Saturday, August 22, 2015
A GREAT DAY
„Great day yesterday, thanks!“ writes Harm, tour guide at noSun travel. Attached to his mail were following lovely and amazing photos from the tour he’d been on with his group.
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Friday, August 21, 2015
BLUE WHALE AGAIN
Today another bue whale has shown up in the bay. One of the RIBs found the huge mammal in the early morning. The whale was swimming close to the mountains and therefore, it was not difficult for the oak boats to follow.
Thursday, August 20, 2015
SEASON'S LAST "GG1 WHALE WATCHING" EVENING TOUR DEPARTED
Today the last 8pm „GG1 Whale Watching“ - tour on our oak boat Sylvía has departed – at least for this year’s season. Evening trips are special for many reasons: First of all one gets to see the beautiful colours of the evening sun.
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
SIESTA TIME
Today has been an awesome day out at sea. First of all the weather could not have been better, it was simply amazing. Once we had left the harbour we realized that also the sea was flat as a mirror. The mountains were reflecting on the surface and above Húsavík the colours of the sunrise hadn’t disappeared, yet.
Monday, August 17, 2015
BUSY DAYS AT GENTLE GIANTS
The past days have been really busy. Besides the “GG1 Whale Watching” and the “GG2 Big Whale Safari and Puffins” many different tours were departing from Húsavík harbour.
Sunday, August 16, 2015
BREAKING NEWS: BLUE WHALE IN SKJÁLFANDI
Our RIB Amma Sigga is right now watching a Blue Whale in the bay! It is the first Blue Whale since the beginning of July. Blue Whales usually pass Skjálfandibay in the end of May and throughout June.
Thursday, August 13, 2015
BEAUTIFUL WEATHER AND WHALES
Yesterday and the day before the humpback whales continued their pretty acrobatic behaviour: they breached, rolled over, approached the boats many times, two swam in a pair, one was seen surrounded by some playful dolphins.
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
IT'S OUR "FRIEND" ONCE AGAIN
Since quite a while one humpback hangs out in the southern part of the bay. Most of the times it is very busy with feeding. Often it breaks the surface with its mouth still open and small fish jumping away to all sides, other times it seems to jump halfway out of the water when catching its prey.
Sunday, August 9, 2015
THE ENTERTAINING HUMPBACKS
Yesterday has been an extremely beautiful day. The sun was shining, temperatures raised and it was amazing to go out for whale watching in Skjálfandibay. Humpbacks, minkes and dolphins had been showing up on the tours.
Friday, August 7, 2015
THE BIRDS AND THE MINKES
Recently we have been seeing hundreds of feeding birds in the bay, often in huge flocks of many different species near the mountains. These birds have been providing a great indicator of food in the water, and have been helping us to find the feeding minke whales! The birds, including kittiwakes, skuas, fulmars, black-backed gulls, and puffins, have been busy feeding on schools of little fish which is also what the whales are here feeding on.