After the foggy and windy conditions we had the last couple of days, this morning started rainy but cleared up as soon as we left the harbor. The clouds released the stunning view of the beautiful mountains in the western part of Skjálfandi Bay and I think everyone agreed that it was already worth sailing…
DetailsTo be honest, today was a rather difficult day for whale watching here in the bay. When leaving the harbour this morning at 9:00, we set the course towards the area where we had been successful yesterday. But despite searching a really big area, the only mammals we saw were some harbour porpoises just outside…
DetailsThis weekend started sunny, and although we got some swell from the north the weather conditions were pretty good. We headed out into the bay this morning, quite optimistic that it would be an easy day. But of course conditions might change very quickly and soon we realized that it was quite tough to find…
DetailsLike the past few days also today the sky was overcast, creating a quite mysterious atmosphere in the bay: The sea, the sky and even the mountains appeared in greyish colors, enabeling us to spot the surfacing black back of a whale from large distances. Again we sailed in northwesterly direction and also today we…
DetailsThe day started grey and rainy, but once again we got the proof that whales don’t care about weather conditions. We sailed into the area where we encountered the animals yesterday and luckily they didn’t migrate a lot within the previous 12 hours. Apart from some swell the sea was very flat today, which enabled…
DetailsToday the sky was overcast and although it wasn’t foggy, the mist created a mysterious atmosphere in the bay. We sailed into northwesterly direction. heading for an area where we saw some wildlife yesterday in the evening. It turned out to be the right decision: Suddenly we spotted a blow arising from the sea surface,…
DetailsToday was just a great day to be at sea here in Skjálfandi Bay! I was guiding two tours today at 10:00 and 13:30 and on both tours we have been really lucky whale- and weatherwise. It started with three nice minke whales in the morning, one of them a very small but curious…
DetailsThe morning started stormy, similar to the last couple of days. But the southerly wind usually causes high temperatures and the 17°C reminded more of summer than of mid-September. The sky was covered with dark clouds, which caused mystic light conditions in the bay. We decided to sail in southerly direction into the bay to…
DetailsIt has been really windy here in Húsavík today and yesterday, but as the wind is blowing from the south (from the land) it is not a big problem for us as there are no high waves in the bay…..it is just windy ;-). The southerly windy usually also bring warm temperatures and that…
DetailsAlthough it´s still unusual warm, the continuing wind at least reminds us that autumn is coming. Also today the southerly wind caused some movement in the bay and we got some refreshing showers from the sea over the reling… In the morning we sailed in northwesterly direction, to check out the western and furthermore the…
DetailsThe weather is still incredible! Hard to believe that it is already mid-September, it’s still sunny, unusual warm and today the sea was very calm, so wonderful conditions again. It didn’t take us too long to find the animals. We spotted a minke whale and sailed slowly into the area, where we spotted the animal.…
DetailsThis morning started grey and rainy, but as soon as we left the harbor the rain stopped fortunately. It was very calm and the sea flat as a mirror. Perfect conditions to spot some wildlife! It didn’t take us too long to find a minke whale in direction of Lundey, the puffin island. In the…
DetailsThe fact that we never know what’s awaiting us when we’re heading out into the bay is one of the things that make our job so exciting! So it happened today. In the morning we decided to sail into the area where we spotted some wildlife yesterday in the evening. It’s always a good start…
DetailsOnce again we got the proof how quickly conditions can change throughout the day! The weather was incredible, it was unusual warm and the sea was as flat as a mirror. In the morning it was quite difficult to find some wildlife and it took us a long time to find a minke whale. We…
DetailsThe Icelandic Chess Association, Hrókurinn, has arranged a collection of shoes and clothes for children in Ittoqqortoormiit, the most secluded village in Greenland. This effort has been well received in Iceland and donations been made from various places, including Húsavík. In fact, it has been more successful than originally expected so more villages in East-Greenland…
DetailsAlthough nature is always unpredictable, there are some days where everything seems to be simply perfect. Such as today. The morning was already quite successful – we observed a minke whale in the beginning and later on a humpback whale, which was great to see. Furthermore the weather conditions were perfect, it was calm and…
DetailsWhen we left the harbour at 17:00 today onboard “Náttfari”, we had already been on two very successful tours, but this evening tour turned out to be simply amazing: After about sailing for one hour, we found the humpback whale that we had already seen earlier today. It was obviously feeding at the surface as…
DetailsAfter yesterday had been a quite difficult day and the bay seemed to be almost empty regarding marine mammals, I have to admit we were a bit sceptical this morning, when we headed out to look for some animals. Would we be more successful today than the day before? However, to my mind this is…
DetailsAfter a stormy night we were curious what was awaiting us – wind from the north often brings lots of nutrients in the bay, thus increasing the availability of food which hopefully attracts some wildlife. However, it turned out to be quite difficult to find some animals. We decided to sail in northwesterly direction to…
DetailsEvery tour I’m starting with telling the passengers that we are heading out into the wild nature and not into any kind of a zoo. And I’m serious about that! We never know what to expect on our tours and every day is a new challenge to find the wildlife. Today was one of the…
DetailsToday I had two trips on our biggest boat “Garðar” and both of them have been really successful: On the first tour (at 9:00) it took us a little while to find some animals, but after sailing for about one hour we came across a group of white-beaked dolphins. We took some good looks at…
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