The weather is fair. A little fog in the bay creates a mysterious atmosphere. As we sail to Lundey (puffin Island) we are surrounded by quite some birdlife. Arctic terns, kittiwakes, and some guillemots. At the island the puffins are going wild. Lots of them in the air today. We also spotted 2 skua’s, probably…
Today we’re sailing on Hildur, one of the schooners we have. Named after the valkyrie Hildr. We have some slight drizzle though luckily the whales don’t mind some rain. We started out at puffin island, most of the puffins have now laid their egg and the island is filled with their white chests. With some…
A very calm and foggy day, but that’s just a different way to experience the beauty of being out at sea. Barbara, guide and deckhand there was a whale. a humpback going for a dive. white beaked dolphins leaving traces. Opal and Lundey.
Just another beautiful sailing day out on Skjálfandi Bay. In the morning we encountered a blue whale even before reaching the Puffins at Lundey. Later we spent some time with a few humpback whales. Everybody seemed to be in a nice and calm mood today, our passengers and the whales. On the was back to…
It was a lovely sailing today on Hildur. The sun was shinning and the wind conditions were perfect for a great sailing time. Our passengers were rewarded of their participation with sails by the presence of numerous humpbacks. It was one of these days when all seems to work effortlessly thanks to mother nature. Let’s…
Our schooner Hildur was put up to quite a challenge today: following the whales on wind power. The day was ideal for some nice sailing but our friends the giants happened to be quite difficult to catch up. As our guests were brilliantly helping the crew with the manoeuvres, we eventually all got a good…
Today, it was a good choice to come with us on Hildur. On the morning tour, we oysted sails straight out of the harbor. Our passengers got to help us with this and to enjoy a nice sailing towards Lundey, the puffin island. After which, we kept sailing as we crossed the bay and met…
Today I had some very nice trips at Hildur, even though we some troubles finding the whales in the first tour. When we least expected it, a humpback showed up 30 meters from the ship and later on got as close that we even smelled the breathe! At our way back we saw another humpback.…
The sea was calmer but it was rainy and weet. Even though the bad weather its a day I’ll never forget. When we had past puffin Island too have a look at the puffins and then sailed for a bit, that’s when it happened. The biggest living animal on earth emerged from the sea to…
Today we first went to Puffin Island, where there just were puffins flying around everywhere – you could just see how clumsy they are and how beautiful it’s beak is. Then we sailed to the west and it took us some time to find the first whales, but then we could suddenly see the blow…
Today was a tricky for stomachs. The sea was again pretty rough and made spottings of whales complicated. Still, we managed to enjoy the presence of whales in each tours, humpbacks beeing sighted on each Bjossi Sör trips. Let’s hope that the sea remains that giftfull over the next days and that our friends the…
It was a very bouncy day at sea. The weather conditions were excellent but the sea remained quite challenging for some of our guests. But still, the courage of our passengers was well rewarded as the humpback whales were all around us. One of them even put up a show, as it jumped for more…
Today I learned a new icelandic word; Alta. Alta means swell. The swell was high, up to 4-5meters because of the bad weather previous day. I think the one who enjoyed it the most was the captain onboard, Arnar. The ship was rooling over the waves like beeing on a roller coaster. The whales seemed…
Today I went on three very nice whale watching tours onboard “Bjössi Sör” and they all turned out to be very successful. On the first tour we managed to find two humpback whales close to Húsavík harbour. They were pretty relaxed and we got some good looks at them until we decided to head…
Despite the cold and clouded morning we started our day in the Skjálfandi Bay very optimistic. We only had to travel a short time until we spotted our first whale spout. It turned out to be a humpback whale. We stayed with it for some magical moments and then continued our trip to the west.…
We have been very lucky with the whales here in Skjálfandi Bay during the last couple of weeks and today was no exception: Even though it was a bit rainy and windy today we managed to find a lot of humpback whales on all our trips today. On some trips also got to see several…
The weather today was not really good but that did not scare the whales! Indeed, we had a very nice show, the morning tours were very successful: many humpack whales, minke whales and white beaked dolphins and two blue whales. The bay was crowded! This afternoon, weather conditions became harder but we were lucky to…
Hello! Today was really good when it came to the whales. We saw several humpbacks whales and some minkie whales. It was very misty today and a bit rainy but we didn´t let that stop us from enjoying the show and the tour! Also, there were alot of birds around us and plenty of leftovers…
Góðan daginn! (Good morning) Today has been really nice. The sea was very calm & and we had several humpback whales around us at one point and there were some white beaked dolphins honouring us with their presence as well. We´ve been going alot for the last days towards the mountains in the south and…
We have been really lucky with the weather these last weeks, so we are not used to foggy days and it took us by surprise. When were coming back to Húsavík after the first and really successful tour, the fog just caught us. It made the day a little bit colder then we were…
Summer solstice presented itself with perfect conditions. It was a warm, mainly sunny day, almost no wind – and consequently we had perfect conditions for our whale watching tours. The visibility was excellent, so we had no difficulties in finding the animals. Obviously the bay is still offering a lot of food for the cetaceans,…
