Thursday, 3 September 2026

• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 09:00, 13:00, 17:00
• PREMIUM WHALE TOUR | 9:00, 12:00, 15:00

Today's Whale Watching tours from Reykjavík are on schedule as shown above! Remember to dress according to weather and feel free to borrow our thermal overalls if needed!

Report from Eldey: We set sail with a bit of rain, so we bundled up and set sail. As soon as we went further out into the bay the rain ceased and we even got some sunshine breaking through the clouds! Not to far out into the bay we spotted the blow of one humpback whale! This individual showed off their fluke right away! After multiple surface sequences and flukes aplenty, we spotted another blow in the distance and went to check it out. It was another solitary humpback whale! This individual surfaced right in front of us and we could see their entire body through the surface of the water! It was amazing to watch as their pectoral fins propelled them down below. After a wonderful encounter it was time to set our sights back to port. On the way we spotted two solitary minke whales! Conditions were very calm which allowed us to easily admire a few surface sequences before continuing. With two humpbacks and two minkes spotted, wonderfully calm seas and even some sunshine, we started the day off smiling!

-Samantha Smith

Northern fulmar, Northern gannet, lesser and greater black-backed gull, herring gull, black-legged kittiwake, black guillemot

Report from Eldey: The overcast but dry conditions with a slight breeze from the north made for a perfect Icelandic late summer day. After a short time we spotted the first blow of a humpback whale on the horizon. We got closer and the animal seemed not to mind us in the slightest as it was diving for food. We spend some time with it and then continued onwards as another blow was spotted a few hundred meters further. Also this humpback whale was busy traveling and even though we got closer it managed to always come up behind us made us turn quite a lot to get a good look. On our way back we met our fat friend from earlier and this time were surprised with a full breach out of nowhere! This shows that with whales you have to be ready and everything can happen at any time. A great finale for this wonderful day!

- Knut Albrecht 

Report from Eldey: We had good conditions today with flat sea. The sky was cloudy and it felt like it might rain, but it stayed dry and the visibility was still great, seeing the Reykjanes peninsula clearly. The first sign of any activity was a large blow that we aimed towards. Before we had gotten to it we had a minke whale in between, surfacing a couple of times around the boat. As we got to the large blow we noticed that it was a humpback whale. And it was not alone, in fact another one was only a hundred meters away. They came to the surface at the same time so in the end we had to chose which one to go for. We started with one of them and then headed for the next. The first one was a bit shy with showing its tail fluke, but the second one did so beautifully. While having this encounter we had another minke whale coming by quite close to us which was very nice. After this we even had a third humpback whale that also did some great fluke dives, perfectly directed towards us. Something caught our attention in the distance - a double breach! This meant that two humpback whales were breaching at the same time. Of course we had to check it out so we set sail towards them. They kept jumping over and over in the distance, either one after the other or at the same time. A breach is rare, and a double breach is almost unheard of. It was incredible! As we got closer the jumping cooled off a bit and one individual started to roll a bit and did some pectorial fin slapping. When we got there they stopped playing and only surfaced normally, but it was still amazing to see them fluke dive together. What an amazing tour!

- Frida Skarfors