Today 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!…
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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…
DetailsTo make it short: We had two wonderful trips today! We started the morning tour setting the course west into the area where we found the minke whale yesterday and after some searching, we spotted the typical black back and sickle-shaped dorsal fin of a minke whale. We spent some time with this whale…
DetailsWe left the harbour at 10:00 and set the course towards Lundey, the puffin island. South-west of the island, we had a really nice encounter with a group of about 8-10 white-beaked dolphins. We enjoyed the dolphins for a while, before we took a closer look at Lundey. Close to Lundey, we saw thousands of…
DetailsToday we had beautiful weather here in Skjálfandi Bay: The sun was shining and the sea was much calmer than yesterday. We left the harbour onboard “Náttfari” with 16 passengers full of hope. We started the tour with a visit to Lundey, the puffin island. After some nice bird watching we went further west, towards…
DetailsWe sailed out on this sunday morning and it didn’t take us long to find the first cetaceans: a nice group of white-beaked dolphins, just a few minutes from the harbour. They were really calm and easy to observe. We spent some time with them before we decided to head further out in hope to…
DetailsWe left the harbour this morning full of hope to find the minke whale from yesterday again, but even though we were scanning the area very carefully, we were not rewarded. We saw several harbour porpoises, the smallest whales in the North Atlantic, and after searching a very big area, we were finally rewarded with…
DetailsToday was the first day of summer here in Iceland. At 10:00 we left the harbour in nice sea conditions and we started our search along the east coast, sailing towards Lundey, the puffin island. We came across a lot of seabirds (not only puffins, also fulmars, guillemots and some other species), but we didn’t…
DetailsToday there were some great moments on board our boat Knörrinn, when a Humpback whale was seen feeding in the surface, very close to the boat. Christian guide, managed to capture these moments on camera and following are a few pictures of this active Humpback whale. ©Christian Schmidt ©Christian Schmidt ©Christian Schmidt ©Christian Schmidt…
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