Whale diary

It took us about 20 minutes to see the first marine mammal, and it was one of at least 3 puppy-faced harbour seals. After about half an hour, we saw a blow from a humpback whale! We could even see its body shape through the water as it was swimming close to the water, making fluke prints on the surface, making it easy to track.

It was a bit windy today, but that didn’t stop us from having an amazing afternoon on the water! We set off and quickly spotted our first humpback whale near Lundey island. We then found another humpback whale near Viðey island and this one was even more incredible - it swam right up close to the boat, thrilling everyone on board.

Only 15 minutes after leaving the harbour we already spotted a blow, we found Pongo the humpback whale again! A few minutes later spotted another humpback whale! It looked like these two were taking turns coming up. We continued on towards Viðey island where we found another 2 humpback whales, making it a total of 4 today!

The weather was far from perfect, but we knew we didn't have to travel far to find wildlife! After about 20 minutes, we spotted our first humpback whale between the islands of Viðey and Lundey. We watched it do several short dives, and then we spotted two more humpback whales nearby, and even got a super close fluke dive!

Today we headed back to the area between the islands where we've had great success lately. Throughout the tour we saw 5 humpback whales and at one point there were whales in all directions! Most of them were feeding, but some were resting and got very close to our boat - we could even see their whole bodies through the water!

We sailed close to Viðey island this afternoon, and not even 15 minutes into the tour, we had found a humpback whale - it was Pongo, an individual last seen in March of this year! We eventually found a harbour seal, as well a second humpback whale in the same area. Then, out of nowhere, Pongo decided to do a single breach for us!

Between Viðey island and the mainland we spotted a total of 3 humpback whales. It was really nice, the whales stayed most of the time in the same area, swimming in circles, feeding. They gave us several flukes, and in the end of the tour, one of them came really close, just a few feet away. Everyone on board were equally ecstatic!

Today was a beautiful winter day with blue skies and calm seas. Throughout the tour we saw a total of 5 humpback whales! We first approached the far side of Viðey and found two whales swimming side by side. Then we spotted a third one a bit further away, then a fourth sleeping and finally a fifth one that was actively feeding!

We quickly found 2 humpback whales surrounding the islands of Viðey and Lundey. Staying with each, one at a time, we had the chance to see 2 very different behaviours: feeding and resting. As the sun started to set over the appearing clouds, we started heading back, luckily noticing small pods of harbour porpoises on our way home.

Our tour started under a white powdered snow storm. After a few minutes of sailing, the head of a grey seal popped up out of nowhere. Then, a humpback whale came up to get some air and this individual seemed to be resting close to the surface, but we got a few good looks at its fluke and determined it was our friend from yesterday!

Today was a bit windy, but we enjoyed nice calm seas. It didn't take us long to find 2 humpback whales between the islands! We split our time between the two, and as they got sleepy, we were lucky to be able to watch them super close to the boat, resting. As we headed back, we all warmed up with some nice hot chocolate!

We had calm seas waiting for us as we sailed into the bay. After only 13 minutes we had already found a feeding humpback whale! Since we didn't want to overstay our welcome, we headed further out and sailed towards Hvalfjörður, where we spotted another humpback whale and even saw a third humpback whale on our way home!

• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 13:00

Due to unfavourable conditions in the bay, our whale watching tour from Reykjavík has been cancelled today!

It was the first whale watching tour of December, and although the weather was chilly, the sky was clear and blue. After 30 minutes, we spotted 2 humpback whales that were surfacing regularly and fluking a lot. We also saw a pod of 2-4 shy harbour porpoises and one more humpback whale as we started to make our way back home.

On the last morning tour of the year, we sailed out into darkness, with little wind. After about 30 minutes we spotted a humpback whale very close to our boat! In the afternoon we quickly found our friendly feeding humpback whale once more! We also spotted 2 harbour seals before coming back to the whale on our way home.

This cold winter morning, we had calm seas and were ready to spot some wildlife! We quickly found 2 humpback whales swimming side-by-side, close to our boat! The afternoon tour saw a blow from a feeding humpback whale shortly into the tour, and then found a second humpback whale behind Viðey island also seemingly feeding!

The morning tour was cancelled due to weather, but we sailed in the afternoon, and what a time we had! We hit the water with the wind in our hair and the sun shining bright. After about 20 minutes, we spotted two humpback whales, fluking like crazy! We also got a surprise visit from a couple of harbour seals popping up beside us!

Today’s tours featured a delightful juvenile humpback whale. In the morning, we spotted it outside the islands, thrilling everyone with a fluke dive. In the afternoon, braving the rain and swell, we returned to find the same juvenile and spent plenty of time at the surface and even came close to the boat, giving us an unforgettable close-up.

This morning, we spotted a shy humpback whale near Viðey island, diving long and far until it surprised us by surfacing close to the boat, showing off its white pectoral fins and fluke. In the afternoon, we returned to the same spot and found the same humpback whale, now logging. We also caught a quick glimpse of a curious harbour seal!

In the morning, we spotted a small, active humpback whale near Viðey island, starting with rest before feeding and showing off multiple fluke dives. We also encountered a lively pod of 15 white-beaked dolphins, including 3-4 calves, one just days old! In the afternoon, we found a humpback whale near the cruise ship harbour and a curious harbour seal!