September schedule
From September 5th until September 30th we´ll sail daily at 10:00 and 13:30. For booking and information, please call +354 464 7272, write us an e-mail to info@northsailing.is or book online.
New adventure begins
North Sailing´s newest boat, Hildur, sailed off to Egernsund, Denmark on August 31st where she´ll be converted into a two mast schooner this winter. Currently, the boat is sailing off the south coast of Norway and plans to arrive at Skagen around noon tomorrow. The trip has been successful in every way and the boat…
Details33% 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
Details3 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
DetailsHumpback, 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… 😉
DetailsWhat 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
DetailsDifficulties (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…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsBad 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,…
DetailsBad 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,…
DetailsAn 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…
DetailsThe travels of a blue whale
The Marine Research Institute of Iceland just reported on their webpage www.hafro.is that they have been tracking a blue whale by satellite. The satellite transmitter was put in the blue whale here in Skjálfandi Bay on June 23rd or 56 days ago. During that time the blue whale has traveled approximately 7.700 km. It stayed in Skjálfandi for…
DetailsHard-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…
DetailsMinkes 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…
DetailsMinke whales and…. A humpback whale!!
Today was absolutely a lot better than yesterday. The wind was calm and the suface completely smooth so the searching conditions were excellent. And we didn't have to go far befor we had luck. Náttfari was already out when me and captain Heimir went out on Knörrinn. And they had spotted a large group of…
DetailsA difficult day
This day was definitely not the best I've had. I did three tours today and I was really close to seeing nothing on all the trips but somehow managed to get luck in the end of all of them. On the first tour me and captain Hreiðar had been sailing for almost two hours when…
DetailsThe minke whales playing the main role
Like in the last days the minke whales are playing the main role in the bay. The weather has been on our side in the last three days so the bay has been really beautiful. Apart from a bit of rain today it was indeed a good day with minke whales. On both my trips…
DetailsA beautiful bay with minke whales
I only had one trip today, the one at 17:00. And when I came to the pier the crew from the last trip was really pessimistic because the tour had been difficult and they thought that the minke whales were just leaving the bay. So we went out believing that this would be a difficult…
DetailsTricky minkes
This was acutally a bit tough day. In the afternoon it was getting a little windy and the searching conditions were hard. When I came to go out at 17:00 with captain Þórunn we heard from Knörrinn that they had been out for almost two hours without seeing anything. So we decided to head to…
DetailsMinke whales and the botttlenose whale
We had not gone far out today at 10:00 when we spotted a minke whale. Both me and captain Hörður on Snorri and Náttfari started to follow this minke whale. And we followed it for all the way to Puffin Island. It just kept on swimming north but at one point it was so close…
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