North Sailing News

The liveliness in Skjálfandi bay continues. Blue Whales and Humpbacks are entertaining us, as do the White Beaked Dolphins and the Minke whales.

Yesterday the 7 months old Hilmar Sær went on his first whale watching tour. Hilmar Sær is the 4th generation of the North-Sailing men and an upcoming sailor. His middle name literally means "ocean".

Yesterday at 10am we took a head start and sailed with 24 lively Dutchmen on a NS – 2 tour. Those tours include whales, puffins and the enjoyment of sailing on the two mast schooner, Haukur. Tours started as planned at 17pm.

One of those crazy nights last night where blue whales and humpbacks, over a dozen, swam around the bay in the rays of the evening sun.

M/B Bjössi Sör went out to the calm and beautiful Skjálfandi bay this morning with 35 passengers onboard. In this trip we spotted four different species, Harbour porpoises, White beaked dolphins, Minke whale, three Humpback whales and the majestic Blue whale.

The whale watching tours have been quite amazing these last few days with up to 6 species a day and up to 7 individuals of the earths largest mammal - the blue whale.

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Since whale watching started in Húsavík in 1995 there have never been seen altogether 6 species of whales in one day but that happened today.

3 Blue Whales were spotted on the two later departures today, or at 17:00 and 20:15.

This morning passengers on board Bjössi Sör had a great luck as two humpbacks were encountered feeding together with several white beaked dolphins and a minke whale nearby.

After a while the two humpbacks split up and one of them seemed to take interest in the boat. Captain Heimir then killed the engine and for about 20 minutes the curious humpback swam around the boat relaxed and easy, sometimes putting the head out of the water.