Weather conditions were simply perfect on this last day of August. The sea was flat like a mirror and visibility excellent – best circumstances for a wonderful whale watching day. Similar to the previous days we had to sail pretty far in northwesterly direction to find some marine mammals. But in contrast to yesterday we…
We went on two tours on Garðar today but the third one was cancelled due to worsening sea conditions. Both were excellent, even if challenging due to somewhat rough sea and bad visibility. There were at least 4-6 Humpback Whales in the bay and once the fog allowed us some view, we could see blows…
Three tours today and of those, the morning and the evening tour were the best by far. In the morning we had at least four Humpback Whales, including one duo which we got to see amazingly well, a great thing given the foggy surroundings. In the afternoon there were at least two Humpbacks but in…
Today we managed to show our passengers all four species of marine mammals that we could expect to see at this time of the year: The day started with two very nice humpback whales that were swimming side by side and lifted their majestic flukes right next to our boat a couple of times.…
The sea was still a bit wavy today, but despite the bumpy conditions we had very nice and successful whale watching tours during the day. I went on three tours onboard our biggest vessel “Garðar” today and on the first tour (at 10:00) we managed to spot three different species of baleen whales (those…
Today’s three tours on Garðar were amazing. Humpback Whales seen on all of them, from one up to three on each, and Minke Whales in abundance, some seen very well but some only in the passing, as well as White-beaked Dolphins in the morning. It was so warm and cosy on the water today that…
We had already seen several humpback and minke whales (as well as some dolphins) during our tours earlier today, so when we left the harbour at 18:00 onboard “Garðar”, we were pretty optimistic that also this evening tour would be a good one – and we were right! The weather conditions were simply fantastic…
This evening as we went in to the bay I did not expect a trip like this one. I started the trip like a normal trip. After the talk in the beginning I went in to the wheel house to get some extra cloths, even though the weather was grate. As I came in, engineer…
In the evening as we headed to the bay for the 18:00 trip we set the course to the so called corner. It is the south west part of the bay. There we had heard about a whale. As we got there unfortunately we did not spot anything. But Bjössi Sör was a bit north…
Today we had eastern wind but it was quite warm, not cold at all until the evening, in fact it was a cosy sea breeze. In the morning we had one Humpback Whale, several Minke Whales and a group of White-beaked Dolphins. The afternoon had some less sightings, with one Minke Whale seen shortly and…
Three tours on Garðar and very different ones at that. The morning tour was easy; three Humpback Whales, including two travelling as a duo, at least two small groups of White-beaked Dolphins, and a tiny Harbour Porpoise (perhaps a lost calf) travelling alone. All were seen easily. In the afternoon the animals were spending longer…
What a wonderful day on Skjálfandi Bay. After days and days of fog and rain we have had a blue sky and sunshine all day. The temperature was nice and warm– so warm that we didn’t even have to use our overalls. But enough of the weather.. we also had great whale spottings today!…
This has been a nice day here in the bay although the swell from last night’s storm impacted the morning tour and to an extend the other two tours as well. Humpback Whales were seen on all tours, Minke Whales briefly in the morning and in the evening, and a small group of White-beaked Dolphins…
Today’s Humpback Whales were a dream! There was a duo of them hanging out around the middle of the bay for almost the entire day and seemingly some more further out. The star duo was clearly well-fed as at no time we saw signs of them either eating or travelling between feeding locations, two of…
After some difficult weeks on the water, the conditions today were astonishing, sunny and sweet and the water surface was very calm. Even better, there were more Humpback Whales around and in more accessible locations than often before. This time we did not have to search for them in very shallow water close to land…
This was a modest day on the water but ending with a great spectacle, two full-body breaches from a Humpback Whale! A small pod of White-beaked Dolphins was seen on the way back but mainly their splashes as they were heading fast towards the south of the bay as we were heading back from the…
Yesterday we got some amazing looks at a flipper-slapping (“waving”) humpback whale and today the same humpback whale was waving with its flippers again for us! This morning we already spotted the humpback whale in the south-western part of the bay as well as several minke whales in the same area feeding among big…
In the 10 o´clock trip this morning we headed in to the bay in the suarch for the whales. After a bit of a time we found a Minke whale. After that we had gotten a grate look at this one we decided to head towards the south east corner of the bay as we…
The first day of August has been much better so far than the last day of July was. This morning a Humpback Whale and several Minke Whales were spotted along with a group of White-beaked Dolphins and even Harbour Porpoises were spotted. In the afternoon a Humpback Whale was spotted close to where Skjálfandafljót glacier…
Unfortunately this was not the easiest of days for the whale-watching here in Skjálfandi Bay due to sea conditions but Garðar still managed to find whales on both its tours. The third tour had to be cancelled due to worsening conditions. On the morning tour we saw one easy Humpback Whale and also got a…
After a hard morning where the whales did not show up we headed again in to the bay with new hope. We had gotten some news from other boats that they had spotted something. There fore we set the course towards them and after a bit of search we spotted a Humpback whale. We got…
