Whales of Húsavík
Blue Whale
Scientific Name: Balaenoptera musculus
Size & Weight: up to 30 meters, up to 150 tons
Life expectancy: 80-90 years
Diving Time: up to 60 minutes | 15-20 min on average
Fin Whale
Scientific Name: Balaenoptera Physalus
Size & Weight: 18-22 meters, 60-80 tons
Life expectancy: 80-90 years
Diving Time: 10-15 min on average
Sperm Whale
Scientific Name: Physeter macrocephalus
Size & Weight: 12-15 meters, up to 40 tons
Life expectancy: 60-70 years
Diving Time: 90 minutes up to 800m deep
Humpbackback Whale
Scientific Name: Megaptera novaeangliae
Size & Weight: up to 17 meters, up to 40 tons
Life expectancy: 100 years
Diving Time: up to 55 minutes | average 5-12min
Long-finned Pilot Whales
Scientific Name: Globicephala melas
Size & Weight: up to 6-7 meters, up to 2300kg (males) 1300kg (females)
Life expectancy: 45 years
Diving Time: up to 7-20 minutes
Orca (Killer Whale)
Scientific Name: Orcinus orca
Size & Weight: up to 7-9 meters, up to 11 tons
Life expectancy: at least 60 years for females | 30 years in captivity
Diving Time: up to 15 minutes | average 2-3 minutes
White-beaked dolphins
Scientific Name: Lagenorhynchus Albirostris
Size & Weight: up to 3 meters, up to 350kg
Life expectancy: 25-40 years
Diving Time: up to 10 minutes
Sei Whale
Scientific Name: Balaenoptera borealis
Size & Weight: 13-21 meters, up to 45 tons
Life expectancy: 50-70 years
Diving Time: 5-20 minutes up to 300m
Minke Whale
Scientific Name: Balaenoptera Acutorostrata
Size & Weight: up to 11 meters, up to 9 tons
Life expectancy: 50 years
Diving Time: up to 25 minutes | average 5-15min
Northern Bottlenose Whale
Scientific Name: Hyperoodon ampullatus
Size & Weight: up to 7-9 meters, up to 5-8 tons
Life expectancy: unknown
Diving Time: up to 2 hours | typically surfacing after 15-20min when active
Harbour porpoises
Scientific Name: Phocoena Phocoena
Size & Weight: up to 1,5 meters, up to 75kg
Life expectancy: 15 years
Diving Time: up to 10 minutes