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Monday, 19 May 2025
- CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 09:00, 13:00
- PREMIUM WHALE TOUR | 10:00, 14:00
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!
Classic Whale tour | 09:00
Report from Eldey: This morning we sailed out into a thick, looming mist. The fog created an gloomy atmosphere over the bay, until it finally started to thin out and hvaljördur appeared in front of us. At the entrance of the fjord we spotted about 5-6 harbour porpoises. Some of them shy, while others seemed to not mind our presence, allowing us a couple good looks at these cute, little cetaceans. After some searching about, a big blow in the distance announced the presence of a humpback whale! This individual went for very short dives and so we got to see its beautiful fluke rise from the water multiple times. Eventually, we had to start heading back to port but not before a pod of 4-5 white-beaked dolphins appeared in front of us. They curiously came closeby and of the dolphins even had her calf at her side! What started of this morning as a very foggy tour, ended as one full of wildlife and with a bright sun on our faces, giving us an amazing time out at sea!
Milan Vansteelandt
CLASSIC WHALE WATCHING | 13:00
Report from Eldey: We once again set sail, this time into a clear and sunny Faxaflói! The morning fog had moved on, which gave us a nice view of the landscapes surrounding the bay. We ventured into Hvalfjörður, where we heard rumours about a cetacean being sighted there. The rumours turned out to be correct as we saw the blow of a humpback whale! This whale was taking longer dives, so we waited patiently for it to surface again. While we waited, a pod of 5-6 harbour porpoises suddenly appeared from the deep, darting all around the boat and even coming quite close! The humpback whale had resurfaced again, and we continued to watch it for a few more moments and got a few looks at its tail fluke! Then, we moved on further out into the bay of Faxaflói where we spotted another humpback whale, and a small pod of 4 white-beaked dolphins made a brief appearance as well! We headed back to land happy and full of sunshine after a lovely day :)
-Sigrún Helgu
Wildlife encountered today:
The Humpback Whale is quite spectacular undergoing the longest migration of any mammal (5176miles/8334km one way), attracting females by singing to them and of course their energetic nature. On many occasions humpbacks have been seen breaching, tail slapping, fin slapping, blowing bubbles and spy hopping just to mention a few. The humpback is also one of the larger whales we encounter
The white-beaked dolphin is the most common dolphin found in the surrounding waters of Iceland and is seen not only in the summer but winter too usually in larger numbers, hundreds sometimes. When feeding they show energetic behaviour such as breaching out of the water and coming down with a big splash and bursts of fast swimming.
The Harbour Porpoise is the smallest and most abundant cetacean around Iceland. They are usually shy but occasionally they come and play around the boats. They can be relatively hard to spot from a distance due to their size and their abundance depends entirely on the food availability of our shores since they are opportunistic feeders.
Puffins are part of the Auk family of seabirds that also include razorbills and guillemots. They can fly, swim, and dig burrows and are one of three species of puffin in the world. Over half the world’s population of Puffins comes to Iceland to breed. Iceland also has the largest Atlantic Puffin colony in the world. The Westmann Islands in the south has about 700,000 nesting pairs.