What a delightful day on Garðar today! The weather was sunny and beautiful and the skies so clear, in total contrast to the gloomy yesterday. And just as the people who had come a long way to see them, and us lucky few that get to work with them on daily, the whales seemed to…
DetailsToday the bay was very overcast and rather cold but the water surface was virtually flat, allowing for decent visibility regardless. In the morning we had one Humpback Whale rather to the south of the bay and then more to the west a Minke Whale. Both of them were calm and easy to approach, which made up for…
DetailsThe weather to day was pretty much the same like yesterday. Foggy, but we could see over the bay. That was good so the search was easy.In the afternoon we headed of the bay as we had found some whales there in the morning. As we arrived in the west we found some Minke whales.…
DetailsThis morning as we headed to the bay the only thing we saw in the beginning was fog. But we still started the search for the whales. After about an hour we did see some thing through the fog so we waited and waited. But no whale appeared. There for we decided to go further…
DetailsTo day as we headed to the bay it was sunny and fabulous weather. Sun was shining and almost no clouds to see.We decided to head towards the western side of the bay in search for the whales. After about 40 minutes of sailing we found a Minke whale and got a good look at…
DetailsThe sailing ship Donna Wood, North Sailing´s newest fleet member set sails for Jan Mayen earlier this week with a group of researchers from St. Andrews University. The research group´s main goal is to research bottlenose whales. A report from captain Christian states that many “bottlenose whales have been spotted. Humpbacks, sperm whale and minkis have…
DetailsOf the 23 different species of Cetaceans that have been recorded in Icelandic waters, 4 are most commonly seen: Harbour Porpoise, White-beaked Dolphin, Humpback Whale, and Minke Whale. And on the morning tour we saw all of them! 2-3 Porpoises popped up towards the front of the boat very close by just after we had…
DetailsToday’s morning tour was a somewhat difficult one due to that not many whales seemed to be in the bay. There was a Humpback Whale seen by one boat but only once and then vanished and then a back in a distance that would also have belonged to a humpback whale but only once. The…
DetailsWell, today was not quite the same as yesterday; more windy, rainy in in the morning, and fewer whales around; but it was still good. After all, how can being in the presence of the largest animal that has ever occupied the Earth not be. This morning the main delight of the bay was a…
DetailsFinally, summer is here! It has been awhile since the temperature has been above 10°C, but today has been really warm and sunny, we didn’t even have to bring out the warm overalls. Today was a gorgeous day out on Skjálfandi Bay with plenty of whales. We headed out early morning, all eager to find…
DetailsAfter a short journey to the middle of the bay we encountered a Humpback whale which was very friendly towards us. It surfaced in short time intervals and came several times close to the boat. After that we saw a really big blow and started a journey in northerly direction. We encountered the biggest animal…
DetailsSaturday started quite windy but about 20 really interested people wanted to go whale watching. We told them that this are not great conditions and likely a lot them would be sick but these 20 people still really wanted to go because most of them were leaving Husavik afterwards. So we started a quite shaky…
DetailsOn Friday we had to go quite far north again but it was well worth it. We saw a Humpback and Blue whales. After we had a nice encounter with a humpback whale we went further west to pick one of the Blue whales to look at. This Blue whale seemed to be feeding at…
DetailsIt’s hard to believe that it’s already mid-June. This season is called “summer” in other parts of the world, but obviously not here in Iceland. The wind from the north brought quite high waves but also very cold temperatures. We couldn’t believe our eyes when it started snowing! Difficult conditions for spotting the whales through…
DetailsAfter the wonderful sunny day yesterday this Wednesday started pretty gray and rainy. However, the sea was perfectly flat when we headed out into the bay. Consequently, it was quite easy to spot a surfacing black back from a big distance already. We got closer and encounetred a humpback whale. The individual was very calm and…
DetailsToday we had pretty nice weather conditions here in Skjálfandi Bay with a lot of sunshine, so hopefully summer is finally arriving here in the north of Iceland. I went on two tours on our biggest boat “Garðar” (at 10:00 and 13:30) and both tours have been really successful. In the morning we came…
DetailsToday we went out on our biggest boat “Garðar” for the first time this season and unfortunately Garðars first tour this season was not a very lucky one. We tried really hard and searched a really big area, but we only saw one blow and one black back from a humpback whale once in the…
DetailsOn a sunny Sunday we encountered a small group of dolphins on the way up northwest. Some minutes later we saw another blue whale. We spend quite some time with the blue whale as it was diving for a long time and we wanted to get a good look at it. After a few encounters,…
DetailsThe Saturday morning started with a lot of sun and shortly after leaving the harbor we encountered our first species. We saw some harbor porpoise and shortly after that we had a small group of white beaked dolphins swimming around the boat. After some time we saw a big blow far in the distance. On…
DetailsWe had an amazing day on Friday. We encountered lots of humpback whales with some of them breaching and blue whales. However, the most special trip I ever had started at 8pm. We went out with the hope to see the biggest animal on earth again but if you do trips to see wild…
DetailsThe first week of June started very stormy and due to the bad weather conditions we had to cancel our tours on Monday and Tuesday. But yesterday the storm calmed down and we had the chance to go out again. It’s always exciting to sail out after a “break”. The wind and high waves influence…
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