Humpback whales in Hauganes

by soffia | Aug 14, 2019 | Captain's log

14th of August: Again the whales were close by Hauganes so we just had short sail again to the whales. Today we observed three Humpback whales who were swimming around. One of them was swimming be himself while the other two traveled together. It’s a privilege...

Four Humpback whales

by soffia | Aug 14, 2019 | Captain's log

13th of August:  We managed to go out today after having to  cancel for the last two days because of a storm that was going over Iceland. But luckily we found four Humpback whales just 15 minutes away from Hauganes. We watch them here swimming around and...

Jumping dolphins and lob tailing humpback whale

by soffia | Aug 5, 2019 | Captain's log

5th of August: We had a wonderful day today. Slow winds made for perfect sailing conditions. We started from Hauganes and headed north. On the way we were seeing jumping harbor porpoises all around us. As we went further we started to see dolphins that were...

Plenty of Humpback whales

by soffia | Aug 4, 2019 | Captain's log

4th of August: We had to sail north of Hrísey again today to find the whales but when we did find them we were seeing a lot of them. There were plenty of Humpback whales spread around the area. They were feeding down below and taking deep dives all around us. Also...

Three of a kind

by soffia | Aug 2, 2019 | Captain's log

2nd of August: we spotted our first humpback whale after sailing for just 15 minutues. We watch that humpback whale for sometime when suddenly another humpback showed up close by. These humpback whales joined together to use bubblenet feeding technique. Amazing sight...

Humpback whale close by Hauganes

by soffia | Aug 1, 2019 | Captain's log

1st of August: This month started out great. We found a humpback whale just 15 minutes away from Hauganes. That humpback whale was feeding in the area. He was very curious and many times came up to our boat and had a look at us. This humpback whale is a new whale in...