Just a few minutes to the whales!

by alliwhales | Jul 3, 2017 | Captain's log

We went out this morning in beautiful weather. As before we were just a few minutes to the first whale. Our guests caught lots of fish and the birds were never far away. Lovely forecast for the next days. 

Humpback whales 10 minutes from Hauganes!

by alliwhales | Jul 2, 2017 | Captain's log

We had a really good tour this morning in spite of a little cold breeze from the North. Only 10 minutes to two relaxed humpbacks. Also, we saw puffins and other beautiful  bird species. Really good week ahead!

Friday we’re in love!

by alliwhales | Jun 30, 2017 | Captain's log

Today our whales are about 20 minutes SE of Hauganes. We’ve seen up to 6 humpback whales together feeding, some breaching multiple times. Fantastic sight! Slight wind from the north but the weather has been mild and the Eyjafjörður ford very calm. We expect the...

Great Thursday!

by alliwhales | Jun 29, 2017 | Captain's log

Really nice weather today in spite of a slight drizzle. We saw 5 humpback whales feeding about 20 minutes SE of Hauganes. Plenty of fish during our sea angling on our way back to Hauganes.

Nice weather

by alliwhales | Jun 28, 2017 | Captain's log

The weather has been treating us nicely in Hauganes today, bright days and bright nights and an ocean full of whales. Today we saw a couple of humpback whales only a few minutes from the harbor. Temperature around 10°c and mild wind from the north.

The whales cometh! Our tours are from now on carbon neutral.

by alliwhales | Mar 22, 2017 | Whales-Iceland

The whales are just around the corner Now that the start of our whale watching season is approaching we are starting to see the whales – mainly humpback whales – arriving one by one. Last summer we had an exceptionally good season in whale watching,...

The 2017 whale watching season just around the corner

by alliwhales | Jan 17, 2017 | Whales-Iceland

Welcome on May 1st We at Whale Watching Hauganes are counting down the days until the start of the whale watching season. On May 1st we will set our sails to start our 24th consecutive year of whale watching. We are extremely proud of being the oldest whale watching...

A great season of whale watching tours!

by alliwhales | Oct 26, 2016 | Whales-Iceland

Amazing 2016 season, amazing tours The Icelandic winter is around the corner and the whales are soon on their way to the South seas, and what an amazing summer we had! We finished our last tours for the season on October 10th from our every lovely fishing village of...

Photographing Whales – 12 Tips

by alliwhales | Jul 31, 2016 | Whales-Iceland

Our guide and photographer Bernódus (@bernophotography) wrote down a list of tips that he thinks will come to a good use while photographing onboard. Composition As you probably know, composition is key. That being said, photograping from above does not...

Breaching Whales in Iceland

by alliwhales | Jul 10, 2016 | Whales-Iceland

Amazing times at Hauganes, North Iceland The last week has been amazing at Whale Watching Hauganes. The humpback whales have been really playful. Tail lobbing, breaches and pectoral fin slapping. We don’t know why they breach and slap their flippers and flukes, but we...