North Sailing News

It has been very busy for North Sailing people lately as the company is very involved in organizing the Húsavík festival this year so therefore the website has not been updated as it should have.

The whales are not forgotten however and humpbacks, minke whales and dolphins have been pleasing up to 550 passengers pr day the last days.

During the last few days the humpbacks have been the superstars on North Sailing tours, demanding all the attention from the passengers and crew.
The humpbacks have breached unusually often and even splashed passengers by slamming their flippers on the surface of the sea.

In the last few days the humpback whales have been playing the leading roles on our tours although blue whales, minke whales, dolphins and porpoises have also been spotted.
br> Some of the humpbacks have been swimming around the boats just taking a look at the enthralled passengers.

Today our boats have been sailing on the bay in good weather and our excellent crews managed to spot 4 species of whales in nearly all departures: white beaked dolphins, minke whales, humpback whales and blue whales!

Skjálfandi Bay has been exceptionally lively this summer, full of whales and smiling passengers on board North Sailing boats. Many of the passengers decide to go on more than one tour and last Tuesday a couple went on four of North Sailing tours all on the same day! They said that seeing the blue whale only few meters away from the boat was such a unique experience and unlikely that they would have the opportunity to experience this again. Therefore they decided to go whale watching as many times as possible in one day.

All 4 North Sailing boats are out this morning and so far they have spotted at least one Blue Whale and some Minke Whales as well.

The last days have been amazing on Skjálfandi Bay. Blue Whales have been spottet in almost every trip and the Humpbacks haven´t left since in the beginning of the season.

North Sailing’s Staff-site has now been updated. Both there are new faces to be introduced, plus informations on our staff has been updated.

North Sailing now departs two times a day in the tour Whales, Puffins & Sails which is made on the schooner Haukur. This tour has been very popular and successful so far this summer and passengers get to experience seeing the biggest mammals on earth, the cutest bird in Iceland as well as sailing Iceland´s only schooner, all in the same tour.

Blue whales and humpback whales have been spotted in all North Sailing whale watching tours the last couple of days.

... and it certainly has gone on and on and on... The 3rd month of the season now starting and everything still just as good as it gets.

It is sometimes difficult to find words to describe the atmosphere and excitement onboard the whale watching boats so we let the pictures speak for themself this time.