This Friday, Sept. 8th, Haukur will depart to Reykjavík where she will be on display in connection with the Travel Exhibition Vestnorden. Right now, we are working on preparing the boat, make some adjustments and check out the rigging. From Reykjavík the course will be taken to the Faroe Islands. We will post some more…
The wildlife in the bay has been amazing all summer and now there are almost 4 months since the humpbacks came in to the bay making this 12th whale watching summer by North Sailing the best humpback season ever. Sometimes the humpback whales breach or jump out of the water but never before have we…
The adventure in “Whale paradise” continues and for the last days humpback whales as well as minke whales have been in the spotlight. It seems like the most giving feeding grounds are inside the bay very close to land for the last days and the humpbacks and minkies have been feeding on incredibly shallow waters.…
Last week North Sailing invited it´s staff and the staff from The Whale Museum to a BBQ. After sailing on the schooner Haukur across the Skjálfandi Bay, anchors were dropped outside of Naustavík, under the beautiful Mountains of Kinn. The pictures below are taken on the trip by one of North-Sailing’s captains, Einar Ófeigur Magnússon.…
When the whales start playing around it´s often difficult to see who´s watching whom. This was the case when Himmi, North Sailing guide, had his camera and shot these amazing pictures! After few cloudy days, the sun has come out again and shines on all our guests out on Skjálfandi bay were the wildlife is…
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…
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. A humpback can grow up to 16 meters in length and…
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. The following pictures were taken in the…
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! The weather forecast for the next days is promesing and we encourage you, dear reader, to take the…
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…
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 Blue Whale can get up to 20-30 meters long and weigh up to 110-190 tons and although the dinosaurs were super sized, they don´t stand the comparison to…
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. This morning North Sailing´s crew on m/b Knörrinn spottet around 70 to 100 White Beaked Dolphins who put on a great show, jumping out of…
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. This summer North-Sailing welcomes an excellent group of new people to work, and besides new staff there are a couple of individuals that have been part of our crew before. Here below,…
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 (the puffin) as well as…
Blue whales and humpback whales have been spotted in all North Sailing whale watching tours the last couple of days. HH Hrólfur is one of the more experienced captains of North Sailing. Guide Ditta and some of the passengers on the lookout on the high platform onboard Náttfari.
… 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…
Húsavík has been especially lively today with lots of visitors at the harbour area. The weather has been great and even quite warm, on the Iceland-thermometer at least:) North Sailing had a total of 6 departures today with almost 300 visitors that got to experience 5-6 minke whales thereof one which was playing with the…
During the past weeks North Sailing team has been busy with tailor-made trips for special groups. Those tours have been very different but all organized in cooperation with the customers. The first one to mention is the midnight sailing to Grímsey Island last weekend. Around 30 passengers sailed with Náttfari, North Sailing’s boat, to celebrate…
The last days… well in fact the last two months have been fantastic. With almost non-stop humpback sightings and great weather apart from few days have made this the best summer start so far for North Sailing. Today was no exception and tonight, captain Hrolfur and Hilmar Valur ventured out on Bjössi Sör with 50…
As reported on the website in May, a 90 year old house is now located in the harbour and will serve as a Café. The house has been in renovation since early this year and the changes have been enormous. Café Skuld offers high class coffee and dilicious tarts, along with bread rolls and open…
This morning three of North Sailing boats saw 3 blue whales and 3 humpback whales. Blue whales are the largest animal to ever live on the earth and it is a real privilege for the passengers on board to view those magnificent creatures. On board Haukur the Schooner was a group of photographers and models…
