Whale Watching Reports

Whale Watching Report August 10, 2024

Trip Highlights: Many sea otters started our adventure.  Curious and chill.  Then off into the fog to see Fife, a male resident orca.  He was travelling by himself except for some Pacific white-sided dolphins.  We were then lucky enough to … Read More

Whale Watching Report August 8, 2024

Trip Highlights: The whole area is a natural beauty.  Even if you have foggy weather at the beginning, the tour is a real great experience.  We saw Orcas, sea otters and humpback whales.  The crew is awesome and you can … Read More

Whale Watching Report August 7, 2024

Trip Highlights: We started out in the fog but before were even at Haddington Island, we saw transient orcas heading west.  They didn’t touch the many sea otters.  At the back side of Malcolm Island we saw resident orca’s (A34’s). … Read More

Whale Watching Report August 5, 2024

Trip Highlights: We went out into the foggy morning and started the day with a raft of sea otters.  Then continued on to see the T60’s and T2B (Biggs transient killer whales), followed by many beautiful humpback whales, including Ripple … Read More

Whale Watching Report August 4, 2024

Trip Highlights: We traveled south to Queen Charlotte Strait towards the Broughton Archipelago and had an amazing day!  Beautiful sunshine and calm waters and saw so many whales; Orcas and 10 or 11 individual humpbacks – 2 that were just … Read More

Whale Watching Report August 2, 2024

Trip Highlights: We went up the coast past Port Hardy and we saw humpback whales, sea otters, porpoises and sea lions. Additional comments: We were really impressed with all the staff and how knowledgeable they were on marine life in … Read More

Whale Watching Report August 1, 2024

Trip Highlights: Humpbacks!! Lots of spouts, arching backs, tails.  Sea otters hanging around in kelp.  Briefly, Dall’s porpoises.  Sea lions sunning themselves and a few seals.  A bald eagle flying far above humpback.  A long, wondaful boat ride to a … Read More

Whale Watching Report July 30, 2024

Trip Highlights: Alert Bay – sea otters, eating sea urchins, yeah!  Shortly after Alert Bay, humpbacks,  blowing, surfacing, eating.  Many birds including white-headed sea eagle (bald eagle), sea lions.  More to the west, Orcas, swimming and moving fast, giving perfect … Read More

Whale Watching Report July 29, 2024

Trip Highlights: First saw scads of sea otters; I was surprised by how many there were and how large.  First orca spotted near Beaver Cove (A80), its tall dorsal rising from the water in the mist.  Then the rest of … Read More

Whale Watching Report July 26, 2024

Trip Highlights: So many sea mammals!  We saw otters; a whole raft of them, harbour and Dall’s porpoises, 6 humpback whales, harbour seals and a pod of five orcas.  A78 came right up to the boat as he was fishing.  … Read More