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...

Five humpback whales

by soffia | Jul 31, 2019 | Captain's log

31st of July: we had great sightings today. The whales are still staying further north then they would normally do but to make it easier for our passengers. We stationed our boat in Ólafsfjörður that made the sailing to the whales alot easier. Today we were seeing ul...

Humpback whales, minkes and dolphins

by soffia | Jul 31, 2019 | Captain's log

30th of July: we saw all species today. Humpback whales, minkes, dolphins and harbor porpoises. We are seeing large groups of dolphins in the fjord the last fews. Sometimes over 100 of them in the same area. Today they were very active and we could see them jump and...

Breaching minke whale

by soffia | Jul 28, 2019 | Captain's log

28th of July: Today we had a great encounter with a minke whale. We found a minke whale close by our harbor in Hauganes in the morning. It was feeding close to the surface close to the shoreline. We watched it for some time and then suddenly it did a full breach close...

Whales

by soffia | Jul 28, 2019 | Captain's log

27th of July: we started our tours in Ólafsfjörður and searched for whales there. We found dolphins and a Minke whale but the fog was heavy which made searching difficult. But on the way to Hauganes we found a Humpback whale close to our harbour in Hauganes

To the north

by soffia | Jul 26, 2019 | Captain's log

26th of July: Today was quite different then usually. We started from Hauganes in the morning but because the whales had again moved further north we decided to sail the boat to the town of Ólafsfjörður. Ólafsfjörður is stationed close to the area where the whales...