Wednesday, 30 September 2026

• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 09:00, 13:00, 17:00
• PREMIUM WHALE TOUR | 09:00, 12:00, 15:00

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: This morning we sailed out into a moody and gloomy Faxafloi. There was quite a lot of wind by the harbour but as soon as we passed the second harbour wall we were going with the wind, making the ride very pleasent. On the way out we spotted 3 harbour porpoises that were travelling quite quickly past us making little splashes as they went. Likely they were feeding so we continued onwards into the bay. After a bit more of sailing we spotted some bigger splashes and bigger fins! We had found a pod of 5 white beaked dolphins! These were also likely feeding as they were changing direction a fair bit but then settled on our starboard (right) side and were even jumping out of the water! They came incredibly close a few times, and we could see their white markings through the waters surface. Eventually the dolphins decided to continue on their journey so we did the same. And only a few minutes later spotted 2 humpback whales! These two started really calm and came up a few times. One was often showing the fluke while the other was a bit more fluke shy. They then shifted and became a bit more active and came up directly in-front of us and super close! While waiting for the humpbacks we also spotted a minke whale in the distance. We waited for the humpbacks to resurface though this time they came up a little bit further away so we left them in peace and headed back to harbour. 

- Anna

Report from Eldey: The sea had calmed down even more from the morning but in exchange it started raining! We sailed out now into a cloud covered bay, eager to see what was in store this time around. On the way out we spotted a small pod of 3 harbour porpoises and 2 minke whales! The minkes both popped up quite quickly as did the porpoises so we headed further out. Not long after we did we spotted 2 big blows on the horizon. We found the 2 humpback whales from the morning! They were still together and quite calm, though still showing the fluke when they went for a deeper dive and one even spy-hopped which means we saw its face! The flukes of whales are unique and these two have quite different from each other so you can tell them apart easily as one is very dark with barely any white on it, and the other is quite white with some black markings! Eventually we continued on even further into the bay but eventually ran out of time and decided to head home. On the way home we spotted another pod of 4 porpoises!

- Emily Erskine

Report from Eldey: As we left the harbour again, the rain was pouring down but that didn't stop us and it certainly didn't dampen our determination. Soon enough the clouds lifted anyway and we had wonderful sunshine breaking through to make a rainbow. It didn't take us too long to spot a minke whale, however this individual was a bit elusive and we didn't get to see it again. We had spotted splashes in the distance though and sailed over to find a pod of 5 white-beaked dolphins. There were a couple of calves in this pod that were definitely showing off as the splashes we saw were them jumping out of the water! We were lucky to see these dolphins really nice and close to the boat but after watching them for a while, we continued on towards another area where we had seen some blows. As we approached, we saw that it was a pair of humpback whales with a third humpback very close by! We spent most of our time with the pair and it was really interesting to see the differences between the flukes of the two whales - one was half black/half white and the other was almost completely black! After seeing these whales for a little while, we started our journey back to the harbour again, soaking wet but happy!

- Anna Richter

Northern gannet, Northern fulmar, sooty shearwater, Manx shearwater, common guillemot, black guillemot, black-legged kittiwake, great black-backed gull, lesser black-backed gull, herring gull, black headed gull, eider duck, great cormorant, European shag