Sunday, 11 October 2026

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

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: There was quite a lot of wind as we left the harbour this morning, but this just all added to the adventure that we were going to have today! We started our tour with a pod of 8 white-beaked dolphins that came very close to our boat a few times but quickly moved away from us. We noticed that they had a few youngsters among them so it is likely that they were being more protective around the boat. Not long after leaving this pod we spotted some splashes in the distance and found another pod of dolphins! A couple of the dolphins were launching their bodies out of the water in incredible jumps! This pod was larger as well, and had around 10-15 individuals. Eventually, they also disappeared away from the boat and we continued on to find the star of the show - a breaching and pec slapping humpback whale! We were incredibly lucky to see two full breaches and then continuous pectoral fin slapping from this very active whale. We also had 2 solitary minke whales popping up around the area as well. An absolutely amazing end to our tour this morning!

- Sam

Report from Eldey: We sailed out in windy Icelandic weather. The sea conditions were good while we were sailing along. After a while we spotted a blow in the distance, so we made our way there. As we arrived we found 2 humpback whales together! We saw another one a little further away, but we decided to stay with these humpbacks. Which was a good decision, because they started throwing their peduncle through the air and also did tail slapping. They also went down with really nice fluke dives, so we could see the patterns of their flukes. :) We spent some great time with the humpbacks, so we decided to leave, once other boats arrived. On our way we found 2 minke whales that were swimming back and forth and left and right of our boat - checking us out. The minkes left us after close inspection and so we returned back to the harbor after this great tour.

- Knut Albrecht 

Common eider duck, Northern gannet, Northern fulmar, black-legged kittiwake, herring gull, great black-backed gull, lesser black-backed gull, black guillemot, great cormorant