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…
The days go by and each one brings its fair share of happiness here in the bay. Our morning guests had to wait a good hour before being able to enjoy the most fantastic show that a whale can offer: a young humpback breached out of the water within a distance. The afternoon tour was…
Today was another great day to go whale watching, depsite the rough sea condition. We could observe a humpback on each of the tours (different ones actually). The humpback of the morning lead us very close to the Puffin Island of Lundey, where we could observe many of these beautiful birds. There were as well…
The sun was shinning again on Husavik. And whales were here to enlight the day even more.. The morning tour was brigthened by the presence of our entangled whale, baptised „Hope“ by our researchers, whereas the afternoon tour has allowed us to see two humpbacks and a nice group of dolphin. Our guests were in…
Another beautiful day for us in Skalfani Bay. Our two trips were successful in whale-sightings, with a humpback whale in the morning and the same animal, plus two minke whales in the afternoon! Our captain Tryggvi, back for the season, was very happy to steer us through the bay and make once again the ravishment…
For a second day in a row, the humpbacks were here in the bay. Two of them were seen on the first tour, and one in the afternoon. For the first time this season, we went out on Bjössi Sör, one the last oak boats ever built in Iceland. What is nowadays one of the…
The arrival of this day was foretold in mute voices by all North Sailing crew members. As if we were all alfraid to bring bad luck on the bay. But it finally came: Today was the first great Humpback Day of the season! The first humpback only showed itself after an hour and a half…
As we like to explain to our passengers, the beauty of whale-watching stands partially on the fact that we observe non-trained animals. And that the presence of our favourite giants should always be seen as a surprise. And today, despite fantastic sailing condition, the whales did not dare showing themselves. Our guests were still in…
Going out at sea was a bit of a challenge for our passengers, since the sea was very bumpy. But still, we went out twice and came back succesful on both tour, after having seen a minke whale in the morning and killer whales in the afternoon. As challenging as the tours were for our…
Another great day for us out at sea. We saw no less than 4 differrent species of whales! And three on each trip! The morning started with the sucessive sightings of a minke whale, a blue whale and white-beaked dolphins. And in the afternoon, we exchanged the minke whale to a larger model: The fin…
It was almost a perfect whale-watching day! The weather was exceptional, the passengers smiley, the wind very bearable… We only just missed some whales in morning. But as the afternoon tour went through, Lukas, one of the researchers coming with us, screamed all of a sudden: ”Nils!!! There was a blow there!” And indeed, yesterday´s…
The weather is just going better by the days here in Husavik!!! And after an unsuccessful morning tour, our captain had the great idea to try his luck north of the Puffin Island, next to Brekki. And it worked! We eventually found a cruising blue whale and observed a lot of puffins on the way…
It was the kind of days when one could forget we are in Iceland. A magic sun welcomed our guests in the bay the whole day through! If the morning tour was unfortunately unsuccessful, we found a charming group of dolphins in the afternoon that entertained us quite a long time! And we, for the…
The weather was quite enjoyable today in Husavik. The sea was a bit wavy and the wind cold, but the sun was up through most of the tours But after beautiful serie of succesfull days, we were unlucky with the whales. This makes us even more humble towards Mother Nature and its jewels. We could…
It was a rather cold day out at sea. While going through a very windy tour in the morning, we still had the chance to find one of yesterday´s blue whales. It was rather calm and eventually came pretty close to the boat. In the afternoon, the weather turned to snow, but our guests still…
Today was a fantastic whale watching day! We saw 2 blue whales during our morning tour, nice enough to lift their impressive fluke tails out of the water. They were actively feeding themselves and sometimes a little hard to follow. One of them was still there in the afternoon, together with a humpback whale, the…
The streak goes on!!!! After a complicated, but yet charming tour this morning, we encoutered again some blue whales in the afternoon! The passengers all got a very good look at them, as our captain Már could let them approach the boat from up-close. A minke whale even briefly showed itself! It was a moment…
Today was at first quite complicated out at sea. Despite a great visibility over the whole bay and a fantastic weather, we were enable to find a whale during our morning tour. And the second tour started out to be pretty much the same. But after two hours and a half, on our way back…