I did the two later trips today and it was so calm out there. No wind and totally calm surface. On the earlier trip it was though raining a bit but not too much. Still, the minke whales are the stars in the bay. We saw four of them in the first trip and five…
DetailsIt was my first evening tour tonight and I really like the evenings. Normally the wind is quiet in the evening in Skjálfandi bay and when the bay is quiet it is easier for me to find whales. A still surface is the perfect conditions to find whales. And to find whales was not a problem…
DetailsThis morning it was quite windy out on Skjálfandi Bay and the waves were impressive. We sailed out and headed north towards Lundey (Puffin Island) hoping to run into some whales. Fortunately we did after a while, a minke whale came up pretty close to our boat but then disappeared after blowing powerfully…
DetailsLast week a small group from Spain spent a few days in Húsavík and fell in love with Gamli Baukur. They came first to watch their team Barcelona win the Champions league and instantly fell for our unique restaurant. According to the group they found in Gamli Baukur the best beer, the tastiest food and the biggest…
DetailsExactly a week ago we reported a minke whale that breached over 40 times. This morning it happend again. We were heading home, had already had our hot chocolate when we saw the minke whale jumping in the distance. It had jumped several times before we reached it and once we were closer it stopped and…
DetailsIt was the perfect day for whale watching this morning as the bay was calm and the sun was shining. We headed south towards Lundey (Puffin Island) and got really lucky! 2 minke whales were practically competing with each other for the attention of the whale watchers, coming up with at the same time again…
DetailsThese last months our boats have been undergoing routine maintenance so they'll be at their very best during the summer. The springtime is the peak of this maintenance period and in the last days and weeks the number of workers has increased so the job will be done in time. From June 1st we start to…
DetailsTurns out I was right yesterday, we luckily rarely have two days in a row without whales. We (me, Hrólfur and Hörður) went out this morning on Náttfari. It was not nearly as windy as yesterday and even no wind after about an hour out on sea. Around the middle of the bay we…
DetailsWell I guess you could say that our luck was bound to turn because I can't remember a May where we have had as much luck with whales as this month. So today, the 29th day of the month I did the first tour where we couldn't find any whales. We actually had three tours…
DetailsJonni the humpback whale must be one of the most photographed whale in the history of whale watching. We spotted him on both tours today. This morning there were actually two or three humpback whales spotted but I only went out on the afternoon trip and we didn't see any other humpback whale than Jonni.…
DetailsMe and Halla Marín went on both trips today with captain Hrólfur. It was the first day of this season for our boat Bjössi Sör which has been undergoing maintenance. On the morning tour we spotted our humpback whale friend Jonni and then we went to the place where we saw the minke whale and…
DetailsToday the first whale hunting boat went out this season. Their mission is to hunt minke whales but the minke whale has been one of the most important species when building up Icelandic whale watching which has been the fastest growing sector within tourism in Iceland since 1995. North Sailing is strongly against whale hunting and in our…
DetailsThe crew and passengers on Náttfari this afternoon got an amazing show when they spotted a minke whale that breached over 40 times. Minke whales are known to do this occasionally but it can be hard to know the purpose of this kind of behaviour. Whichever the reason is, it definitely is a feast for…
DetailsThe summer has finally arrived here at Gamli Baukur, the sun breakes through the clouds now and again and the number of tourists increases every day. The staff has been busy the last days preparing for the summer. The preparation includes two courses that the staff attended last week. One was held by experienced…
DetailsThe south wind was quite strong again today, not quite as drastic as last week, but for a part of the morning tour it was a bit loud. We were so lucky to have a large group of Icelandic girls onboard who sing in a choir in Reykjavík and on the way into the harbour they sang a few Icelandic songs for the other passangers and…
DetailsIt was a really beautiful day today and, still, we're having great luck with the whales. We spotted 3 or 4 minke whales, one of them pretty huge. Also we saw one of the humpback whales from yesterday. It wasn't Jonni though, the one we have been seeing the last week or so. Christian the…
DetailsJonni's fluke I finally went whale watching today but I haven't been out for a week now. I really enjoyed it. There was practically no wind so the bay was mirror-like and therfore it was easy to spot the whales from far away. We had only been sailing for about 10 minutes when we…
DetailsGuide bibbi coming from the crow's nest It was the perfect day to go out whale watching, a little cold yes but sunny and minke whales and a humpback whale to see. Sadly, I was stuck at the office all day so I could only enjoy this weather by looking out the office window. Bibbi and Himmi were therefore on…
DetailsA group of youngsters from the local school went out this morning but the trip was a part of a whale Hilda teaches the kids to fish and captain Hreiðar makes sure she does it right project that they participate in. The project is run by Þórhildur Jónsdóttir and the aim is to educate…
DetailsA group of youngsters from the local school went out this morning but the trip was a part of a whale Hilda teaches the kids to fish and captain Hreiðar makes sure she does it right project that they participate in. The project is run by Þórhildur Jónsdóttir and the aim is to educate…
DetailsIt was a bit foggy and cold today but who cares when you have the opportunity to get close to one of the largest creatures in the world? The humpback whale from the last two days took a day off from tourist watching today so the minke whale was today's star and on both…
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