to the city, we encountered yet two more humpback whales travelling together, and we stopped to watch them fluke dive again before continuing back to the harbor.

- Maja Andersson

Report from Hafsúlan: We left the harbor with the best conditions possible. The sky had no clouds, there was a weak breeze and the ocean was not very wavy. At least we knew that we were going to have a gorgeous sunset. However, we were lucky enough to also find a few whales. We arrived to an area where there were at least 10 humpback whales in small groups of 2 and 3 individuals. However, there were also a few individuals alone. These whales were very focused on feeding, as it is normal in this time of the year. Every time they went for a deeper dive we could enjoy the view of their flukes, but also in one occasion we saw them lunge feeding! We also found 2 pods of white beaked dolphins of 4 and 6 individuals. The first pod, was feeding next to the humpbacks, but the second one was jumping next to the boat. Finally, we were very lucky to also see 3 minke whales, they were not the most friendly individuals but we could see them when they went to the surface to breath a few times before they disappeared underwater. Definitely, the best way to end a day. 

- Guillermo Monescillo Aragón 

Northern fulmar, Northern gannet, Atlantic puffin, manx shearwater, black-legged kittiwake, black-backed gull, herring gull