Most visitors to Húsavík stay in our small Icelandic town (18th most populous) for one or two days at the most. They come to see the whales, to go on a cruise. If they have the time and inclination, they will visit the magnificent "Whale Museum" (https://www.
As July is about to end, the pufflings at Lundey (Puffin Island) are about a month old by now. Fed with huge amounts of fish daily since weeks, they have grown big and strong and it won’t take long anymore until they will be old enough to venture out at sea.
The days of the midnight sun are over and since earlier this month already, the sun is setting again in the late evening. As days continously get shorter now, only for a few more days - to the end of this month - we are offering our late evening "GG2 Big Whale Safari & Puffins" tour, which departs at 21:30 (09:30pm) on our modern RIB speed boats.
We are having quite some nice surprises in the bay and yesterday we had the surprise that the guides wait all season for. We were fortunate to spot two orcas! We could know that one of these individuals was an adult male since its dorsal fin was very high, something that can be used to distinguish adult males from adult females.
Today is celebrated the World Whale and Dolphin day! Whales and dolphins have been facing multiple threats throughout the time, with whaling being one of the main threats that drove most of the species to the brink of extinction.
It's pufflings time! As the puffins' nesting season proceeds, a busy time has started for the parents. The chicks, or so-called pufflings, have hatched and are a few weeks old already, demanding lots of fresh fish day by day.
Skjálfandi Bay is home to a variety of animals, both above and below the surface. Mostly of course, we become aware of the whales and dolphins, seals and all kinds of birds that we encounter on our tours.
Whales are the most wanted species in our tours, although there is another species that is also frequently requested by our spectators. The beautiful dolphins! When we can lay an eye on them in our tours, you will surely see a smile on every human face.
As you may know, Húsavík is considered the whale capital of Iceland. But why here? Why do they come to Skjálfandi Bay? If you read our last post you will find out that whales come to Skjálfandi Bay with the ultimate goal of finding food and eating as much as they possibly can.
Most of the whale species that we get to see here in Skjálfandi Bay are not resident to the waters around Iceland, but migrate large distances between their breeding grounds in subtropical or tropical waters and their feeding grounds close to the poles.
