Wednesday, 18 February 2026

• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 9:00, 13:00

All whale watching tours are on schedule today from Reykjavík! Remember to dress according to weather and feel free to borrow our thermal overalls if needed!

Report from Eldey: During this cold morning we sailed into the bay with a small swell and a bit of wind we enjoyed our morning coffee and watched the sun rise. About 20 minutes after leaving the harbour we started seeing the first sights of wildlife. We spotted 2 humpback whales were traveling fast even further into the bay getting in very shallow waters close to Videy island! We had the chance of seeing them fluke multiple times before time started to run out and we needed to return to the harbour. 

-Maria Ernesto

Report from Eldey: We sailed out in cold icelandic weather. Now you can feel that it is winter. Which is also nice to experience, since you're also here for that part of experiencing this beautiful island. Also we didn't have to go far before we found 2 humpback whales. It was Banana and Split. These 2 are traveling together for a few months now. They were surfacing a lot, changing directions and also showing us their beautiful flukes several times. After a while we left them alone, in search for something else. We found 5 harbor porpoises surfacing right before our boat. Then they swam on our right side and then they were gone. After a while we saw another small pod again of 3 and a little while after again 4. Of course we can't say if it were all the same or different pods. However it's always nice to see harbor porpoises, they're super cute. :) As always all good things must come to an end, so we had to head back to the port, which happy guests.

- Kylie Veal 

Northern fulmar, Northern gannet, black guillemot, razorbill, great black-backed gull, lesser black-backed gull, glaucous gull, Icelandic gull, black-headed gull, black-legged kittiwake, herring gull, greylag goose, eider duck, great cormorant