Todays weather was great, as it has been the last few days. This is a great change from June which was cold and wet. The whales are still here and today I saw two humpback whales, a blue whale and a lot of white-beaked dolphins. We got word from the other boats that there were…
DetailsSail Húsavík, a Nordic coastal culture festival, is now just around the corner and we at North Sailing are looking very much forward. Some of the more remarkable and beautiful gaff riggers of the North Atlantic are now on the way among them the Dagmar Aaen, Activ and Pirola. Tha faroese ketches, Johanna and…
DetailsThis headline is a phrase I use every time at the beginning of every trip. I also like to use the phrase: “It’s like a throwing a dice, you never know which side will turn up.” This is so true about whale watching. You might start off in excellent weather hoping the best and return…
DetailsIn our morning trip we got a call from the Schooner Hildur, which was located close to Lundey island on an NS-2 trip and they reported a blue whale and a fin whale! Our boat Bjössi Sör, after having watched a humpback for a while headed north to Hildur and the blue!They managed to see…
DetailsThis morning we went out on our boat Garðar, with around 50 passengers. As our guide Huld, asked onboard if anyone had been whale watching before, one passenger stepped forward and told that she had. What catched our guide´s interest, was that she had been here before, with North Sailing almost four years ago. We…
DetailsToday we saw three humpback whales and some families of white beaked dolphins out on Skjálfandi bay. The weather was better than I had expected and the sea almost all flat. As I asked the people onboard my boat, Garðar, if anyone had been whale watching before, one lady step forward and told us that…
DetailsThe last few days have been completely amazing, lots of whales, (mostly) good weather, and many satisfied customers. Reading over the guides blogs from these last few days and weeks; it seems that they bay is absolutely full of whales. From the tiny harbour porpoises to the gargantuan blue whales, the whales are simply everywhere.…
DetailsThe first days of July have been going swimmingly and here are a few photos taken by one of our guides, Christian Schmidt, during some trips. Lundey bathed in beautiful light. The puffins of Lundey. Capt. Alli back at work. Two humpbacks and Húsavík. A humpbacks fluke. A…
DetailsRecently North Sailing was visited by the famous british zoologist and conservationist Mark Carwardine. Mark is highly respected as a wildlife photographer, TV and radio presenter and author of more than 50 books. Mark achieved widespread recognition for Last Chance to See expeditions with Douglas Adams in 1990 where they went in search for some…
Details“North Sailing leading the way in terms of organizing really well runned trips”   by Huld Hafliðadóttir Asked about his first visit to Húsavík Mark is not sure when excactly, but his first visit to Iceland was in 1981 and he travelled around Iceland a lot in the 1980´s and did come to Húsavík then.…
DetailsToday was foggy out on Skjálfandi Bay, but luckily we ran into two humpback whales in the middle of the bay. Both were busy feeding close to the surface and diving very rapidly, lifting the fluke almost everytime, but only diving for a minute or so – just the perfect humpbacks to watch. After having…
DetailsOk, so maybe generally speaking todays weather isn’t that great, but compared to the weather we’ve had through most of June it was great. I managed two trips without putting on the windbreaker, hat and gloves. The trips themselves were pretty amazing as well. The first trip I went on Náttfari with cpt. Hrólfur, engineer…
DetailsWhale watching today has been good, cloudy and grey, sun bursting through from time to time, but mostly grey and even a little rain. Three species have been spotted today, humpbacks, minkes and white beaked dolpins. The dolphins were quite playful, jumping and splashing around and even playing with the humpback. The humpback was very…
DetailsToday was another amazing day. I had two trips today and both of them were absolutely fantastic. On the first trip, the first animal we saw was a sei whale and today was the first time I have seen a sei whale in these almost three years I’ve been working as a whale watching guide. We then…
DetailsToday was really great. It was the first time in a few weeks that we had good weather and in fact it was so good I managed to go the entire first tour without putting on my hat, gloves or windbreaker. On the first trip we found an incredibly calm humpback whale not far from…
DetailsOn the morning of the 1.st of july the whale-watching trip from Ólafsfjörður proved to be a success. In beautyfull weather close to the impressive cliffs at the bay opening into Eyjafjörður the blow of a hump-back whale was visible. The spout blowing in the wind was just a small preview of what was to…
DetailsWhale-watching in our new location, Ólafsfjörður will start again on Friday the 1st of July. There haven’t been any trips for a few days now due to very bad weather, heavy rain and wind. The setting of Ólafsfjörður, at the mouth of Eyjafjörður fjord, is ideal for whale watching, literally minutes away from known feeding…
DetailsAgnés Fournier comes from Montréal in Canada and has worked for North Sailing for the past two summers. I sat down with her to learn a little about her and how she ended up here, in the far North. “I lived here for a few years when I was a kid. My parents were music…
DetailsThe weather today was pretty horrible; cold, windy and it rained hard. Despite this we sailed into the bay with some passengers today. After sailing for a short while we managed to find a blue whale and some white-beaked dolphins in the same area. While we were following these whales around we ran into two…
DetailsToday was cold and stormy at Skjálfandi Bay, but out we went with our boats Náttfari and Bjössi Sör. All of our passengers were informed about the conditions, about the bumpy sea and pouring rain. After about half an hour sailing we spotted the first blow – and there were just about to become several…
DetailsToday the sea was bumpy, but the sun broke through the thick clouds now and then, so the tours have been good. A Blue whale gave us a fantastic show and even lifted it’s fluke! It was very calm while it ate and came very close to our boat. I am still stunned after this…
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