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…
Today was another great day for whale watching. Still waters, no wind, warmth and cloudcover gave the perfect conditions for spotting whales. First whale of the day was a minke whale which was very friendly. It came very close to the boat, diving under it and always resurfaced close to it again. Then we went…
Calm waters and a little cloud cover made today an excellent day for whale watching. The 13:30 tour spotted a minke right in the vicinity of the harbour which was a little difficult to keep track of, moving in every direction and changing course in an instance. But with a bit of patience we could…
Today started out with rough weather which prevented us from going out on our first 3 tours. But calming down as the day drew on, we were able to try our luck in the afternoon. We found some minke whales which were a little difficult to follow but we managed to see quite well. Then…
It has been a beautiful day in Skjálfandi Bay today, sunny and practically no wind. Therefore it’s been easy to spot whales and we had a lot of minke whales today as well as many many playful white beaked dolphins and some harbour porpoises. I went out in the evening and the midnight sun with…
I was a bit pessimistic when I went out this morning. It was a strong wind in the morning and the sea bumpy and conditions to search quite poor. But the sun was shining and the scenery beautiful. We hadn’t been out for long when a minke whale suddenly breached in front of the boat.…
I went out on two tours today on trusty old Knörrinn with captain Ólafur and in both of them the weather was absolutely fantastic, and if anything, it only got better as the day progressed. The first tour, at 10:00, we decided to head out close to Lundey, Puffin Island, and as we approached it…
There have been ups and downs in the bay lately, the life in the bay changing from day to day but fortunately we have had more success than not. These following pictures from the last days are proof of how life can be in Skjálfandi Bay and like always, are worth a thousand words. The…
This was an amazingly beautiful day. No wind and the sun shining in the beginning, it was though raining a little bit in the evening. And I think I just had the funniest tour I’ve ever had. I went out at 17:00 with captain Bjarki and we hadn’t traveled for long when we saw a…
The weather in Húsavík was amazing today but I can’t say the same about the weather in the bay, it was very windy. And therefore a bit difficult to spot and I was a bit anxious when I went out at 17:00 because on the tour before we had seen two blue whales with great…
Last night the weather had got a bit worse and this morning the sea was still a bit rough. And in the morning we had no success with whales, really difficult to find them. However, in the afternoon the weather was getting better and the sea calming down. I went out at 17:00 and by…
The sea was a bit rough in our last trip of the day, but that doesn’t stop us from going whale watching. We went out at 20:15 on Bjössi Sör and expirienced some heavy rain and rough sea. We managed to see plenty of harbour porpoises, white-beaked dolphins and two minke whales, one of them…
In the beginning it was a bit difficult day, the whales seemed to have gone out of the bay when the first boats went out. Slowly though both the weather got better and the number of whales increased. When I went out at 17:00 it was absolutely brilliant. I didn’t see any blue whale though…
Saturday morning the weather had changed and it was really foggy in the bay. We didn’t manage to find any blue whales during that day but instead we saw quite many minke whales and humpback whales on most of the tours. Yesterday (Sunday) however the sun was out and in the afternoon we found the…
Had good luck with a Humpback and a Blue Whale in the evening sun today. The Blue Whales hadn‘t been spotted all day but in the evening sun their spouts light up and are easy to spot from very far away. I went out a 5 o‘clock on Bjössi Sör with cpt. Hrólfur and pretty…
Unfortunately the weather had changed a bit today and it was quite foggy the whole day. We didn’t find any blue whales today, hard to say if it was because they have gone or because we couldn’t spot them in the fog. But that doesn’t mean that we were out of luck today. The first…
These last two days have been simply amazing. A completely clear sky, calm wind and almost everywhere you look you see blows from the blue whale. We’ve been trying to keep count of how many blue whales there have been, at least seven on one tour but an avarage of three to four on each…
The weather in Húsavík has been absolutely fanstastic today, and so have our whale watching tours been. I went out at 12:00 AM on our smallest boat, Knörrinn. First we met our dear friend, a humpback whale that goes by the name Konni, which was here in the bay last summer as well. Another…
