Author Archives: Whaletime

Trip Highlights; Amazing day on the water.  Sea otters, two groups of orcas joined up for great viewing.  “Humpback soup”; blows everywhere and breaching.  Pacific white-sided dolphins herding salmon.  Very entertaining!!  Never gets old watching nature. Thelma & Murray Trudel, … Read More

Trip Highlights: We went to the wild coast, Johnstone Strait past Alert Bay and Telegraph Cove.  We saw sea otters, kelp beds, gulls, cormorants, orcas spyhopping, dolphins, Dall’s porpoises, humpback whales, sea lions, eagles, seals.  Informative history and wildlife stories … Read More

Trip Highlights: An overcast day ended in full sunshine, and the first sighting was a ‘gamily’ of sea otters basking without a concern in the world.  Then a solitary fin turned in five orca feeding on fish whilst dolphins played … Read More

Trip Highlights: SO MANY ORCAS1 SO MANY WHALES! And sea otters, sea lions, dolphins.  The whole experience was amazing, never seen so much marine wildlife at once! Additional Comments: Weather was 100%!  Awesome crew, very knowledgeable, respectful of nature and … Read More

Trip Highlights: Our day started off following orcas south along the coast.  After heading east, we were greeted by multiple pods of norther resident orcas, many humpbacks and countless rhino auklets, common murres, red throated phalaropes and many other seabirds.  … Read More

Trip Highlights: What I appreciated and feel blessed to have experienced:  more humpbacks and orcas than I could count; rafting sea otters!;  Northern sea lions calling and diving; generosity of time and with questions; excellent boat and captain and very … Read More

Trip Highlights: Two sea otters, one minke whale, some humpbacks (lunge feeding!), on our way out and back, a huge orca male (I98).  We heard A clan and G clan voices, some orca females with calves passed by, white-sided dolphins … Read More

Trip Highlights: Where do we start!  An amazing adventure with so many orcas and humpbacks.  Especially enjoyed the ‘marine soup’ of orcas, humpbacks and white-sided dolphins.  Enjoyed the birds too – so many auklets, phalaropes, shearwaters and eagles.  and of … Read More

Trip Highlights: Somewhere we saw jumping orcas (which was crazy!) swimming along with dolphins and humpbacks.  A dream come true for us!  …And of course also some jumping humpbacks. Additional Comments: Great crew!  Very positive and funny atmosphere during the … Read More

Trip Highlights: We saw everything!  Sea otters, humpbacks, mutton birds (sooty shearwaters), porpoises (Dall’s & hybrid), orca, common murres…only thing missing was a bear!  There were plenty of cameras, keen photographers and no shortage of content.   The knowledge and willingness … Read More