Logbook 2025

 

Sightings Húsavík 2025

From March to November 2025, whales were spotted on 1061 out of 1108 tours = 95,76%.
In total, eleven different species were spotted: Humpback whales, Minke whales, White-beaked dolphins, Northern Bottlenose whales, Harbour porpoises, Long-finned Pilot whales, Blue whales, Sei whales, Bottlenose dolphins, Fin whales and Killer whales.
Bottlenose dolphins were seen for the first time ever on whale watching tours in Skjálfandi Bay!

 

 

Summary 2025 – Húsavík
Humpback whales in 972 of 1108	87,73%
Minke whales in 425 of 1108	38,36%
White-beaked dolphins in 226 of 1108	20,40%
Northern Bottlenose Whales in 91 of 1108	8,21%
Harbour porpoises in 82 of 1108	7,40%
Long-finned Pilot whales in 26 of 1108	2,35%
Blue whales in 18 of 1108	1,62%
Sei whales in 3 of 1108	0,27%
Bottlenose dolphins in 2 of 1108	0,18%
Fin whales in 1 of 1108	0,09%
Killer whales in 1 of 1108	0,09%
Total: 1061 of 1108	95,76%

 

Sightings Árskógssandur 2025

From February to December 2025, whales were spotted on 373 out of 396 tours = 94,19%
In total, seven different species were spotted: Humpback whales, Minke whales, White-beaked dolphins, Northern Bottlenose whales, Harbour porpoises, Blue whales and Killer whales.

 

Summary 2025 – Árskógssandur
Humpback whales in 358 of 396	90,40%
Minke whales in 75 of 396	18,94%
Harbour porpoises in 70 of 396	17,68%
White-beaked dolphins in 18 of 396	4,55%
Northern Bottlenose whales in 3 of 396	0,76%
Blue whales in 2 of 396	0,51%
Killer whales in 2 of 396	0,51%
Total: 373 of 396	94,19%

 

Please note: When it comes to calculating the success rate of trips, different companies have different methods, some more credible than others. As a rule of thumb, North Sailing’s crews count trip as “unsuccessful” if nothing bigger than porpoises is seen during the tour. Also if for some reasons conditions to spot the whales are that hard that not every passenger sees the whales we do not count those trips as successful.