After a few days off I was looking forward to it going again whale watching. I had heard of what has been in the bay the last days and was hoping to see some of those species. As we headed to the bay at 10 o´clock trip we had not sailed for long as we…
DetailsThe whale watching is just amazing these day here in Skjálfandi Bay, and today was no exception! It started with two nice groups of white-beaked dolphins and two humpback whales, one of them taking a little nap next to our boat, on the tour at 10:00. On the next tour (at 13:30) we saw some…
DetailsThis winter has been busy at North Sailing due to the fact that along side maintaining the whale watching boats and getting them ready for the whale watching season, the company is also building a two story building on top of its headquarters by Húsavík harbour, a new whale watching center. The lower floor…
DetailsThere are not many places in the world where you can see the blue whale, the biggest animal on earth….here in Húsavík we are actually really lucky to have these impressive animals as regular guests during the early summer months here in our bay. We have seen blue whales every day during the last five…
DetailsThis morning as we headed to the bay the sun was shining and there was almost no wind. These are great conditions for whale watching. We set the course towards the area we had seen Blue whales yesterday. After about an hour of sailing we spotted a powerful blow and as we got closer we…
DetailsToday as we headed out to the bay for the five o´clock trip we were looking forward for it because we had been successful earlier seeing Minke whales, Humpback whales and white beaked dolphins. On the way over the bay we saw powerful spouts in the distains. As we came closer we noticed that we…
DetailsWe headed out this morning in pretty rough weather, the wind was blowing from the north and it was raining. After a great day yesterday, we were hoping the Blue Whales were still around. As we sailed north we spotted a huge spout and soon realized that it was from a Blue Whale! It…
DetailsWe thought it would be hard to top yesterday, but what we have seen today was simply amazing! It started with three nice humpback whales this morning and while we were waiting for the humpbacks to surface again, we suddenly spotted a huge blow further north, not too far away from us – a blue…
DetailsWe have had wonderful conditions for whale watching on all our trips today: The sea was as flat as a mirror, the sun was shining for most of the day and the bay was just full of life. Very similar to the last days, there was a big feeding frenzy going on in the western…
DetailsToday as we went out for the trip at 13:30 the it was getting a bit colder and was starting to rain. Soon the wind was blowing from the north and the raining was getting stronger. Ether way we continued our trip towards the mountains in the western part of the bay. As we got…
DetailsThis morning as we headed out to Skjálfandaflói the sea was calm and the sun was shining. We set course towards the mountains at the western part of the bay. As we arrived there and started looking for the whales we just had to look for the birds because there were hundreds of arctic turns…
DetailsWhen we left the harbour at 10:00 onboard our boat “Bjössi Sör”, we did not know that this would become a tour to remember: It started with at least three minke whales in the western part of the bay, feeding among hundreds of seabirds. As we were waiting for one of the minke whales to…
DetailsOn all our trips today the main action was in the area close to the so called “Fiskisker” (“Fish Rock”) close to the mountains on the western side of the bay. We encountered several minke whales (sometimes up to four of them in the same area) feeding among hunreds of seabirds, mainly arctic terns, kittiwakes…
DetailsToday, as we got out to Skjálfandaflói we set the course towards the area where we had seen plenty of whales yesterday. On the way towards the western part we enjoyed the weather and the sailing. As we came closer to the mountains we opened our eyes even more than before to find the whales from…
DetailsThis morning as we headed out for whale watching we were not expecting good weather. But as we got to the bay we were surprised how good the weather was. As we reached the middle of the bay we saw a minke whale. We got a great view at this animal. Hawing watched this animal…
DetailsThis afternoon as we headed into the rain on Skjálfandaflói we set the course to the western part of the bay. There we had spotted a Minke whale earlier this morning. As we arrived there we did not spot any whales. As we gave up on that area we went further north hoping there we…
DetailsTourism companies in Húsavík have decided to join hands to market the town as The Whale Capital of Iceland. A new brand has been made and in the next few weeks the campaign will be followed through with more promotion. The three whale watching companies in Húsavík have competed with each other for many years…
DetailsWhen we left the harbour at 17:00 on board “Bjössi Sör” today, we had already spotted white-beaked dolphins, minke whales and harbour porpoises on our previous tours during the day. We set the course towards the western part of the bay, where the minke whales have been seen earlier in the afternoon. But after…
DetailsTwo very successful Ski to the Sea tours were operated last week, on both schooner Haukur and schooner Hildur. On this unique adventure, the strengths of two leading Icelandic adventure tourism companies, North Sailing and Bergmenn Mountain Guides are combined, resulting in an adventure like no other. Schooner Haukur departed on Wednesday…
DetailsNorth Sailing and its founders, Hörður and Árni Sigurbjarnarson, received recognition from the Icelandic Regional Development Institute for the development of whale watching in Húsavík at the institute‘s annual meeting that took place at Miðgarður in Skagafjörður. Árni Sigurbjarnarson attended the meeting and accepted the recognition, which is called Landstólpinn. Landstólpinn is a social recognition…
DetailsToday we had some amazing whale watching tours here in Skjálfandi Bay: The area close to the mountains was filled with life! Already from a distance we could see hundreds of seabirds (mainly Arctic Terns, Kittiwakes and Fulmars) feeding close to the surface and as we got closer, we spotted minke whales, minke whales and…
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