Wooooooh, what a stormy day was today! Some “leftovers” from a hurricane hit Iceland and brought us rough sea conditions. This is always a challenge for us, since it’s more difficult to spot some animals between the high waves and the white caps caused by the wind are quite tricky as well. However, we were…
DetailsIt seems to be still summer time here in the north of Iceland. ALso today was very warm and sunny and the sea was incredibly calm. Best conditions to spot the whales from far away already. However, it took us some time to find them in the morning. Like yesterday in the evening they were…
DetailsThe wonderful weather causes good mood – not only all our passengers were in perfect mood today, but also the whales. In the morning we observed a humpback whale, when suddenly a minke whale surfaced close to the bigger animal. These whales are usually quite shy and sometimes difficult to approach. Not so that one!…
DetailsNo need for the warm and cozy overalls that we provide today– the sun was shining and it was really warm. We had great success on all of our tours today. We had quite a few Humpback Whales spread around the bay and they all seemed to be relaxed and enjoying the sun. We…
DetailsToday was a perfect day! It was very warm and sunny, so nobody needed our warm and cosy overalls. When we headed out into the bay it felt more like a saliling tour somewhere in the mediterranian! And also the whales were in perfect mood. On the way north we encountered some harbor porpoises, very…
DetailsWhat a day was today! Everything seemed to be perfect. It was very calm, a bit cloudy (so no glare!) and unusual warm. The visibility was even good enough to see Grímsey, the island located at the Arctic Circle. Best conditions to spot the whales! And it didn’t take us too long to find them.…
DetailsWe had perfect conditions when we left the harbour at 18:00 this evening onboard “Garðar”. We set the course in the direction of an area where we had already seen several humpback whales during the day and as we were sailing north towards that area, it did not take us long to spot a very…
DetailsWhat a beautiful day out on Skjálfandi Bay! We headed out this morning on of our boats Bjössi Sör. The wind was calm, it was warm and the sun was shining. On this tour we ran into three amazing Humpback Whales. The first one was really big and it was definitely not shy. It…
DetailsToday I had three tours on our smallest boat “Knörrinn” together with captain Már. We were the first boat this morning when we left the harbour at 8:30 this morning and it it always exciting to sail out early in the morning as you never know how things have changed in the bay during the…
DetailsFinally the weather changed and we got excellent conditions for whale watching today: It was sunny and quite warm and the wind calmed down. After a storm it’s always exciting to go out, because the waves are mixing the water column, which might increase the availability of food and thus attract the whales! However, there…
DetailsToday whale watching became quite adventurous: The wind from the north brought a lot of waves and the swell was very high. However, we gave it a try and headed out into the bay. Even in such rough conditions it’s worth looking for some wildlife, since the animals don’t care about the weather. And who…
DetailsThis morning we headed out to Skjálfandi Bay in beautiful weather conditions. It didn’t take us long until we spotted a spout not too far away from the boat. That spout later turned out to be three spouts! We had three Humpback whales surfacing right next to each other and at one point all three…
DetailsWhen we got up this morning and looked out to Skjálfandi Bay the conditions did not look so good, unfortunately. It was very windy and the sea seemed rough. Because of that we had to cancel some of our first tours in the morning. In the afternoon the wind calmed down and the sun came…
DetailsFantastic 12 days in Opal from Húsavík to Scoresby Sund/Greenland From July 18th- 30th 2014. Snapshots from our fantastic trip. Our trip to Greenland started from Húsavík the evening of July 19. After two days crossing the Arctic sea in calm wind, seeing a lot of whales like Humpback-, Sperm-, Blue-,…
DetailsToday as we headed out to the bay for the 16:00 trip we were looking forward to it. The reason for that is that we had been successful earlier. We set the course towards the north, where we and other boats had been seeing whales. After about an hour of sailing we arrived there and…
DetailsSkál! Captains, accountants, waitresses and other members of the North Sailing team gathered for an annual celebration last night. What began as two brothers on an old wooden trawler pioneering whale watching in Iceland, is now a leading workplace in Húsavík. North Sailing, along with its restaurant Gamli Baukur, boosts of almost hundred employees over…
DetailsHeading out into the wild nature means every day is special and we never know which surprises are awaiting us. Today we decided to sail in northwesterly direction into an area where we saw a lot of wildlife the day before. Conditions were great: It was quite warm, the sea was flat as a mirror…
DetailsWe saw three different species during our tours the whole day. Two humpback whales, two minke whales and a super pod of white beaked dolphins mating in the north west part of the bay. Our tour on boat Knörinn at 16:00 brought passengers back to the port with big smiles on their faces. They were…
DetailsFinally the wind calmed down and for the first time since a couple of days the sun was shining again today. We left the harbor and decided to head into the western part of Skjálfandi Bay, to check out the areas close to the mountains. After approximately twenty minutes suddenly several black, pointy dorsal fins…
DetailsAlthough the weather is still more typical for autumn than for summer time, it’s still worth going out into Skjálfandi Bay to search for some wildlife. It was quite windy and we got some swell form the open ocean. But these conditions might mix up the water and bring more nutrients into the bay, which…
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