Mr. Sinclair Dunnet from Nature Trek has been coming here to Húsavík, visiting North Sailing with groups of people from the U.K. since 1996, this makes it the twelfth consecutive year. North Sailing was founded in 1995 and that means Mr. Dunnett has only missed the very first summer in Whale watching here at Skjálfandi…
This beautiful morning our boat Bjössi Sör went whale whatching with around 30 passengers. The weather has been brilliant here in Húsavík the last couple of days, and today was no exeption. Humpback Whale stretching in the calm sea. Photo taken by Captain Hrólfur. And just after a few minutes the first whale was…
The reason for this visit was to work on a project in a new Whale school which one of former North Sailing guide, Hilda, has established. The fifth graders on the way home, happy after a successful tour. The bay was calm but lively and we managed to spot a few Minke whales, Humback and a group of…
This morning Náttfari went out for the first time this season whale watching with passengers. The bay was very lively and our crew members, with good help from the passengers, managed to spot three species of whales; Humpbakcs, Minke and Harbore porpoise. Náttfari in his first tour of the 2008 season. In the back is…
Happy passengers leaving the boat after a successful morning tour. North Sailing has been offering 2 trips per day, at 10:00 and 13:30 from the beginning of May with the exception of few days when it was not possible at all to go out. Today was the first day that a humpback was…
A humpback whale together with up to 5 minke whales have been spotted on all tours so far this season. Today, the number of Humpbacks doubled and two minke whales were spotted as well. Today, to much joy of captain Hrólfur and Guide Nils, members from the Húsavík whale museum got on board for…
Today, North Sailing opened 5 new websites. They are designed and hosted by Outcome Software, under the supervision of Arngrímur Arnarson. The websites are intended to promote three main projects or products of North Sailing, that is "Húsavík Whale Watching", "Schooner Haukur" and "Restaurant Gamli Baukur". The websites are linked together to emphasize the fact that these…
Nils Bjartur watches the humpback whale with the fantastic backdrop of Kinnarfjöll Mountains. Picture: Hrólfur Þórhallsson A humpback and a minke whale were spotted in the first official whale watching tour of the season this year. Captain Hrólfur and Guide Nils Bjartur ventured out on m/b Bjössi Sör with 6 passengers to set…
A minke whale near the mountains of Vík. Lot of snow is still in the mountains but today the temperature rose up to almost 15 degrees. The bay seemed lively and within just 20 minutes a big minke whale was spotted as well as a seal (bladder nose seal). Lots of birds have arrived…
North Sailing – Húsavík Whale Watching wishes everyone merry christmas and a happy new year. We hope 2008 will be a good year for everyone. The days are short in Húsavík now, actually today is the shortest day of the year but from now the daylight will increase by few minutes every day. This picture…
SAF, the Icelandic travel industry association has awarded North Sailing with their “Innovation award” for the year 2007. North Sailing is merited this prestigious award for its innovativeness from the very beginning, having had a clear vision and worked towards their goals systematically. Furthermore, for having positive influence in the community of Húsavík and focusing…
After a couple of windy days North Sailings´ boat Bjössi Sör went out on Skjálfandi Bay yesterday. Despite the southern blow captain Hrólfur and the guide Hildur spottet a humpback whale, which was very delight for the crew and 15 passangers. Humpback whales haven´t been seen in the bay since the end of August and…
After two days of cancellation due to strong northern wind the tours are back on schedule. A group of Orcas was therefore a welcome delight for North Sailing´s crew and passangers this morning. These majestic whales are not a common sight near the North East Shore of Iceland, though they seem to pop up in…
There are not only whales that delight North Sailing´s passengers on Skjálfandi Bay. Birds, octopuses and even seals tend to catch the attention of guests and crew. Though, it is seldom that such animals take active part in the excurison in any way. Earlier this summer a young seagull surpriced the passangers by landing on…
The last few days have been more or less just fantastic out on the bay with huge humpback whales lifting their tails high up in the air. Not only have humpbacks been spotted as captain Hrólfur spotted a group of Pilot whales rushing around the bay this morning. Thei are hard to observe and no…
After a few days of stormy weather the Humpbacks decided to return in Skjálfandi Bay! All of North Sailing´s boats went out this morning and the crew and passengers were greeted by Humpbacks lifting their tails in the morning sun. A Humpback whale on Skjálfandi Bay.
Humpback whales have been spotted in most of our tours the last few days but today has been difficult spotting them and actually some tours nothing has been spotted at all!! White beaked dolphins have however been doing their best to entertain passengers (although not on every single tour) and are appreciated by the passengers…
Crews and passengers were relieved when they discovered that humpbacks were still in the bay after two days of heavy winds and rain. Today was a very busy day as all trips, both saturday and sunday had to be cancelled due to weather and almost seven hundred people sailed with North Sailing boats on a…
Húsavík festival, Mærudagar and Sweedish days, came to an end yesterday after a whole week of cultural activities and events. North-Sailing has been an active participant of the festival for the past few years and this year was no exception. North-Sailing sailed with almost 400 passengers for free in a total of three trips. The…
Yesterday morning the passengers of North-sailing found an extremely cheery Humpback whale exercising and warming up for the day. As if jumping and drying himself completely in the morning breeze wasn´t enough he also showed off his fluke and flippers a lot for the lucky audience. It is not an everyday event we get so…
The merriment out on Skjálfandi Bay surely continues these days and the weather is definitely playing its part as well. Humback whales and cheerful White Beaked Dolphins have charmed North Sailing´s guests the last days. The pictures below taken by one of North Sailing’s guides, Hilmar Valur Gunnarsson, today and yesterday speak more than words.…
