Today a crew of seven went out on our schooner HAUKUR on our monthly safety drill. While the weather was not offering perfect conditions for whale watching we used the time and occasion for checking the rigging and testing the new reefing system. Our boatsman Agnes has done a great job, and we are now…
DetailsWhat a phantastic day we had out there in Skjálfandi Bay today. We went out with „Bjössi Sör“ and a very international passenger crowd. Our guests today came from all over Europe, the US and even as far as Australia. Although the beautiful sunny weather we had for the last couple of days was replaced…
DetailsWe just got word from captain Heimir on our sailing schooner “Hildur”, that they (together with North Sailing’s other boat “Bjössi Sör” with captain Hrólfur) have been watching at least three (maybe even four) blue whales on the morning tour. It is of course an amazing sight to see the largest animal on the planet…
DetailsThe last couple of days (and also today) we still had amazing whale watching conditions. During the morning tour we spotted a total of three humpback whales: One of them (a very big individual) in the middle of the bay and two more humpbacks close to the “Fish Rock” (Fiskisker) in the western part…
DetailsThe whale watching conditions are still very good here in Skjálfandi Bay and today we saw all the three species from yesterday again: Humpback whale, minke whale and white-beaked dolphin. In the morning we found our first whale only 20 minutes after leaving the harbour: A humpback whale, not far from Húsavík! It was…
DetailsOn a day like this I love the job as a whale-watching guide!!! During both tours we had absolutely beaufitul weather conditions (flat sea, sun, and up to 18°C), and we were able to watch some big feeding frenzies today. Close to the “Fish Rock” (which is located on the western side of the…
DetailsThe humpback whales are still playing the main role here in the bay these days. On the morning tour we set the course towards the area where we had seen several humpbacks during the last days and it didn’t take us long to spot the first blow. It was actually much further south than yesterday,…
DetailsToday was an absolutely fantastic whale watching day here in Skjálfandi Bay! In the morning tour we saw a total of six humpback whales and two minke whales. We had some very spectacular moments when a group of four humpback whales was surfacing right next to our boat several times, quite a rare sight!!!…
DetailsThe sun was shining the whole time during both trips and we still have a lot of whales around here in the bay. In the morning we left the harbour with two boats again (“Náttfari” and “Bjössi Sör”) and set the course to the area where we had seen all the humpback whales yesterday. The…
DetailsToday was absolutely beautiful here in Skjálfandi Bay, both the morning and the afternoon tour were absolutely wonderful! In the morning we went out with two boats, “Náttfari” and “Bjössi Sör” in perfect weather conditions and it didn’t take us long to find our first whale: a humpback whale! He (or she?) was swimming…
DetailsToday we had all kinds of weather here in Skjálfandi Bay. It was snowing during the morning tour and the afternoon tour was quite sunny, and, what is of course most important: we were also successful with the whales: We saw one humpback whale and some very nice harbour porpoises in the morning tour. The…
DetailsBad weather prevented us from going out during the last three days, so we didn’t really know what to expect when we left the harbour this morning. Strong wind from the north can often change the food situation in the bay and the storm seems to have brought a lot of food into the bay!…
DetailsFor the following tours: • Edge of the Arctic NSE-1 (departure from Húsavík) • Edge of the Arctic with Eagle Air NSE-1A (return flight from Reykjavík to Húsavík) Improving our service We constantly try to improve our services and strive to simplify our booking process. We have therefore decided to cancel…
DetailsThe perfect whale watching conditions continued also today! Just minutes after we left the harbour we found both humpback and minke whales feeding together in the same area. In total there were three different humpback whales and at least two minke whales present and it was sometimes difficult to decide what to watch, as several…
DetailsWe left the harbour at 10:00 onboard “Bjössi Sör” and it took us only a few minutes to find a nice minke whale, not far from the harbour. We were waiting for the minke whale to surface again, when it suddenly surfaced just next to the boat and started to roll over on its back,…
DetailsThe perfect whale watching conditions here in Skjálfandi Bay continued also today and on both tours we could enjoy some really nice and close-up views of humpback and minke whales. Especially the afternoon tour started really well with a feeding frenzy just minutes after we had left the harbour: Three minke whales feeding among hundreds…
DetailsThe sea conditions were excellent today, but it was also a perfect day regarding the whales: On both tours we had almost non-stop whale watching! On the morning tour we spotted three humpback whales just minutes after we had left the harbour. We stayed with them for a while before we decided to head further…
DetailsThe last couple of days have been really successful regarding the whales: On all our tours during the last three days we saw the humpback whale, and on most of the tours also the minke whale. Today was no exception: On the morning tour we saw two different humpback whales and also two different minke…
DetailsToday was another absolutely wonderful day in Skjálfandi Bay! We saw four different species during the morning tour: humpback whale, minke whale, white-beaked dolphins and harbour porpoises and also the afternoon tour was hard to top: there were just whales everywhere! In total there were four different humpback whales and 2 or 3 minke…
DetailsToday was a wonderful day in Skjálfandi Bay: We had very nice weather conditions, and we managed to watch 4 species of cetaceans today. On the morning tour we went out onboard “Náttfari” and it didn’t take long until we could watch a very calm minke whale for a while. We got some very nice…
DetailsConditions were perfect this morning: Flat calm sea and almost no wind, and we were quite optimistic when we headed out on “Knörrinn” with 23 passengers. It took us only a few minutes until we saw our first whale: a humpback whale, quite close to Húsavík harbour. We spent some nice 20-30 minutes watching the…
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