Tour status: RUNNING
We will be sailing out from Reykjavík's Old Harbour today for our tours. Sea conditions are favorable but we might get a few rain drops here and there throughout the day. Please don't hesitate to contact our ticket office directly for any questions or bookings.
Tour at 19:00
Report from Elding: At the first hour on our tour we sail in almost windless conditions but during the tour it changed and on the way back it was blowing a little bit. We were following birds and it took us to the place where we saw a big blow from the distance. We thought that it was a humpback but we found our selves surrounded by minke whales. There was 3 of them and some small curious ones came close to our boat. When the blow repeated we finally found a humpback whale! Animal was surfacing only once before diving what make it more challenging for us but after some moments of patience we had a chance to take a look at this whale.
- Ewa Malinowska
Tour at 17:00
Report from Eldey: We did not have to sail for long for our first spotting this tour. It was not a cetacean that we stopped for but a big basking shark, the second largest species of fish in the world. We saw its big dorsal fin as it was feeding on some plankton. We left this beautiful creature to go and look for some cetaceans. We saw a big blow in the distance and once we got closer we saw that it was a humpback whale. It only surfaced a few times before going for dives but we stayed with the animal for a while and had a good look. Next we saw a minke whale and decided to check it out. It surfaced right in front of our boat just under a flock of birds. We then saw 2 other minke whales close by. We then sailed back after a successful tour!
-Kolbrún Þóra Sverrisdóttir
Tour at 14:00
Report from Hafsulan: It was a dark afternoon with dark cloud hanging low above our heads but as we always look at the bright sides we were happy that it wasn't raining or wind blowing. We went to the area where other boats were and after bit of waiting we were rewarded with sightings of minke whale. It was many of them, few small juveniles but also many big adults. We spend there around an hour surrounded by whales and birds like puffins. At the end we saw some many of minkes that it was hard to keep a count but probably we seen 10 whales during this one trip.
- Ewa Malinowska
Tour 13:00
Report from Eldey: We sailed out from Reykjavik, in cold wind from west but with nice easy swell. We sailed for about an hour without seeing anything, but this changed very suddenly. We saw one minke whale, and while we stayed in the area in hopes of seeing it again, we found ourselves surrounded by whales. On the tour we saw a total of 7 minke whales. It was obvious they were feeding and it was really great to have that many whales around in the area. It was exciting to see the whales after searching for a hour, and the whales really made it worth the wait.
- Mia Rasmussen
Tour at 10:00
Report from Hafsúlan: For the tour this morning we had some light rain, but sea conditions were not too rough, allowing for some smooth sailing. We had to head out a little further into the bay until we had our first sighting. However, this was an amazing encounter with a pod of at least 10 white-beaked dolphins! They were jumping, spinning in mid-air and one of them was even jumping out backwards again and again. The dolphins stayed close to the boat for quite a long time, so everybody was able to get some great photos and videos. Just a few minutes after we left the dolphins we found 4 minke whales, surfacing at various distances from the boat. After spending some enjoyable minutes with these impressive cetaceans we took another look around the area and were able to see the white-beaked dolphins again, wrapping up the tour nicely.
-Diana Besel
Tour at 09:00
Report from Eldey: We had a grey morning but we had excellent spotting conditions. As we had sailed into the bay for about an hour we encounter our first minke whale. It surfaced far from us and only a couple of times before diving and going away. We then spotted a white-beaked dolphin that was just by itself which was strange to see as dolphins stay together in pods. Then as we sailed further we came across a big pod of white-beaked dolphins, around 11 or 12 of them. They were splashing around and we were pretty sure that we were seeing some mating going on. Later they were jumping out of the water and being very active. While we stayed with the dolphins we also spotted 2 more minke whales. Overall a really good tour.
- Kolbrún Þóra Sverrisdóttir
Bird species seen on today's tours include: northern fulmar, northern gannet, Atlantic puffin, Arctic skua, Arctic tern, greater black-backed gull, lesser black-backed gull, black-legged kittiwake, common guillemot, manx shearwate
