Tuesday, 21 April 2026

• 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!

Report from Eldey: With mostly clear skies and the sun shining bright, we applied our sunscreen and set sail, excited to see who would we spot this morning! As we passed by Engey, we spotted 1 minke whale. As we were only a minute from port we continued onward and were able to see a very nice surface sequence on the go. As we got further out into the bay, we sailed into a bit of dense fog, creating a little bubble around our boat. The sun was burning off the fog and so we were hopeful that the sunshine would find us again soon. Through the fog we spotted the backs of 2 harbour porpoises. These individuals were a bit elusive, but as we were watching them, we spotted the back of another solitary minke whale. This individual surfaced really close and we could even hear them take a breath! As we were watching this individual, another minke was surfacing in the distance. After multiple surface sequences, the minkes swam on and so did we. That was when we spotted another pod of about 4 more harbor porpoises. With the calm conditions, we could really enjoy these smaller cetaceans and easily track them when they surfaced. The fog also was lifting and so we had great visibility around us. As we continued we found 2 more solitary minke whales. As we were admiring the minkes, a pod of 4 white-beaked dolphins were spotted, so we got a closer look. As we approached we realized it was one pod of 4 and another pod of 3 dolphins. They came to give us a bit of a boat inspection, and then swam under us! It was amazing to watch them feeding and swimming around and even see them through the water. It was clear that we had found the zone of feeding. A lot of life was around us with the dolphins, minkes and porpoises surfacing in every direction, as well as many Northern gannets and auk species also taking advantage of the bay buffet. After a wonderful encounter with our cetaceans, it was unfortunately time to head back. With three out of our four common cetacean species spotted, it was a great morning!

-Anna Richter

Report from Eldey: By the time we set off for our afternoon trip, this morning's fog had largely cleared. Reykjavik was still covered, but the visibility at sea was good for spotting animals. On our way into Faxafloi bay, we encountered 2 minke whales and 5 harbour porpoises. We didn't stay with these evasive and fast-swimming animals for long as we did not want to disturb them too much and we were en route to some more interactive animals. We managed to spot a humpback whale that was engaging in long foraging dives. Hyped up by this encounter, we carried on and found a big pod of around 15 white-beaked dolphins. Not long after, we encountered another 8 dolphins. Everyone got a really good look at these beautiful animals and it was certainly the highlight of the trip for me. The area seemed to have been very popular as there was also 3 humpback whales around! One of them gave us a really nice display of its fluke which caused a lot of "wows" on deck. Not only did we see all of our four main species on this trip, we also saw a lot of sea bird including Atlantic puffins, Northern gannets and Northern fulmars. It was so much fun!

- Hannah Carstens

Northern fulmar, eider duck, Northern gannet, black guillemot, common guillemot, black-legged kittiwake, lesser and greater black-backed gull, great cormorant, razorbill, great skua, Atlantic puffin, meadow pippit, herring gull, oystercatcher, graylag goose