Last weekend, Arved Fuchs and his team celebrated 20 years of expeditions with the "haikutter" Dagmar Aaen. This highly successful 18 meter long former fishing cutter built in Esbjerg 1931 has covered more miles than most of it's like. Dagmar Aaen posing in front of the party venue and the guests. Hörður Sigurbjarnarson and…
DetailsThe wind direction has changed and it was a slow wind from north, with temperature dropping a few degrees. Everybody forgot about the cold though when we started to see whales. First we found a group of nice dolphins that were playing and jumping a few times. Then we saw a humpback whale, but not…
DetailsThis was my first day of whale watching this season. What a joy. Nice easterly breeze, sunshine most of the day and the sea was flat and calm. A humpback whale played with Náttfari on both tours today and two minke whales were spotted as well in the morning tour. This is promizing. Engineer of…
DetailsThis was a brilliant day with a total of 4 whale species! We did two tours, both with quite many passengers and alltogether we spotted a humpback whale, minke whales, dolphins and harbour porpoises. The weather was beautiful, calm, sunny and warm and everyone, both crew and passengers enjoyed the trips very much. Þórdís,…
DetailsWe went out twice today like we schedule to do in May. We found the humpback whale from yesterday in company with another humpback. Like yesterday we also spotted two minke whales. All these whales were in the eastern part of the bay which means that we didn't have to go far out to find…
DetailsThe first humpback whale of the season was spotted on the tour today. We had heard about humpback whales from fisher men earlier in the week but not seen any until today. We saw it several times close by and it lifted the fluke every time it went deep-diving, like the humpback whales are famous for.…
DetailsCrew and passangers on Náttfari this morning had a lovely surprise when a humpback whale was spotted. This is the first tour of the season where a humpback whale is seen. The humpback whale seemed to be feeding but was quite relaxed and everybody got a really good look. Three minke whales were also spotted…
DetailsWe found the minke whale from yesterday again at pretty much the same place. Like yesterday we managed to see it quite close to the boat. It was sunny today so it was in the whole a beautiful trip. Þórdís, guide.
DetailsTomorrow, May 1st, our schedule will change when we start to go whale watching twice a day, at 10:00 and 13:30. The trips in april have usually been successful, in total 4 species have been spotted: minke whales, killer whales, white-beaked dolphins and harbour porpoises. For information and booking see here or contact us by e-mail…
DetailsToday we finally saw a minke whale which we haven't seen for some days now. It had been a bit windy today but it had calmed down when we went out. After searching for an hour or so the minke whale popped up right next to the boat and we managed to see it a…
DetailsThe weather remains beautiful but again the only whales we saw were harbour porpoises. The bird life in the bay in the last days has been good though, we have seen a lot of puffins and the gannets. Hopefully we'll start to see some bigger whales soon. Þórdís, guide.
DetailsSince the day when we saw the orcas the weather has been bad so we haven't been out for four days. It was beautiful weather today though, warm and calm but unfortunately there were not many whales in the bay. We only saw a group of harbour porpoises, quite a large one though, probably around 15…
DetailsOn today's whale watching trip the crew and passengers on Náttfari found a group of Orcas. It was a group of 6-8 animals, scattered around a small area and the animals were obviously feeding. They were pretty calm and everyone had a really nice look. White-beaked dolphins were also spotted on the tour. Orcas, also named Killer…
DetailsAfter a 4 days break from whale watching because of bad weather we had a brilliant tour today! The weather was perfect, calm and quite warm. We had only been out for about half an hour when we saw a group of white beaked dolphins that were playing around the boat. While we were looking…
DetailsThe weather today was nice, like it has been in the last days, but we only found a group of harbour porpoises on this tour. The minke whale from yesterday was nowhere to be seen. On the first tour I mentioned we had seen a few puffins but today it seemed like all the puffins have arrived into…
DetailsToday we spotted a minke whale after we had been sailing for almost three hours. It was really calm and sunny, the bay was just like mirror and it was easy to see the minke whale from quite far away. Before we found the minke whale we had also seen a lot of harbour porpoises,…
DetailsYesterday, Náttfari with 24 passengers sailed out on the first trip of the season. As can be expected in April it was a cold tour but the bay was beautiful and a small group of dolphins were spotted. Everyone got a good look and were really glad to see dolphins in their natural habitat. Quite a lot of birds were…
DetailsThe weather was beautiful when we sailed out on the first tour this sesaon, sunny and calm. Never before have we started whale watching this early in the year. There were not too many whales in the bay on this first tour but we spotted a small group of white-beaked dolphins and also a couple…
DetailsThis year, we have decided to pre-start the season in Skjálfandi bay on Sunday April 12th and Monday 13th at 13:30 (weather permitting). So far, summer hasn´t arrived after quite heavy snow storm at the end of March, but we are waiting anxiously for it to show up and bring our bay to life. If…
DetailsA few weeks ago we reported about the scientific project that Dr. Marianne Rasmussen and Edda Elísabet Magnúsdóttir Phd. student are working on in Skjálfandi bay. Two EAR's (Ecolocical Acoustic Recorder) have been in the bay the last months but Marianne and Edda retrieved both the EAR's last month and are now working on the…
DetailsAt the end of May, North Sailing will offer the first out of six scheduled 3 day sailings this summer. We are talking about a three day exciting adventure sailing on Haukur, Iceland's only schooner, which offers you a close encounter with nature, interesting historic sites, magnificent midnight sun, sail training, whale & bird watching &…
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