Today’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…
DetailsThe Sunday morning started quite promising: The sea was calm and the sun forced some rays through the clouds. We sailed in north-westerly direction. On the way out we had the chance to observe many puffins, sitting at the sea surface. In some distance a group of white beaked dolphins was on their way in direction…
DetailsWhat an exciting day was today!!! In the beginning of every tour I tell people that we’re heading out into the wild nature – thus we never know what’ awaiting us when leaving the harbor. And that’s so true: Who would’ve expected to come across the largest animal on earth today? Already the weather…
DetailsThere’s still no sign of the summer, although we’re desperately waiting for it. So today conditions were a bit challenging and we had to make our way through pretty high waves. But fortunately the whales don’t care about the weather. It took us some time to find the whales, but suddenly they surfaced all around…
DetailsThis morning as Nils and I where boarding in our yellow overalls we did not know what kind of a show was waiting for us out in the bay. The only thing we knew was that the swells where high and a cold wind was blowing from the north. For that reason we brought up…
DetailsSkjálfandi Bay is still full of humpback whales these days and today was no exception. I went on two tours on “Bjössi Sör” today (at 10:00 and 13:30) and both tours were extremely successful. In the morning we encountered at least six humpback whales in an area just about two miles from Húsavík harbour.…
DetailsTo day as we left the harbor for the 13:30 trip we were hopeful of finding some whales. The sun was shining and almost no waves. We did not have to sail for a long time until we managed to fulfill our wish. Half an hour after departure we had spotted the first spout and set…
DetailsToday all our tours have been really successful as there are still lots of humpback whales here in Skjálfandi Bay. I went on three trips today, at 10:00, 13:30 and 17:00. In the morning at 10:00 we found at least eight different humpback whales and four of them were surfacing together among a big group…
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