Today was awesome! The minkes and the humpbacks where at their usual spot around the mountains. They have been there now for some days. There is still alot of food close to the mountains so they are really busy and don’t dive for long. Then we got news about a blue whale in the bay.…
Today we went out on our biggest boat called Garðar. We went first out at 10 o’clock. We had almost a full boat and actually a big crew too since we still have some people in training for the season. We went close to the mountains and parked the boat in a big flock of…
Food – that’s obviously the main interest of our whales in these days. The area around the fish rock is still rich in krill and fish and the whales are feeding inbetween large flocks of birds. Today we counted five different humpback whales, many minke whales and harbor porpoises as well. And it got even…
Today the bay was filled with dense fog – challenging conditions for finding the whales! But fortunately our previous experiences teached us where to find the most popular feeding areas and that’s where we’ve been successful today again: Close to the fish rock in the western part of Skjálfandi Bay we had the chance to…
I have been guiding three tours today (10:00, 13:30 and 20:00) and all three tours have been absolutely amazing! During the whole day, there was a large feeding frenzy taking place close to the mountains on the western side of the bay with thousands of seabirds, several humpback whales, lots of minke whales and…
Today was a good day for whale watching, there was a little bit of a breeze but the sun was shining. We found the whales on the west side of the bay near the fish rock, we saw three Humpback whales and a few Minke whales and a lot of Harbour propoises. There was clearly…
It was beautiful today in Husavik. If the morning ended up being pretty windy, we still could enjoy wonderful sailing conditions. Once again, the west of the bay proved itself as being “the place to be”, with no less than 3 different species: Harbour propoises, Minke whales and Humpback whales. If the sun might be…
Today was a beautiful, warm, calm day with exceptional clarity, all a perfect recipe for a fantastic whale watching day, and so it was! After our usual trip to Lundey we headed out to find something bigger. Hardly after leaving the island we came across a small group of White beaked dolphins that swam slowly by,…
Sunny day and easy sailing today on Hildur. The morning started out beautiful, and our first stop at puffin island was all it is meant to be. The puffins flapped and dived all around and showed off their bright orange beaks and feet. Of course, though the puffins are always adorable, we had to head…
We have had really amazing whale watching conditions here in Skjálfandi Bay during the last couple of days and on every tour several humpback whales and minke whales have been seen. Today was no exception: It just took us about 15-20 minutes of sailing until we could spot the first blows from the humpback whales…
The day started out with promising weather, low wind, flat seas but lots of swell, and very good clarity! After the usual run to Lundey (full of the always adorable puffins) we heard news of a humpback whale in the area. Surrounded at first by four boats, this one whale was a little bit shy,…
Great day in the Bay today, and just in time for Captain Tryggvi’s birthday (happy birthday!). We had fantastic weather: sunshine, cool breeze and almost glassy waters. All a perfect setting for a great whale show, and the whales did not disappoint! A Minke whale was the star of the show in the morning, getting pretty…
Today was a wery good day. We finally got more sun shining and the waves were really nice and friendly. Our 4 hour whale, puffin and sail tour (NS 2) started at 9:30 on Haukur, our smallest 2 mast schooner. We went to Puffin island and got really good view of the little friends of…
This morning, Húsavík was like a “winter-wonderland” as a lot of new snow had been falling during the night. Also the mountains on the other side of the bay looked really beautiful and as we were heading towards them, after about an hour of sailing, we spotted a blow from a large whale –…
Today weather and waves were the same as yesterday. So all the trips were cancelled. The waves got worse later in the day. But it doesen’t matter if there are no trips the staff still has plenty of things to do, making sure that we will be ready when the high season begins. …
All the guests that took a chance on one of our tours today were up for quite an experience. Two out of three of our tours were extremly succesfull in term of whale sightings, with many humpack whales on both tours (One of them even breaching once on the 13.30 tour). The last tour was…
The day started with difficult weather conditions that obliged us to cancel the majority of our tours today. But as we went out, we enjoyed the presence of many Minke Whales. At least 3 of them came feeding very close to the ship. The weather forecast for tomorow remains so far uncertain, but the whole…
Today was a rather difficult day for whale watching: We had a lot of snow and rain and quite strong northerly winds, meaning that we also got some swell at sea. But despite the bad weather conditions we were of course, like always, optimistic to find some whales. We were searching in a big area…
We had not been able to go out at sea the last two days because of bad weather conditions. But the storm had calmed down as we left the harbour this morning at 10:00 (even though it was still snowing a bit when we were at sea). It is always exciting to go out…
After many thrilling days, today happened to be a bit more complicated for the whales. Our guests enjoyed a beautifull minke whale by the end of the morning tour, but we were unlucky finding a whale this afternoon. But we were gifted with beautiful birds sightings, with puffins, skuas and ganets on many occasions! And…
Humpbacks and Minke whales were still here for us today. Two of each specie in the morning, and a very nice time with the same small humpback that we saw yesterday in the afternoon. The sun was shinning beautifuly, but the temperature was still rather cold. Despite of what you may have heard again last…