We had already seen several humpback and minke whales (as well as some dolphins) during our tours earlier today, so when we left the harbour at 18:00 onboard “Garðar”, we were pretty optimistic that also this evening tour would be a good one – and we were right! The weather conditions were simply fantastic…
DetailsThis evening as we went in to the bay I did not expect a trip like this one. I started the trip like a normal trip. After the talk in the beginning I went in to the wheel house to get some extra cloths, even though the weather was grate. As I came in, engineer…
DetailsIn the evening as we headed to the bay for the 18:00 trip we set the course to the so called corner. It is the south west part of the bay. There we had heard about a whale. As we got there unfortunately we did not spot anything. But Bjössi Sör was a bit north…
DetailsToday we had eastern wind but it was quite warm, not cold at all until the evening, in fact it was a cosy sea breeze. In the morning we had one Humpback Whale, several Minke Whales and a group of White-beaked Dolphins. The afternoon had some less sightings, with one Minke Whale seen shortly and…
DetailsThree tours on Garðar and very different ones at that. The morning tour was easy; three Humpback Whales, including two travelling as a duo, at least two small groups of White-beaked Dolphins, and a tiny Harbour Porpoise (perhaps a lost calf) travelling alone. All were seen easily. In the afternoon the animals were spending longer…
DetailsWhat a wonderful day on Skjálfandi Bay. After days and days of fog and rain we have had a blue sky and sunshine all day. The temperature was nice and warm– so warm that we didn’t even have to use our overalls. But enough of the weather.. we also had great whale spottings today!…
DetailsThis has been a nice day here in the bay although the swell from last night’s storm impacted the morning tour and to an extend the other two tours as well. Humpback Whales were seen on all tours, Minke Whales briefly in the morning and in the evening, and a small group of White-beaked Dolphins…
DetailsToday’s Humpback Whales were a dream! There was a duo of them hanging out around the middle of the bay for almost the entire day and seemingly some more further out. The star duo was clearly well-fed as at no time we saw signs of them either eating or travelling between feeding locations, two of…
DetailsAfter some difficult weeks on the water, the conditions today were astonishing, sunny and sweet and the water surface was very calm. Even better, there were more Humpback Whales around and in more accessible locations than often before. This time we did not have to search for them in very shallow water close to land…
DetailsThis was a modest day on the water but ending with a great spectacle, two full-body breaches from a Humpback Whale! A small pod of White-beaked Dolphins was seen on the way back but mainly their splashes as they were heading fast towards the south of the bay as we were heading back from the…
DetailsNorth Sailing Husavik has been selected as a finalist by the World Responsible Tourism Awards at WTM 2015 in the category of “Best Carbon Reduction Innovation.” North Sailing is nominated for innovating electric hybrid technology for use in sailing vessels. On July 12th the world’s first zero-carbon whale-watching cruise set sail aboard Opal, a newly…
DetailsYesterday we got some amazing looks at a flipper-slapping (“waving”) humpback whale and today the same humpback whale was waving with its flippers again for us! This morning we already spotted the humpback whale in the south-western part of the bay as well as several minke whales in the same area feeding among big…
DetailsIn the 10 o´clock trip this morning we headed in to the bay in the suarch for the whales. After a bit of a time we found a Minke whale. After that we had gotten a grate look at this one we decided to head towards the south east corner of the bay as we…
DetailsThe first day of August has been much better so far than the last day of July was. This morning a Humpback Whale and several Minke Whales were spotted along with a group of White-beaked Dolphins and even Harbour Porpoises were spotted. In the afternoon a Humpback Whale was spotted close to where Skjálfandafljót glacier…
DetailsUnfortunately this was not the easiest of days for the whale-watching here in Skjálfandi Bay due to sea conditions but Garðar still managed to find whales on both its tours. The third tour had to be cancelled due to worsening conditions. On the morning tour we saw one easy Humpback Whale and also got a…
DetailsAfter a hard morning where the whales did not show up we headed again in to the bay with new hope. We had gotten some news from other boats that they had spotted something. There fore we set the course towards them and after a bit of search we spotted a Humpback whale. We got…
DetailsWhen we left Húsavík harbour this morning, the sea was as flat as a mirror…..something we have not had very often here in Skjálfandi Bay this summer so far. We decided to head towards the western part of the bay, in the direction of the beautiful mountains and just after a few minutes of…
DetailsOn most of our tours we had spotted three species of cetaceans during the day (humpback whale, minke whale and white-beaked dolphins), so we were pretty optimistic when we left the harbour at 18:00 onboard our biggest vessel “Garðar”…..and we were right! We had a wonderful tour in Skjálfandi Bay this evening with beautiful…
DetailsThree tours today on Garðar and very different ones too. In the morning we travelled up north where we had reports of two Humpback Whales. One of them was toying around next to Flatey Island, showing virtually nothing of itself and spending a lot of time underwater. We soon gave up on it and went…
DetailsIt was a somewhat slow day on the water today, even if it has been a while since we have enjoyed such good weather. The morning saw one Humpback Whale and at least two Minke Whales (a small one and a larger one) and then the afternoon saw one Humpback Whale. But the best tour…
DetailsThe highlight of today’s three tours on Garðar is not hard to pinpoint. The humpback whale that breached for us towards the southwest of the bay on the morning tour at least 10-15 times is the ultimate winner. The best thing is that it was a private show; we were the only boat nearby! Such…
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