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...

Minke whale and dolphins

by soffia | Jul 25, 2019 | Captain's log

25th of June: Today we had trouble finding the whales as a heavy fog settled over the fjord here in Eyjafjörður. Still we managed to find dolphins and a minke whale on today’s tours 

Humpback and dolphins

by soffia | Jul 24, 2019 | Captain's log

24th of July: Today we had a little swell in the fjord but we headed out and the weather turned out good. On our tours today we found Humpback whales that were feeding in deep areas of the fjord. we had great moments with the humpback whales that were very curious....

Casper the Humpback whale

by soffia | Jul 23, 2019 | Captain's log

23rd of July: In the morning we started off with dolphins. They swam around the boat and joy-ride with us. Unfortunately we didn’t find any Humpback on that tour. On the afternoon trip we sailed north and found a Humpback whale that was heading into the fjord....

18th of July

by soffia | Jul 19, 2019 | Captain's log

18th of July: this morning we found our first Humpback whale only 20 minutes away from Hauganes. That individual looked familiar and we had also seen him last year. Also today we spotted dolphins and one them had a newborn calf with them. They acted very playful and...