The weather was just wonderful yesterday when we went on our evening trip at 8:15 PM. Calm sea, a gentle breeze and the sun already a dark yellow. Our first sighting was unexpected: 3 Harbour Porpoises jumped out of the water all of a sudden and swam rather close to the boat before disappearing. The Harbour Porpoise…
DetailsOur regular readers should know by now that there has been no shortage of Minke whales in the Bay this summer. Some say this will be known in history as “the great minke-summer of 2010”! Since the Minkes never lift their fluke and often stay submerged for a long time (not to mention their…
DetailsIt’s been going well so far today, with more of the same mild weather as yesterday. Some of the Minke whales have been around the same area as yesterday, and it didn’t take long to find the first one when I went out earlier. That one proved a bit hard to keep track of, but…
Details Have you tried going out on a whale watching trip on a sailing boat? North Sailing offers passengers to go on a whale watching tour on one of our two sailing boats. The Puffin Island is visited and of course the crew puts up the sails with the passengers assistance. It‘s always amazing to…
DetailsComing out of the harbor, I noticed the weather was incredibly mild in the bay. It didn’t take long until we spotted the first Minke whale. It seemed to be quite busy feeding, and dove for quite long, so getting a good look at it proved difficult. All of a sudden, we spotted another Minke…
DetailsThe weather is still perfect in Húsavík, sunny most of the time. It was slightly foggy though for a short time in the afternoon but it didn’t affect any of our tours. We saw a lot of minke whales just one or two miles out of the harbour. There were also some white beaked dolphins…
DetailsThere is currently a festival going on in Húsavík called Mærudagar. It translates to something like Candydays. Because of Mærudagar there is a lot going on in Húsavík these days and especially in the harbour area including, but not limited to, beach volleyball, a horse show, a motorcycle show, a market, a ram show and…
DetailsAt midnight yesterday Garðar sailed for the first time into Skjálfandi bay with passengers. It was the annual Mærudagar midnight sailing trip and today was Garðar‘s first whale watching tour. It was a great success with minke whales, white beaked dolphins and fantastic weather. Guide Þórdís in an extremely good mood. The first…
DetailsToday was quite a day in the history of North Sailing when Garðar sailed out whale watching for the first time. I got the honor of being the first guide to take passengers out and it was indeed a successful first tour. There was practically no wind, the surface completely still and we hadn’t gone…
DetailsThe weather was amazing today, the sun shining and in the evening the midnight sun was really beautiful. The whole day Minke whales and White beaked dolphins played the main role although on one of my tours it was a bit difficult to find a Minke whale but we saw a lot of the dolphins.…
DetailsToday was a remarkable day with the whales. The weather was good; Sunshine and next to no wind. There had been sightings of great swarms of herring towards the bottom of the bay, visible to the naked eye as black spots on the surface, and when we got closer we found a few minke whales…
DetailsThe annual town festival, Mærudagar, starts this Thursday the 22nd of July. In Húsavík, the word “mæra,” the first half of the local festivals name, means sweets or candy. Thus, the festival might be called “Candy days” in English. These Mærudagar have been held the last fifteen years, starting off in 1995, growing bigger each…
DetailsThe weather in Húsavík today is amazing, the bay completely calm and the sky clear. The scenery doesn’t get much more beautiful than on a day like today. This morning a cruise ship arrived in Húsavík harbour and a part of the passengers went out whale watching with me at 9:00. We had the most…
DetailsToday we have seen several Minke whales and they seem to have a lot of food. A pleasant surprise today was to have a small seal approach the boat to the delight of our guests. It was very curious and came close to inspect. Flosi, guide.
DetailsToday we had several minke whales with us both by the bottom of the bay and in the east, a short way from harbour. They were quite busy feeding it seemed, moving sporadically and hard to predict. Even though that makes our job a bit more difficult it is none the less very pleasing to…
DetailsToday we started off in a great fashion, with minke whales practically inside the harbour. We had to work for it but eventually got a good look at them so that everyone caught a good look. Then, for the first time in many weeks, we spotted a group of harbour porpoises that actually showed themselves…
DetailsToday the weather was okay, but the whales were quite difficult to spot. However, after a long trip over the bay to the east, under the great Creek Mountains, we were able to spot at least two minke whales rather close together, feeding near Skerið, a reef that is often visited by the whales. On…
DetailsIt was a proud moment for North Sailing when Schooner Hildur sailed into Húsavík harbour this morning. Like we have reported in the last weeks Hildur has been in Denmark for the last 10 months where it was being transformed into the two mast schooner. It left Denmark last weekend and arrived in Húsavík at…
DetailsIt‘s now high season and we are managing quite well despite Náttfari being out of action. The weather today is incredible and the harbour is bustling with life. Tourists waiting in lines to go whale watching, sitting outside both Gamli Baukur and Skuld enjoying the weather. North Sailing‘s employees are doing there best to find…
DetailsTomorrow morning at 9 o‘clock North Sailing‘s new schooner, Hildur, will be arriving at Húsavík harbour. Garðar and Haukur will be sailing out at 8 o‘clock with North Sailing‘s employees to greet her and escort it into the harbour. She will be ready to set sail with passengers in a few days.
DetailsThe skies were still grey but at least it wasn‘t raining. I sailed two trips with Cpt. Hreiðar and Deckhand Sammi came along on one trip. We had lot‘s of passengers, almost full capacity of Knörrinn on both trips, and had some great luck with the minke whales. We saw at least 4 or 5…
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