For the last couple of days the weather here in Húsavík has been extremely good, ideal whale watching weather, clear sky and calm sea. Is it winter already? It sure doesn’t look like it. It has been nice to see how many foreign visitors are still here in Iceland. The tourist season is obviously…
DetailsLast night, 13th of November, the Icelandic band, Todmobile played for locals in our new facilities. Todmobile were simply amazing and we are pretty sure that all the guests who came enjoyed the evening. It’s nice to see that Húsavík has acquired a new and elegant facility which is suitable for concerts. Hopefully we will…
DetailsWe had not been able to go out now for several days due to bad weather conditions here in Skjálfandi Bay with a lot of wind and very high waves. But today the weather was fine and we were excited to sail out again as we did not know what to expect….. We set…
DetailsWinter has arrived here in Húsavík and the mountains are already wearing their winter outfit. We left the harbour onboard “Náttfari” today after two days of cancellation (due to bad weather here in the bay) and it is of course always exciting to go out after a storm again as you never know what to…
DetailsLast weekend we celebrated the official opening of our new facility and North Sailings’ 20th anniversary.On Friday night the contractors involved in the construction of the facility were invited as well as employees, individuals, colleagues and tour operators of the area. Light refreshments were offered with live dinner music by Kiddi Halldórs, Siggi Illuga and…
DetailsToday was a very special day out here in Skjálfandi Bay with full of surprises! We left the harbour at 10:00 onboard “Náttfari” and set the course towards the north-western part of the bay. After about 45 minutes of sailing, we spotted two black backs in the distance but as we sailed there we…
DetailsIn the sport’s hall of Húsavík, children of 3-6 years old gather once a week for the so-called sport school. They play various games and practice their several skills. The aim is i.e. to train their strength, flexibility, balance, courage, and discipline and learn how to follow simple rules. At the end of each class…
DetailsToday and yesterday have both been really successful days here in Skjálfandi Bay: We have seen at least three (sometimes even four) humpback whales on all our tours and on many tours, we have spotted minke whales as well. All the whales have been in the same area (about 7 miles from Húsavík harbour)…
DetailsOn our morning tour at 10:00 we were sailing towards the north-western part of the bay, into the area where we had seen a humpback whale yesterday morning. We did not find the humpback whale on this tour, but in the same area where we had been successful yesterday morning we came across a small…
DetailsWe had a simply fantastic tour this morning onboard “Náttfari”! It started with a very nice and friendly minke whale that we encountered after about 30-40 minutes sailing from Húsavík harbour. The minke whale seemed to be feeding in the area, as it took only very short and shallow dives and at one occasion, it…
DetailsWe had not been able to go out yesterday due to very windy and bad weather conditions here in Skjálfandi Bay. But as we left the harbour this morning, we were of course hoping to find the humpback whales again, so we set the course towards the north-west. There was no sign of the humpbacks,…
DetailsWe had not been able to go out during the last two days due to very bad weather here in Skjálfandi Bay and it is always exciting to sail out after some days of cancellation as you never know what to expect….. But to make it short: It has been a very successful day! As…
DetailsOn both our tours today we saw two minke whales: During the morning tour at 10:00 we were treated to a very special sight: We saw two minke whales surfacing side by side, next to each other, several times and both individuals seemed to be rather big. We could also clearly see the blow…
DetailsNorth Sailing has today received the quality label Vakinn from the Icelandic Tourist Board. Birna Lind Björnsdóttir, North Sailing´s Sales and Marketing manager, received the Vakinn quality certificate from Ólöf Ýrr Atladóttir, Director General of the Icelandic Tourist Board, at the Vestnorden Travel Mart in Reykjavík today. North Sailing has, from the beginning,…
DetailsThis morning we had no luck with the bigger whales and the only marine mammals we encountered were a couple of harbour porpoises just outside Húsavík harbour. So we offered our passengers another tour with us for free whenever they should be back in Húsavík. But in the afternoon we had more luck: Not…
DetailsSchooners Opal and Hildur have just been hauled out of the water for routine maintenance after returning from the summer season in Scoresbysund, NE-Greenland. Schooner Hildur will have the classic winter treatment of paint and varnish plus some sail and engine care. Schooner Opal will have extensive work done in the engine room…
DetailsToday was just a great day for whale watching here in Skjálfandi Bay! Just 10 minutes after we had left Húsavík harbour, we found a very hungry minke whale that was feeding at the surface and several times, it was rolling around, showing us its white underside! As we got some fantastic looks at this…
DetailsWe were not able to go out at sea yesterday due to very bad weather conditions with strong wind from the north and high waves in the bay. Today however, the weather was better and we went out again in search for whales. The mountains on the western side of the bay looked very…
DetailsToday seems to have been the day of the minke whale here in Skjálfandi Bay. We spotted a minke whale on all our tours today (most likely always the same individual) and got some really nice and close-up looks at it. It was also a rather big individual and on some occasions, we could even…
DetailsI have been sailing on two trips onboard “Bjössi Sör” with captain Hreiðar today and even though searching a big area in the morning, we unfortunately did not find any whales or dolphins on our first tour, so we offered our passengers to join us again for free whenever they would be back in Húsavík.…
DetailsSimilar to the last couple of days the weather today reminded of summer instead of autumn. It was sunny and pretty warm and the sea flat as a mirror. We sailed north in direction of the open sea, since other boats already checked out the western part of the bay without being successful. Suddenly we…
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