Today is the 1st of August, so it can truly be said that the peak of the Icelandic travel summer has been reached. At the time of writing, the temperature in Húsavík is 22 degrees, there are a lot of tourists and the town is bustling with life. Summer was pretty late this year. June was cold and wet and so was much of July. However, the number of tourists largely exceeded expectations. Also, whale watching in Skjálfandaflói has gone well and there has been a lot of life in the bay all summer. There have been a lot of humpback whales, whales and dolphins and there have also been many sightings of porpoises. Also, killer whales have been seen considerably more often than in recent years.
In general, everyone has been whale watching in Iceland this summer. According to vísi.is for example, there have been very few whales in Eyjafjörður in the month of July.
Photo: Christian Schmidt
