Tuesday, 14 July 2026

Atlantic puffin, Northern gannet, Northern fulmar, Arctic tern, Arctic skua, black-legged kittiwake, great and lesser black-backed gull, black-headed gull, herring gull, storm petrel

• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 9:00, 13:00, 15:00
• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 11:00, 17:00, 20:30
• PREMIUM WHALE TOUR | 10:00, 14:00, 16:00, 20:00
• PREMIUM WHALE TOUR | 12:00

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: This morning, we headed out onto the choppy waters of the bay with the light drizzle being flung at us from the side by the strong wind. Nothing could deter us from spotting some whales today, so we donned our cozy overalls top brave the Icelandic weather. As we headed out, the drizzle really picked up and we were suddenly surrounded by thick fog, but luckily we had already spotted a blow ahead. As we went closer, we soon found that there were many excited seabirds around as well, and we even got to see the very end of a lunge from a humpback whale! When we got closer, we noticed there were actually 2 humpback whales in this area, and it appeared that we had just caught them at the end of their breakfast, as they stopped their feeding behaviours and began diving frequently to escape the waves at the surface. One of these lovely humpbacks was accompanied by 3-4 white-beaked dolphins! The dolphins were having a great time, putting on quite the show, leaping and jumping around and over the whale, which seemed mildly annoyed at these pesky acrobats. We got to hear some trumpeting from the humpback, and got to see it roll onto its side for some impressive pec slaps! Once this species interaction came to an end and the dolphins and humpbacks went their separate ways, we decided to stick with the humpback, which was going for frequent dives, showing off some fluke dives. It became more difficult to spot the blows, as the wind had picked up and carried these breaths away quickly. We stayed with this wonderful humpback until our time ran out, and as a nice surprise, it swam by very close to us as we were leaving the area, giving us a very polite and proper farewell. What a lovely start to the day!

- Orsi Stipsicz

Report from Eldey: We braved the conditions again and sailed out. On our way, we spotted some puffins and other birds. After a bit of a choppy ride, we arrived in an area that was a bit busier with birds. Here, we found a humpback whale. It blow was quite low due to the wind but we saw it at a distance a couple of times. Then, it showed up right next to us and we saw its fluke in all its details. We moved on to have a look at another one in the area. This humpback was doing few breaths between dives and spending a lot of time under the surface, likely feeding. So we had to keep our eyes our to spot where it would surface next. It was a bit tricky, but we managed to see this ones fluke a few times too. Finally, it was time to return to port.

- Hannah Carstens

Report from Elding: It was an absolute adrenaline filled ride today! We headed out in strong winds and big swells, but nonetheless very excited to see what the bay had in store for us. After some time, 3 moon shaped dorsal fins popped up. These were white-beaked dolphins! They came very close to the boat to bowride, but disappeared after a few moments. In the distance, two blows appeared! We went to investigate and we saw 2 humpback whales going for a dive! These individuals were very elusive, surfacing far from the boat, which told us they wanted to be left alone. As we continued, a big splash caught our eye. A humpback whale was breaching! This was a very active whale, breaching, tail and pec slapping, rolling around in the waves! We observed this beautiful animal and then made our way back to shore dancing in the waves.

- Milla Silveira