Friday, May 25, 2012
LOTS OF WHALES
Skjálfandi Bay is full of life and our recent sightings have been: many humpback whales, a number of minke whales, groups of white-beaked dolphins and several harbour porpoises.
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
LUCKY IN ALL WAYS - ESPECIALLY WHALE-WISE
Last week we were extremely lucky during our whale watching trips – not only with the weather, but also whale-wise. Most of the whales decided to spend their weekend in the bay. Maybe also this week.
Saturday, May 19, 2012
BLOWS AND TAILS, TAILS AND BLOWS
Completely blue sky, calm waters and blows and tails everywhere for the last two days in Skjálfandi Bay. After the storm, the beams of sun were very welcome by crew and passengers and so was the mirror-like sea.
Friday, May 18, 2012
FIRST DAY OF PUFFINS EXCLUSIVE
Today was our first day of puffin tours for this season. Our RHIB Amma Sigga brought passengers out to Puffin Island and watched The Clowns of the Ocean. From now on we have several scheduled departures daily until the end of August.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
SAILING AGAIN
9:45 a.m./ Sailing again after the storm. Will be interesting to see what the currents have brought into the bay... .
Monday, May 14, 2012
STORM IN HÚSAVÍK
Húsavík looks completely white today. The storm started yesterday and since then strong winds, snow and big waves out at sea is all that we have had. We got phone calls from our guests this morning saying they were stuck in Akureyri not being able to make the one hour drive to Húsavík because of the road conditions.
Friday, May 11, 2012
ANIMALS IN GOOD FOOD MOOD
Skjálfandi Bay seems to be very attractive to many whales right now. During the last days we have watched two to five humpback whales on every trip together with up to four minke whales.Four of the humpback whales have already stayed in the bay for a week, two of them even longer.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
SIX HUMPBACKS
Yesterday was a big day! Six different humpback whales were seen on our trips, together with three to four minke whales and some harbour porpoises.Huge blows, black backs and beautiful flukes appeared alternately above the surface.
Monday, May 7, 2012
A WHALE PARTY - AND YOU ARE INVITED
During the last days we have had four humpback whales in the bay as well as several minke whales and dolphins.Especially the humpbacks were easy to find and nice to watch. We never had to wait long for them to come up to the surface to breathe and before they went down deep diving again they showed us their beautiful flukes.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
WHALE PARADE
After the blue whale which visited us for one day at the beginning of the week many other whales have followed. Harbour porpioses, white-beaked dolphins, minke whales, and humpback whales have arrived and stayed here for the last days.