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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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...