Today as we went out for the trip at 13:30 the it was getting a bit colder and was starting to rain. Soon the wind was blowing from the north and the raining was getting stronger. Ether way we continued our trip towards the mountains in the western part of the bay. As we got…
DetailsThis morning as we headed out to Skjálfandaflói the sea was calm and the sun was shining. We set course towards the mountains at the western part of the bay. As we arrived there and started looking for the whales we just had to look for the birds because there were hundreds of arctic turns…
DetailsWhen we left the harbour at 10:00 onboard our boat “Bjössi Sör”, we did not know that this would become a tour to remember: It started with at least three minke whales in the western part of the bay, feeding among hundreds of seabirds. As we were waiting for one of the minke whales to…
DetailsOn all our trips today the main action was in the area close to the so called “Fiskisker” (“Fish Rock”) close to the mountains on the western side of the bay. We encountered several minke whales (sometimes up to four of them in the same area) feeding among hunreds of seabirds, mainly arctic terns, kittiwakes…
DetailsToday, as we got out to Skjálfandaflói we set the course towards the area where we had seen plenty of whales yesterday. On the way towards the western part we enjoyed the weather and the sailing. As we came closer to the mountains we opened our eyes even more than before to find the whales from…
DetailsThis morning as we headed out for whale watching we were not expecting good weather. But as we got to the bay we were surprised how good the weather was. As we reached the middle of the bay we saw a minke whale. We got a great view at this animal. Hawing watched this animal…
DetailsThis afternoon as we headed into the rain on Skjálfandaflói we set the course to the western part of the bay. There we had spotted a Minke whale earlier this morning. As we arrived there we did not spot any whales. As we gave up on that area we went further north hoping there we…
DetailsTourism companies in Húsavík have decided to join hands to market the town as The Whale Capital of Iceland. A new brand has been made and in the next few weeks the campaign will be followed through with more promotion. The three whale watching companies in Húsavík have competed with each other for many years…
DetailsWhen we left the harbour at 17:00 on board “Bjössi Sör” today, we had already spotted white-beaked dolphins, minke whales and harbour porpoises on our previous tours during the day. We set the course towards the western part of the bay, where the minke whales have been seen earlier in the afternoon. But after…
DetailsTwo very successful Ski to the Sea tours were operated last week, on both schooner Haukur and schooner Hildur. On this unique adventure, the strengths of two leading Icelandic adventure tourism companies, North Sailing and Bergmenn Mountain Guides are combined, resulting in an adventure like no other. Schooner Haukur departed on Wednesday…
DetailsNorth Sailing and its founders, Hörður and Árni Sigurbjarnarson, received recognition from the Icelandic Regional Development Institute for the development of whale watching in Húsavík at the institute‘s annual meeting that took place at Miðgarður in Skagafjörður. Árni Sigurbjarnarson attended the meeting and accepted the recognition, which is called Landstólpinn. Landstólpinn is a social recognition…
DetailsToday we had some amazing whale watching tours here in Skjálfandi Bay: The area close to the mountains was filled with life! Already from a distance we could see hundreds of seabirds (mainly Arctic Terns, Kittiwakes and Fulmars) feeding close to the surface and as we got closer, we spotted minke whales, minke whales and…
DetailsIt has been a busy day for us today, but we did not only sail out with many passengers today, we have also been successful with showing them whales on all our tours today. The main species today was the minke whale: We found at least three minke whales on our morning tour at…
DetailsToday we had grate conditions for whale watching. No wind and flat sea. In the trip at 10 o´clock we had been successful so we headed again out full of hope finding something. As we were in the middle of the bay we spotted a minke whale. This one was not diving so long but…
DetailsAfter yesterday’s very successful afternoon, we set the course immediately in a north-westerly direction, towards the area where all the whales have been yesterday afternoon. As we arrived in the area, there was absolutely no sign of any whale or dolphin activity, so we decided to sail further west, towards the snow-covered mountains. Pretty close…
DetailsToday was a really crazy day here in Skjálfandi Bay! Especially the tour at 13:30 was a really special one: On this tour we encountered four different species! It started with a very nice group of white-beaked dolphins close to the mountains in the western part of the bay and after taking a good look…
DetailsWe have had three very nice tours in fantastic weather conditions today: The sun was shining almost the whole day, there was not a single cloud to be seen and the sea was as flat as a mirror. On all three trips we encountered minke whales, harbour porpoises and large numbers of white-beaked dolphins.…
DetailsAs we headed out to the bay this morning the bay was laying in front of us. No cloud was visible an the see was calm. Captain Hrólfur set the course towards the mountains. After about an hour of sailing we spotted the first Minke Whale of the day. After a while we spotted some…
DetailsWe started our tour this morning by taking a good look at the puffins at Lundey, the puffin island here in Skjálfandi bay. It is always a pleasure to see these charismatic little “clowns of the sea” close-up and preparing everything for the upcoming nesting season. We continued our trip as we set the…
DetailsThe conditions for whale watching have been very good in Skjálfandi Bay today: The sea was quite flat and the visibility almost perfect, you could easily see several miles away. We started our morning tour with taking a good look at Lundey, the puffin island, where we saw thousands of puffins getting ready for…
DetailsWhen we left the harbour onboard “Bjössi Sör” this morning, we had no idea that this tour would be a tour to remember: It started with some harbour porpoises (one of the smallest whale species in the world) that we encountered shortly after we had left the harbour. We took a look around in the…
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