Minkes, Dolphins and Humpbacks!

We had a simply fantastic tour this morning onboard “Náttfari”! It started with a very nice and friendly minke whale that we encountered after about 30-40 minutes sailing from Húsavík harbour. The minke whale seemed to be feeding in the area, as it took only very short and shallow dives and at one occasion, it…

A minke a day…..

Today seems to have been the day of the minke whale here in Skjálfandi Bay. We spotted a minke whale on all our tours today (most likely always the same individual) and got some really nice and close-up looks at it. It was also a rather big individual and on some occasions, we could even…

Time to say goodbye

Similar to the last couple of days the weather today reminded of summer instead of autumn. It was sunny and pretty warm and the sea flat as a mirror. We sailed north in direction of the open sea, since other boats already checked out the western part of the bay without being successful. Suddenly we…

Ups and Downs….

To be honest, today was a rather difficult day for whale watching here in the bay. When leaving the harbour this morning at 9:00, we set the course towards the area where we had been successful yesterday. But despite searching a really big area, the only mammals we saw were some harbour porpoises just outside…

Faithful whale

Like the past few days also today the sky was overcast, creating a quite mysterious atmosphere in the bay: The sea, the sky and even the mountains appeared in greyish colors, enabeling us to spot the surfacing black back of a whale from large distances.  Again we sailed in northwesterly direction and also today we…

The sound of nature

The day started grey and rainy, but once again we got the proof that whales don’t care about weather conditions. We sailed into the area where we encountered the animals yesterday and luckily they didn’t migrate a lot within the previous 12 hours. Apart from some swell the sea was very flat today, which enabled…

The return of an old friend

Today the sky was overcast and although it wasn’t foggy, the mist created a mysterious atmosphere in the bay. We sailed into northwesterly direction. heading for an area where we saw some wildlife yesterday in the evening. It turned out to be the right decision: Suddenly we spotted a blow arising from the sea surface,…