This morning the weather was getting a lot better and the sea surface calmer. When I went out at 9:00 we had a great tour, amazing how the bay can change in between days. We saw two nice minke whales in the western part of the bay and also some white beaked dolphins. In the…
Like often when the weather has been as bad as in the last days it can be really difficult to find some whales. This morning the sea was still a bit rough and we didn’t find anything and the same was happening in the afternoon. When I went out however at 17:00 the sea was…
As predicted, a second day of rough seas and generally bad weather leaves us unable to go out. It’s drizzling and quite chilly here inland, so the thought of going out doesn’t excite me quite as much as it usually would. Hopefully it will clear up soon, but then again we’ve been quite lucky with…
Today the weather has prevented us from going whale watching, a state of “bræla” as we say here in Iceland. Strong winds from the north along with heavy rain and low cloud cover make an uninviting situation out in the bay. Tomorrow‘s weather will in all likelihood be just as bad but we are hopeful that…
The sky was a bit grey today but fortunately it didn’t rain a lot. The humpback whale from yesterday had already left the bay when we went out this morning but the minke whales and the white beaked dolphins haven’t gone anywhere and we had great success with them on all our tours. In…
A thick fog lay over the bay when we went out this morning, and I wasn’t especially optimistic for the first tour. We however quickly got reports of White Beaked Dolphins, and managed to stumble on a group of them as well, although they quickly got lost. We drove on, and as we got closer…
The conditions in the bay today were rather hairy. The sea was rather rough as you got further out, but we did get some lovely sunshine and smoother patches closer to land. The day was rather special for me, as this was the first time I guided on schooner Haukur! We went out past Puffin…
We’ve been experiencing a rather stiff northern breeze these last days, but the weather has never reached the point where it was too bad to go out, and sometimes it’s even been pretty good despite the wind. It hasn’t hindered us in finding the whales either, and we’ve gotten lucky with plenty of Minke whales…
We were lucky with the weather today, and sightings were good as well. The weather was mild early in the day, and visibility was rather good. On both the tours I went on with captain Hreiðar, the Minke whale was not far away. We got a very close look at quite a few Minke whales…
…but we managed all the same! The weather today started out rather rough, but it did improve a bit over the day. The sea smoothed out at least, but then again it did start raining later. We found two Minke whales in the morning, feeding close to a large mixed group of birds. Fulmars were…
The minke whales have been playing the main role in Skjalfandi Bay for the last few days, but the white-beaked dolphins have been showing up as well. Two days ago a blue whale was spotted in our evening trip but it had gone out of the bay again the next morning. That tells us that…
Since we knew that a Blue Whale had been spotted the night before we immediately went in search of it this morning but to no avail, the Big Blue had apparently departed. During the search we met Minke whales and Dolphins who were very lively and not without reason. The bay is full of…
Last night the crew and passengers on Bjössi Sör hit the jackpot when a BLUE WHALE came into the bay again. There has been some time now since we’ve spotted blue whales but this just shows how unpredictable the wildlife can be. Some white beaked dolphins and minke whales were also spotted on the tour.…
The weather inland is lovely, quite sunny and nice. As you head out to Skjálfandi, you can feel how the wind picks up from the north, chilly and strong. As always, you simply have to dress it off, and there are of course plenty of overalls for everyone on board. The wind doesn’t stop the…
We were extremely lucky with weather in our first tours of the day. The wind was not too strong and the sun shining. It seems like the Minke whales and Dolphins have taken over control of the bay. We haven’t seen any big whales for the last few days but these two species seem to…
The calm wind from last night didn’t last long, it was blowing from north west this morning but it wasn’t too strong though, all right to go whale watching. Too my surprise nobody got seasick so everybody enjoyed themselves. The life in the bay was similar as yesterday, not difficult to find a minke whale…
It was getting a bit windy when me and capt Hrólfur went out at 17:00 but it calmed down again in the evening. The day has been pretty much like the last days. There are a lot of minke whales in the bay and some of them are really easy going around the boats. On…
The weather today was a bit rough in the 17 o’clock tour, but got better in the evening. To start off the former tour, me and the captain saw a Minke whale breaching in the rough seas, but not many of the passengers caught it. We waited around but didn’t see it again, so we…
The day has been pretty much like yesterday apart from the fact that the humpback whales haven’t shown up again. But there are plenty of minke whales around still and groups of white beaked dolphins traveling around as well. The weather has been quite neutral, the sun didn’t shine today but the wind was calm…
Finally some humpback whales found their way into the bay, the schooner Haukur found two humpback whales this morning and they were seen on three tours today. But unfortunately they didn’t stop for long, when I went out at 17:00 they were already too far out for us to reach them. It didn’t matter much…
Today was a little bit colder than the past few days, with the wind picking up around midday. None the less we were able to spot white beaked dolphins in the morning trip and minke whales all day. Some of the minkes were new to the bay, including one that seemed tobe rather young and…
