While getting ready for the 1:30 PM trip I heard that the crew that went out at 10:00 had spotted one of the Humpbacks. That was certainly joyous news. The playful Humpback is a crowd favourite and always a delight. I didn’t dare hope we’d be so lucky to see them both but thankfully we…
Today we had a cold wind blowing from the north and it was also a bit foggy, especially during our morning tour. But we managed to get some very close views of two minke whales in the western part of the bay, close to the mountains. In the afternoon we were heading west again…
This morning we had some swell coming from the north, which made it a bit tricky to find the whales. But after some searching in the area where we had seen the minke whales during the last days (close to the mountains), we were finally succesful and found two minke whales. In the afternoon…
At 10:00 this morning we went out with 24 passengers in beautiful weather with a flat calm sea. The visibility was perfect and it did not take us long until we found a minke whale. Even though the whale was often taking quite long dives, he was very calm at the surface and always came…
When we left the harbour this morning it was still quite foggy in the bay, but after some searching we managed to find the humpback whale again, the same one that has been around now for the last two days. We got some very close looks at this whale and after a while, we left…
A humpback whale has not been spotted in Skjálfandi this season before apart from the brief visit into Húsavík harbour just before the season start… until today! Captain Hrólfur was then, like so many previous years the first captain in the area to spot a humpback whale in Skjálfandi bay. Passengers on Knörrinn were…
The day today is officially the first day of summer in Iceland and today the first minke whale was found by captain Hrólfur on good old Knörrinn. So far this season it’s been mainly harbor porpoises and white beaked dolphins seen on the tours plus a tour with lots of Killer whales and just before…
After a slow start with 3 tours where the playful Harbour porpoises played the main role, things started to get serious today. Knörrinn, with 13 passengers (lucky 13) headed out to the bay into a glittering Skjálfandi bay with the magnificent mountains of Kinn graciously rising at the horizon. After roughly two hours of…
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North Sailing’s 17th season started today when captain Hrólfur and guide Nils went out on Knörrinn with 19 passengers, mostly tourist but also locals. It was raining when we boarded, grey and cloudy when we sailed out of the harbor and a little bit sunny when we returned after more than 3 hours out…
Whale Watching is still really enjoyable here in Skjàlfandi Bay and this morning we found three different species of whales on the tour: first we had a good look at a minke whale, then we were watching a humpback whale and on the way home we ran into a group of white-beaked dolphins. The…
Today we just had another wonderful day in Skjàlfandi Bay. In conditions like this, it is simply a lot of fun to be out at sea. Captain Hròlfur and I went out at 10:00 on “Bjössi Sör” in calm seas and good conditions (it was just a bit foggy further out) and we managed to…
The weather was really great when I went out with captain Hrólfur onboard “Bjössi Sör” this morning. When leaving the harbour, we were setting the course directly north-west, towards the area where we had seen the humpback whale yesterday. Of course we had hope that he is still around, but obviously the whale had left…
We had not seen the humpback whales for a while now (the last sighting was on September, 26th), but during the last days we also had a period of bad weather and big swell, which prevented us of going out on two of these days. However, this morning we went out in really good conditions…
To be honest, I was not very optimistic when I left the harbour together with captain Hrólfur at 10:00 today (2.Oct.) on Bjössi Sör, as the wind was blowing quite strong, which makes it sometimes a bit hard to spot the whales. It turned out, however, to be a really good tour. We were…
This morning there were strong winds from the south blowing when we went out and as the time went by they got even stronger! We were incredibly lucky though, because after about an hour we came across a Minke whale which surfaced right next to the boat a couple of times before diving into…
The weather today is totally awesome. Warm southern breeze and calm sea. Doesn´t get any better for whale watching! In the 10:00 tour this morning we saw two Minke whales and a dozen of Dolphins. We had been watching the Minke while for quite a while when we heard about Dolphins a bit futher north…
Today it was quite warm in Husavik, we had a strong southerly breeze when we went out on the morning tour onboard Bjössi Sör. After sailing for about one hour, we found a large number of white-beaked dolphins. First we were only watching a small group of them close to the boat, but while we…
During the weekend, we saw the humpback whales again on all 4 tours: On both trips on Saturday as well as on both trips on Sunday we saw one humpback whale per trip.All sightings occurred in the same area, but there was something really strange about it:It might have also been just a coincidence, but…
To make it short: Today I had two really beautiful tours with captain Hreiðar, and the afternoon tour at 13:30 was probably the best tour this month so far. We sailed out this morning at 10:00 in almost perfect conditions, really calm sea and it did not take us long to find a nice group…
It was a sunny sky that greeted me this morning when I woke up and I immediately had the feeling that this would be a good whale watching day! The bay was at its best and there were smiles on peoples faces when we sailed out of the harbour into Skjálfandi Bay. I was…
