Wednesday, 6 August 2025

• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 09:00, 11:00, 13:00, 15:00, 17:00, 20:30
• PREMIUM WHALE TOUR |10:00, 12:00, 14:00, 16:00, 20:00

Report from Eldey: We sailed out in the misty and rainy bay this morning, with great signs of activity from the start. We could see plenty of flocks of birds all around us, Northern gannets plunge diving and Arctic terns flying over, a great omen to start the day. Very quickly we started spotting dorsal fin after dorsal fin around us, a continuous presence throughout the tour: altogether we managed to spot around 15 minke whales feeding in the same zone of activity ! In this zone exactly, we had 2 of our best sightings: 1 fin whale, lazily logging, just enough for us to have plenty of time to see it. Further after, we got to spot 5 humpback whales all around us, with plenty of fluke dives and even 1 breach meters away from us, just to finish our tour on a grand note.

-Alex Paumier

Report from Hafsúlan: We went out in some light rain and wind from the south east. Not even passing the lighthouse on Grótta, we saw the fist minke whale and a harbour porpoise. A bit further out we came across several other minke whales that were all traveling fast in an eastern direction. Then we spotted the blow of a humpback whale. We got a good look at him before he went down for a longer dive. We went on  and managed to get closer to 2 minke whales and got a good look at their slender figures. Soon after, we spotted 2 humpback whales that were bubble net feeding. We stayed with them for a while to observe them and got to see one individual performing several peduncle throws, fluke and pectoral slaps. A awesome behaviour to see and another great day on the North Atlantic.

- Knut Albrecht

Report from Eldey: We sailed out on a gray afternoon. In the same area as one of our breeding islands for puffins, Akurey, we spotted 2 minke whales. They were surrounded by big flocks of birds, especially Northern gannets plunging into the water from impressive heights. We soon saw a blow in the distance and sailed towards it to investigate further. It turned out to be a humpback whale. However, this individual was not very interested in us and we carried on. Another spout was noticed, and this was also a humpback whale. This one was sadly also a bit shy. The third individual was very nice though! It came very close to the boat and we could clearly see the gorgeous white pectorial fins. At this point we were more or less surrounded by this species. We had about four of them solitarily at the same time within a reasonable distance. All of a sudden a one was breaching in a distance multiple times. Truly incredible! A spout brought us another one too that we stayed with for a little while, while we saw another one breaching further away. We did one last sighting with a new individual and this one was curious, getting up close with us. All in all during the tour we probably had 10+ humpback whales as well as approximately 10 minke whales appearing around us. It was truly a very successful tour!

-Frida Skarfors

Report from Hafsúlan: Our trip started with cloudy skies and a bit o swell as we sailed to the bay hopeful to find something to see! It took us about half an hour before we started to spot our first whales! 2 minke whales were feeding around the same area, moving slowly and coming regularly to the surface giving us a good change to observe them! We then noticed 2 blows a bit further away so we got closer and spotted 2 humpback whales close by and watch them fluke! Then we started noticing some more blows! and occasionally a minke whale would also swoop by us! Whales everywhere! A humpback whale even came super close to our bow giving us the change to take some amazing photos! In the end there were about 7/8 minke whales and 6 humpback whales! Eventually it was time to go back home and so we travelled back to the harbour with a big smile!

-Maria Ernesto

Report from Eldey: In this late afternoon tour, we ended up having one of the best chaotic tours we've had in a while. With over 25 minke whales, 10 humpbacks and a pod of white beaked dolphins, the numbers alone were good enough to make this a good tour. But throughout the night, we managed to see breach after breach, whales pectoral slapping, lunge feeding, whales in pairs, in trios, in quatuors, coming towards us and staying meters away from us lazily, dolphins bothering humpbacks, minkes surrounding us so we had to stop. Any crazy behaviour, we had it. It was really a restless tour, with whale after whale giving us the whole spiel of what cetaceans are capable of.

-Alex Paumier

Report from Elding: Today we had an incredible tour. Even though the weather was not the best since there was a weak rain from time to time, at least it was not wavy nor windy. After sailing for a while we ended up in an area full of whales! There were 3 groups of 4 humpback whales. They were all bubble feeding and lunge feeding, so every time they went up we could even see their baleen plates. It was a very beautiful show for all of us. Also, there was a breaching humpback in the distance. In this area we also spotted 3 minke whales that were probably also feeding with the humpbacks but did not show themselves very much unfortunately. Also, there was a white beaked dolphin with a lonely humpback feeding also in this area. Definitely this was a tour that we will all remember. 

- Guillermo Monescillo Aragon

Northern gannet, North Atlantic puffin, black legged kittiwake, Arctic tern, Eider duck, lesser & greater black backed gull, herring gull, black guillemot, sea shag