Tuesday, 25 July at 2023

Today we will be operating on Þruma RIB for our 10:00, 12:00, 14:00, 16:00 and 20:00 Premium Whale tour and on our lovely vessel Eldey, Hafsúla and Elding  for the 09:00, 10:00, 13:00, 14:00, 17:00 and 20:30 Classic Whale Watching tours. Make sure to dress appropriately for the tours as it is always colder on sea than on land. 

• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 09:00
• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 10:00
• PREMIUM WHALE TOUR | 10:00
• PREMIUM WHALE TOUR | 12:00
• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 13:00
• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 14:00
• PREMIUM WHALE TOUR | 14:00
• PREMIUM WHALE TOUR | 16:00
• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 17:00
• PREMIUM WHALE TOUR | 20:00
• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 20:30

Report from Eldey: It was perfect conditions in the bay today. Calm sea, no wind and clear enough spot activity all around us. Not long after leaving Reykjavik harbour we spotted our first harbour porpoise It was travelling alone, but later on we stumbled upon a pod of 5 porpoises that was feeding. A bit further we got company by a pod of white beaked dolphins and trough out the tour we met 3 pods of dolphins feeding close to us. Minke whales was taking turns popping up at the surface all around us and some of them came really close to us. We could make out at least 10 individuals. Seabirds were scattered all around us as we sailed out further in to the bay looking for humpback whales. And soon enough we found them. 2 humpback whales appeared close to us. We were far out in to the bay by then so we couldn't stay for long, but it was a nice ending to this tour. We saw all main cetaceans in the bay in perfect conditions at sea. 

- Ludvig Hultgren Svensson

Report from Hafsúlan: We started the tour right in time under astonishing weather conditions. As we sailed out we could spot around 10 harbor porpoises and also around 4 minke whales! Soon after we saw two humpback whales and one of them was Davy Jones II again! It came really close to us this time so we could appreciate how big it is and how relaxed it was. We spent some time with it and then we decided to head back to Reykjavik enjoying some more harbor porpoises on the way. 10 out of 10 tour.

-Nicolás Corral

Report from Eldey: We sailed out in a very calm sea and the conditions were very good for us to spot any kind of cetaceans. We wanted to go to the area where we had encounters in the morning. On the way out we already spotted two elusively travelling harbor porpoises. After a while we found a very active flock of birds, mostly black backed gulls, and decided to check out that area. We spotted round about 5 minke whales near the feeding birds. Because they were all rather elusive we continued our search further out in the bay. After just a few more minutes of travelling we spotted two large blows caused by two humpback whales. They were feeding and even showed us their bellies as they came up very close to our boat. Further out we also saw a third humpback whale that seemed to be feeding as well. We had several minke whales all around us as well as two pods of white beaked dolphins that were feeding as well. In that area was a lot of activity and we were all amazed by the numerous species and individuals all around us. 

-Lasse Roggenkamp

Report from Hafsulan: We set sail yet again on this lovely, calm day. Not too long after leaving the harbour we encountered a small pod of 4 harbour porpoises. As we continued to head further out we started to come across more and more minke whales. There was at least 25 seen during the tour. 2-3 even came very close to our boat for everyone to see this magnificent cetacean. Then we spotted a few blows, these belonged to Davy Jones II the humpback whale. This whale gave us quite the show. At first they were travelling very fast, we then saw this was to reach an area with a lot of food as they started to inverted lunge feed. We then also got to see their belly stick up out of the water. We got to see all of the grooves on the underside of their mouth. At one point they also rolled. They then came very close to the boat as we were about to leave, maybe they didn't want us to and neither did we! We had a fantastic view everytime when they came up to breathe. During this sighting we also saw a pod of 10-15 white beaked dolphins and they were playful as ever. On our way back we also saw 2 more dolphins as well as countless minkes. Just before the end of our trip we also had a very clear view of 3 harbour porpoises leaping out the water.

- Rob Hyman

Report from Eldey: The sea was perfectly calm as we set sail towards the same area where we saw humpback whales on previous tours this day. No wind and clear skies through out the tour. We had to sail far out before we saw our first cetacean. It was 2 harbour porpoises that appeared close to our boat. We saw many more later on counting up to 8 individuals. Not long after minke whales started to appear around us. We got to enjoy their company a better part of the tour. By then we were far out at sea when two humpback whales surfaced close to us. They seemed very relaxed, gave us a couple of fluke dives before we had to sail back to Reykjavik. A nice tour in beautiful conditions 

- Ludvig Hultgren Svensson

Report from Hafsúlan: We sailed across the bay in time with a perfect sea condition: the sea was flat like a lake. Not so far from the shore we met many seabirds and we spotted our first minke whales. We saw 4 individuals but every minute later we could see others popping out from everywhere. We estimated to have seen around 20 minkes during all the tour!!! Then we also saw 2 pods of harbour porpoises, 3 of them swimming and jumping fast but quite close that everyone could admire them nicely. Suddenly 2 white beaked dolphins just showed up in front of us and one of them started jumping like crazy few times, leaving the passengers pretty stoked! Such a nice tour, good temperature and nice vibes.

- Marta Filippini

Atlantic puffin, Arctic skua, Arctic tern, Northern gannet, black legged kittiwake, common guillemot, eider duck, Northern fulmar, black backed gulls, black headed gull and herring gull.