Harbour porpoises
This time the visability was poor and there were only harbour porpoises to be seen.
Dolphins today
Today we went on our 2nd tour this season. The conditions were quite ok, northerly breeze, quite calm sea but rather cold. We started with searching for the humpback whale we left yesterday but it seemed to have moved on to a different feeding area. At least we couldn´t find it but hopefully it´ll…
White beaked dolphins
During this tour we found some lively white beaked dolphins.
Sep 19. and 20. = Minke whale
Minke whale was the entertainment that our guests got to enjoy while sailing out on Skjálfandi bay both on during those two days.
Minke, porpoises and a seal :)
Today it was quite lively, we spotted a minke whale as well as some harbour porpoises and close to the mountains there was a small quorious seal swimming around:)
Minke whale, check!
Capt. Hrólfur and guide Himmi went on two tours today and managed to show minke whale in both tours. You can read more about minke whales here.
Sep 15. – 16. Quit again
The Minke whale seen 2 days ago hasn´t been found although seen by some fishermen every now and then. It seems to be feeding in the shallower parts of the bay but disapearing when we come to the area.
Minke saved the day!
Finally after searching around in the bay, capt. Hrólfur and guide Christain managed to find a minke whale!
Sep 11.-13.
The same difficult situation: no whales were spotted during these days…
Sept 6th-9th
Unfortunately we did not find any whales during these days…
33% luck today
In 1 out of 3 trips did we see whales today… It wasn´t until in the 17 o´clock tour that we found the Humpback again. One tricky whale this Humpback! 😉
Humpback and porpoises
Today we went out 3 times and the Humpback was spotted in all tours plus some porpoises in two tours. Humpback going for a deep dive. © Christian Schmidt Captain Hreiðar in action. © Christian Schmidt
3 species again
Today we´ve again spotted 3 species of whales: Minke, Humpback and dolphins. Jibbyyy! 🙂 Sailing out on Bjössi Sör ©Christian Schmidt Guillemots ©Christian Schmidt Humpback on the side. ©Christian Schmidt
Humpback, minke and dolphins
It was really pleasant to spot a Minke whale today as well as a Humpback and some dolphins. Hopefully the Humpack will stay with us for some days and it seems like he has found some good feeding areas since he seems to be circling around in the bay. Fingers crossed… 😉
What we´ve all been waiting for
Finally after a long time with little or no sightings, we found a Humpback whale today! It was so much fun seeing this magnificent whale species again:) In the afternoon we even spotted some 10 White beaked dolphins and Porpoises as well as the humpback whale! © Christian Schmidt
Difficulties (August 23rd-31st)
August 23rd. Even though the weather has been quite ok today, the whales have moved to other areas and we did not spot any whales today! Perhaps because of the rough weather we had a couple of days ago, at least something has changed in the bay! August 24th. The wind was too strong until in the…
The sun is shining again!
The sun is shining again and our boats are out on the bay searching for whales again. It often takes the life in the bay some time to settle again after such a storm so we´ll have to be patient and let mother nature have her way. We´ll post some news as soon as something…
Bad weather for two days
The past two days have been very bad for whale watching. The strong winds from the North have stopped us from going out to sea altogether. We tried going out at twelve o‘clock yesterday but had to turn back as soon as we reached the opening of the harbour. The sea is very rough,…
An unsuccessful day
Today was not so good. I had two trips, both with Britta, another guide here at North Sailing. We saw practically nothing all day. In the first trip I caught a glimpse of a minke whale. I only saw it come up to breathe two or three times but then we lost it. The…
Hard-to-find minkes
This morning was a bit rough. The whales were nowhere to be found at first, not close to the mountains like they were yesterday. We went out far north on the 10 o‘clock trip to try and scout the entire bay and eventually we saw whales far in the distance. When we arrived we found…
Minkes in the sunshine
Today was a difficult but rewarding day. I had two trips, the 10 and 13:30 o‘clock. Both trips were pretty similar; We had to travel very far south in the bay, practically up against the mountains, to find the whales. One whale even went so close to the cliffs that the boats could not follow…