Whale Watching Akureyri

Whale Watching Akureyri Whale Watching Akureyri is a suistainable enviromentally friendly tour operator that offers whale wa

Fluke game strong 🐋Each tail tells a different story — can you spot the differences? Three legends cruising together… an...
22/06/2025

Fluke game strong 🐋

Each tail tells a different story — can you spot the differences? Three legends cruising together… and then, the grand finale you don’t want to miss 👀💥 Swipe through the magic.✨

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Friday edition: Let’s meet: Magnea!🐋We first spotted Magnea in February 2024 in Eyjafjörður. She was quite small, but ...
20/06/2025

Friday edition:
Let’s meet: Magnea!🐋
We first spotted Magnea in February 2024 in Eyjafjörður. She was quite small, but over the summer, she grew a lot — suggesting she was a young whale.
And yes, SHE! The only way to determine a whale’s gender is by seeing their ge****ls, located on the underside. Since we can’t exactly flip whales over🤭, we rely on moments when they reveal them naturally.
Magnea got entangled during her time in the fjord, which led her to display behaviors like breaching, tail-lobbing, and pec-slapping. Those are ways humpbacks try to shake off nets. During one of these moments, our guides captured a photo of her hemispherical lobe, confirming she’s a female! 🩷
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🐋 Breach alert!The humpbacks have been putting on a serious show the past few days — full-on breaches, tail slaps, chin ...
18/06/2025

🐋 Breach alert!
The humpbacks have been putting on a serious show the past few days — full-on breaches, tail slaps, chin slaps… even one that spun in the air like it was trying out for the Olympics. No joke.

This kind of activity is super rare in feeding grounds like Eyjafjörður. They usually save the aerial acrobatics for the breeding season down south, so we’ve been just as stunned as our passengers. Some of us even forgot to take photos (again 😅).

No one knows exactly why they do it — communication, getting rid of barnacles, flirting? Who knows. Maybe they’re just having a good time in the Icelandic polar day. 🌞

If you’ve got a theory, throw it in the comments — we’re all ears 👇
And if you’ve been lucky enough to see a breach, tell us where and when!

Swipe through for some of our favourite moments. We’ve got salt in our hair and whale-sized smiles out here this week. 🐳

📍 Akureyri, North Iceland
🎟️ now’s very good time to book your tour!

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Kickin’ off the week with a splash! 🌊📸 .ela_
16/06/2025

Kickin’ off the week with a splash! 🌊
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🚨 This whale needs a name – and we want your help! 💡🤩Our Friday edition of is here, and today we’re introducing anothe...
13/06/2025

🚨 This whale needs a name – and we want your help! 💡🤩
Our Friday edition of is here, and today we’re introducing another special visitor of Eyjafjörður. 🐋
This Humpback whale was spotted in our fjord for the first time this May. Thanks to a unique combo of markings and a distinct notch on its fluke, it was easy to recognise that this one is new to us.
Fun fact: Each Humpback can be individually identified using Photo ID, based on the unique patterns and shape of their fluke – kind of like a fingerprint!
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Let’s meet: Piccolo🐋 Also known as Little White, was first seen in Húsavík in 2020. Since then, we have seen this whal...
06/06/2025

Let’s meet: Piccolo🐋
Also known as Little White, was first seen in Húsavík in 2020. Since then, we have seen this whale every year multiple times in Eyjafjörður. As you can appreciate from its pictures it has scaring spread on both its flanks. We have the suspicion that Piccolo is rather young as it is a quite small whale; and most times we have seen it tagging along with larger whales (which is a behaviour young whales display, since they can always learn new things from other whales, as well as being more protected swimming with a larger individual than by themselves). This can’t guarantee us the age of Piccolo, because we can only accurately determine the age of a whale when they die, not when they are alive. And just like humans you can have adult whales of a small size 🥰
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With the storm keeping us ashore today — wind, rain, and even snow — it’s the perfect time to look back at this beautifu...
03/06/2025

With the storm keeping us ashore today — wind, rain, and even snow — it’s the perfect time to look back at this beautiful minke whale sighting in Eyjafjörður. Minke whales are known for their shy but curious nature, and this one didn’t disappoint. Iceland’s weather may be wild, but the wildlife is wilder! ♥️
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It’s Sjómannadagurinn! A holiday honoring Iceland’s sailors and all those who live and work with the ocean.We spent it w...
01/06/2025

It’s Sjómannadagurinn! A holiday honoring Iceland’s sailors and all those who live and work with the ocean.
We spent it watching humpbacks in the fjord – our favourite way of celebrating 🇮🇸⚓️
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Meet Proppy! One of our most charismatic Humpback whales. Seen for the 1st time in Faxaflói (Reykjavík) in 2022. This yo...
30/05/2025

Meet Proppy! One of our most charismatic Humpback whales. Seen for the 1st time in Faxaflói (Reykjavík) in 2022. This young Humpy is easy to recognise from a big scar on its right flank. We don’t know when it happened, but it was run over by a boat at some point.. Luckily , thanks to the whale’s blubber he was able to overcome the injury, turning him into one of our most recognisable whales❤️‍🩹🐋
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Oddeyrarbót 2
Akureyri
600

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Monday 08:00 - 17:00
Tuesday 08:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 08:00 - 17:00
Thursday 08:00 - 17:00
Friday 08:00 - 17:00
Saturday 08:00 - 17:00
Sunday 08:00 - 17:00

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About Whale Watching Akureyri

Whale Watching Akureyri is the sister company of the biggest whale tour operator in Iceland, Elding, and was founded in early 2016.

We offer two different types of whale watching tours with one being on a comfortable family friendly and specially modified sightseeing boat, equipped with a heated indoor lounge and an onboard café. We also offer high-speed whale watching on two specially modified 12 seater RIB's that can get faster and closer to the whales - quick travel time means a bigger search area and more time spent with the whales!

We have a long standing commitment to environmental sustainability and contribution to whale research. From the start our emphasis has been on whale friendly whale watching and to care for the wildlife in our waters. Therefore we actively follow IceWhales' guidelines for responsible and respectful whale watching.

Find more information about us and our operations online at whalewatchingakureyri.is