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Tuesday, 20 May 2025
- CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 9:00, 13:00
- PREMIUM WHALE TOUR | 10:00, 14:00
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!
CLASSIC WHALE WATCHING | 09:00
Report from Eldey: We set out under perfect conditions today—the sea was flat and glassy, with warm sunshine and clear skies. About 20 minutes in, we spotted our first minke whale. It surfaced calmly and stayed nearby for a short while before disappearing again.Not long after, we encountered another minke, this one clearly feeding and very active. It came in close to the boat, offering fantastic views. We could see more minkes in the distance as well, surfacing and diving. As we sailed on, we were treated to a large pod of white-beaked dolphins. They swam slowly and smoothly near the bow, and we could watch them gliding just below the surface. It was a peaceful and memorable encounter. Eventually, we turned back toward the harbor, grateful for such a special day on the water.
-Maria Ernesto
CLASSIC WHALE WATCHING | 13:00
Report from Eldey: We set sail on this lovely sunny day. After a while a minke whale appeared and stayed with us for quite some time surrounding the boat. When we were about to leave, another minke whale appeared a bit further away. Moments later 2 harbour porpoises joined us on the side of the boat before they disappeared in the distance. A pod of 10 white-beaked dolphins came up close to the boat where we could spot them clearly in the calm water. Later, another pod of 4 dolphins came along. After spending a generous amount of time with good sightings of the dolphins, we headed back to the harbour.
-Frida Skarfors
Birds encountered today include:
Atlantic puffin, black guillemot, common guillemot, razorbill, eider duck, Northern gannet, Arctic skua, Arctic tern, herring gull, great and lesser black backed gull, black legged kittiwake, black headed gull
Wildlife encountered today:
The Minke Whale is the most common whale around Iceland and actually the world thus it is one of the main species we encounter on our whale watching tours. It is one of few species that don’t mind coming to shallower waters like here in Faxaflói Bay to feed on the abundant food available to them.
The white-beaked dolphin is the most common dolphin found in the surrounding waters of Iceland and is seen not only in the summer but winter too usually in larger numbers, hundreds sometimes. When feeding they show energetic behaviour such as breaching out of the water and coming down with a big splash and bursts of fast swimming.
The Harbour Porpoise is the smallest and most abundant cetacean around Iceland. They are usually shy but occasionally they come and play around the boats. They can be relatively hard to spot from a distance due to their size and their abundance depends entirely on the food availability of our shores since they are opportunistic feeders.