Nature is unpredictable and so are the whales. We never know what is awaiting us out in the bay when leaving the harbour. We don’t know how whales behave and what they are going to do. But yesterday something incredible happened: On our evening “GG2 Big Whale Safari” we first got see a blue whale, which in the beginning was rather difficult to observe, but then out of the sudden got close to our boat.
The luck was on our side on today’s 16:45 on Sylvía. It was a little foggy and rainy, but when we got closer to the whales it was all forgotten. We saw blows everywhere! We were looking at some humpbacks fluking and showing of their mouth whilst feeding when a BLUE WHALE came out of the blue! We didn‘t know where to look, 9 o´clock, 3 o´clock.
Early this morning our crew met up for a rescue drill onboard our oak boat Sylvía. Whilst the town was still asleep all of us headed out to the outer harbor.Before the first tour of the day left the harbor, we managed to go over the emergency plan and the safety equipment, but also practised "man over board" by throwing the life ring and rescuing each other.
There have been high numbers of feeding humpbacks in the bay recently, with at least 7 spotted just in one area this morning! Many of them are familiar flukes from past years, and some of these humpbacks that are spending time in our bay have also been spotted in other parts of Iceland.
This past weekend, on July 4th, “The Boss” and “Mrs. Boss” of Gentle Giants got married on beautiful Flatey. Stefán Guðmundsson, Gentle Giants CEO, and Jóhanna S.
Last night a new boat arrived to the harbour of Húsavík as an addition to Gentle Giant’s fleet. “She” is named Amma Sigga, just as the first RIB boat of the company, which came to Húsavík in 2011. Now it was time to upgrade her to a better boat to better serve our passengers.
July has started as successful as June ended. Yesterday, we saw the young humpback whale from the other day again. Just as last time it was still feeding close to the mountains and the rivermouth of Skjálfandafljót.
After two amazing trips in perfect weather conditions and very good sightings throughout the day, we started our last trip on Amma Kibba - looking forward to find the whales again. We knew that there was a blue whale in the middle of the bay so we were heading there - and spotted the blow! We got very excited, but it was diving for very long and we could not see it anymore.
The past month the whale watching went extremely successful. Blue whales came in huge numbers and were seen almost daily. A highlight was the blue whale mother with her calf, which is in fact still in the bay.
Already in the early morning the hybrid welcomed us on our oak boat Faldur. For a long time the whale surfaced in our nearer surrounding, sometimes getting really close to the boat. Close to the hybrid swam a humpback whale, resting on the calm surface.
