Sunday, 21 June 2026

• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 9:00, 13:00,15:00, 17:00, 20:30
• PREMIUM WHALE TOUR | 10:00, 12:00, 14:00, 16:00, 20:00

Today's Classic 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: on the first day of summer, the bay greeted us with a perfect, sunny morning. With almost no wind and calm flat seas we sailed out into Faxaflói Bay. After a while, one of our passengers spotted a minke whale in the distance, a wonderful way to start the trip. However, we continued our search in hopes of finding an area with even more marine life. Later, we encountered a pod of 6 white-beaked dolphins. They approached our boat with great curiosity, coming very close to us. There was a fast juvenile amongst them! Out of nowhere, a humpback whale appeared just behind our boat, incredibly close and calm. We were able to admire every detail of this gentle giant. As we continued our journey, we reached an area full of minke whales, with at least 15-20 different individuals surfacing all around us. There was also another humpback whale in the area, but both of them were spending a little while there under the surface. On our way back we stopped by another 2 humpback whales! They were close in the same area, feeding while another pod of 10 dolphins was swimming side-by side with one of the whales! With this, we came back to the harbour very surprised with this last encounter! What an amazing way to welcome the summer season!

- Milla Brandao
 

Report from Hafsúla: This morning greeted us with sunny skies which got progressively cloudy until overcast. However, the sea was completely flat and almost no wind, really good conditions for comfort and for spotting. 20 minutes into the tour we had about 10 harbor porpoises that came to the surface all at the same time, right next to our bow! So many that myself and the captain initially thought they were dolphins. Its really difficult to spot these small elusive cetaceans but they really showed themselves. Later we moved on and within 10 minutes a passenger pointed out some splashes in the distance, we approached and found a pod of about 10-15 white-beaked dolphins. These guys were probably feeding while one of them started to leap out of the water and show off. Possibly, this same curious individual then came up to our boat and swam right along side us, looking up at us. After this awesome sighting we decided to leave the dolphins and head further out to look for something else. In the distance we saw a humpback whale fluke, and started to slowly move in this direction. After no more than a minute this humpback whale came halfway out of the water, coming down with a thunderous crash! This was a head-slap and the whale did about 8 of these before catching its breath for a little bit. Later the whale went for a fluke dive and we were all very keen to see whether it would jump out again. Sure enough, the whale leaped out almost completely, giving us the best show possible. After going for another dive, this individual seemed more relaxed and we left it alone. Very soon we saw 2 more humpback whales at the surface, together, they both went down for a dive and we waited for them to resurface. After a few minutes we could see bubbles on the surface! Not long after the whales surfaced with great energy. Possibly these young whales were testing their bubble netting skills, we can confirm they still have lots to learn! Our time was up and we had to head home, we slowly inched towards the harbour after waving goodbye to these majestic creatures. But the bay was full of life and on our way back about 3 minke whales were spotted around our boat, fast and shy, but beautiful in their own way. Its not everyday that we get to see all common species of our bay, and even more so seeing breaching, head-slapping, and bubble net feeding attempts. Thank you mother nature for giving us so much!

-Matteo Poggio

Report from Eldey: The sea conditions continued to be flat and good for the afternoon tour. Even though it was cloudier, we could still see way far ahead of us! We first spotted 2 different pods of harbour porpoises, about 3-4 individuals in each pod. Not far from these, we saw 2 big blows close to each other and, getting closer, we got to an area with 2 humpback whales! They were not feeding alone, they had company! A pod of 12 of white-beaked dolphins was also with them, sometimes even side-by-side with the humpies! A lovely common interaction of these 2 species that we love seeing! We then continued sailing, and we started spotting many minke whales. They were about 10 around us, some of them would make a closer appereance around our boat. There was also another pair of humpbacks resting! They were even logging sometimes, before going to a deep dive and spending 8 min there. While we waited for them, a curious minke kept popping up closer to us and we had fun keeping on track of it! Then, as we continued sailing, we spotted close to us another pair of humpckbacks, the 2 whales that we saw in the beginng of the tour. After checking them out one more time, we started making our way home, enjoying the good weather and flat seas. What a beautiful tour!