Sunday, 19 April 2026

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

Report from Eldey: We sailed out into a choppy and windy Faxaflói bay. Just as we left the harbour, we spotted a massive flock or birds close to the islands. We immediately headed towards the birds, but no whales were to be found, so we made our way out into the open bay. After about an hour, we spotted a lone minke whale! This minke was in a hurry to get somewhere, as we did not see it again and moved on shortly after. Then, we spotted a blow! We sailed towards the location of the blow where we discovered one humpback whale going about its day. The whale was taking deep dives and moving around underwater, but when it surfaced we could see its dark scarred back. We spent some time with this whale before we sadly had to make our way back to the harbour. With the eastern wind in our faces, we headed home huddled inside the warm cafeteria. 

Sigrún Helgu

Report from Eldey: we started by searching among the islands off Reykjavik and found a single Minke Whale in the shallows right in front of Videy Island and then a second one between Videy Island and Engey Island. The bird life was phenomenal today, suggesting that the waters are full of fish. We then went out and had momentary sightings of 2-3 other minke whales at various points. They were what the passengers had come for but for me personally the amount of birds feeding was what I will be remembering most from this day. See the fantastic list below, including the first sightings of this season for me of Great Skua and Manx Shearwater.

• Baldur

Northern gannet, Northern fulmar, Atlantic puffin, razorbill, black-headed gull, herring gull, black-legged kittiwake, great and lesser black-backed gull, eider duck, common guillemot, Manx Shearwater, Great Skua