Thursday, 5 February 2026

• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 9:00, 13:00

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: We sailed out towards a beautiful sunrise, into flat seas this morning. It didn't take too long before we saw our familiar 2 humpback whales surface right next to us again. Banana was swimming rather calm as they were clearly diving to feed, but the other whale had a bunch of energy. They lunged out the water multiple times and even playfully rolled on its side! After a fun time with these whales we searched around a bit more but at no result. This meant we turned back for a little longer towards these 2 humpbacks, enjoying their company a bit more before ending our tour, now with a bright sun overhead.

Milan Vansteelandt

Report from Eldey: The weather was spot on, not Icelandic. A sea that was as flat as a table, still cold but very sunny. We started our tour like the other ones lately, looking around the islands for wildlife! Fortunately, the 2 resident humpback whales were still around Videy! They were lunging to catch the fish that still lingered in these waters. After a few changes of direction and a few grey seals spotted, we ventured into the unknown. You see, today the sea was super calm, and we were able to go properly outside! The result? The first minke whale of the year! A nice one for a change, it swam next to us for about 10 minutes before changing heading and disappearing. We usually say summer has arrived when we see the first minke, but a groundhog said 6 more weeks of winter. Who knows? Anyway, on the way back, we were surprised to see a common dolphin right outside the harbour! It was swimming very slowly and it was very curious! Just like a normal dolphin in disappeared without notice and back to the harbour we went!

- Pedro Teixeira

Northern fulmar, northern gannet, black-legged kittiwake, great black-backed gull, lesser black-backed gull, glaucous gull, black guillemot, razorbill, red-breasted merganser, red-throated loon, great cormorant, common eider, icelandic gull, black-headed gull