The weather is still perfect in Húsavík, sunny most of the time. It was slightly foggy though for a short time in the afternoon but it didn’t affect any of our tours. We saw a lot of minke whales just one or two miles out of the harbour. There were also some white beaked dolphins…
Today was quite a day in the history of North Sailing when Garðar sailed out whale watching for the first time. I got the honor of being the first guide to take passengers out and it was indeed a successful first tour. There was practically no wind, the surface completely still and we hadn’t gone…
The weather was amazing today, the sun shining and in the evening the midnight sun was really beautiful. The whole day Minke whales and White beaked dolphins played the main role although on one of my tours it was a bit difficult to find a Minke whale but we saw a lot of the dolphins.…
Today was a remarkable day with the whales. The weather was good; Sunshine and next to no wind. There had been sightings of great swarms of herring towards the bottom of the bay, visible to the naked eye as black spots on the surface, and when we got closer we found a few minke whales…
The weather in Húsavík today is amazing, the bay completely calm and the sky clear. The scenery doesn’t get much more beautiful than on a day like today. This morning a cruise ship arrived in Húsavík harbour and a part of the passengers went out whale watching with me at 9:00. We had the most…
Today we have seen several Minke whales and they seem to have a lot of food. A pleasant surprise today was to have a small seal approach the boat to the delight of our guests. It was very curious and came close to inspect. Flosi, guide.
Today we had several minke whales with us both by the bottom of the bay and in the east, a short way from harbour. They were quite busy feeding it seemed, moving sporadically and hard to predict. Even though that makes our job a bit more difficult it is none the less very pleasing to…
Today we started off in a great fashion, with minke whales practically inside the harbour. We had to work for it but eventually got a good look at them so that everyone caught a good look. Then, for the first time in many weeks, we spotted a group of harbour porpoises that actually showed themselves…
Today the weather was okay, but the whales were quite difficult to spot. However, after a long trip over the bay to the east, under the great Creek Mountains, we were able to spot at least two minke whales rather close together, feeding near Skerið, a reef that is often visited by the whales. On…
The skies were still grey but at least it wasn‘t raining. I sailed two trips with Cpt. Hreiðar and Deckhand Sammi came along on one trip. We had lot‘s of passengers, almost full capacity of Knörrinn on both trips, and had some great luck with the minke whales. We saw at least 4 or 5…
Brr… it was really cold out there this morning, the sky grey and sometimes it was raining. But everybody put on warm overalls and off we went. We hadn’t been out for long when we spotted the first minke whale. It was however quite busy and traveling between different areas. Further out we spotted another…
Today was a fine day out on sea. Much better weather than we last week and plenty of life in the bay. The 5 o’clock trip found a minke whale even before they left the harbour, the whale circling closer to the town beach before heading back out to sea. A few more minke whales…
Like in the last two days the white beaked dolphins have been almost everywhere you look. So far today though we haven’t seen any of the bigger whales, neither minke whales nor humpback whales but I’m hoping that all these dolphins mean that there is more food coming into the bay which will attrack the…
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…
