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Trip Highlights:  The T60 family of orcas and both types of orca on the same trip!  We saw more wildlife than we could every have imagined – humpback whales, orca, dolphins, porpoise, sea otters (an actual raft of about 30 … Read More

Trip Highlights:  Out from Port McNeill heading south (edit for clarity, we actually went west) and in about 15 minutes saw our first pod of orcas.  Then a second, over 10 whales in all.  Day started out misty and grey … Read More

Trip Highlights:  On a beautifully clear, sunny day we saw 21 orca!  They put on a show with breaches, spy hops and tail slaps.  We feel very lucky to have seen them when they only arrived yesterday.  As if that … Read More

Trip Highlights:  Robson Bight Ecological Reserve edge/boundary, spotted T51 (Biggs orca) travelling west at approximately 6 knots.  Spotted humpbacks ‘Squiggle’, ‘Ripple’ and ‘Inukshuk’.  Spotted 3 groups of sea otter rafts about 5 minutes from Port McNeill.  Spotted bald eagles, kingfish, … Read More

Trip Highlights:  We were so lucky today.  We got to see mammal-eating and fish eating Orcas though it is only the first trip of the year!!  We also got to see Innukshuk the humpback whale.  We saw some Dall’s porpoises, … Read More

Trip Highlights:  7 groups of orcas, humpbacks, dolphins, Dall’s porpoises, storm petrels, red-necked phalaropes, common murres, ancient murrelet, auklet! Additional Comments:  Super nice weather!  Great captain and guide.  Thank you! Andrea Weissenbom, Golden, BC

Trip Highlights:  Left Port McNeill; saw humpbacks near Sointula, past Alert Bay and Mitchell Bay.  Saw orcas south of Swanson and Hanson Island.  Lots of sea lions near Pearse Islands.  As well many Pacific white-sided dolphins and sea otters and … Read More

Trip Highlights:  Wat we saw:  3 families of orcas and a few single ones; around 15 humpbacks (2 very close by).  One of them was playing for a few minutes beside the vessel.  The other one was Meteorite.  Tons of … Read More

Trip Highlights:  the trip started with calm weather, blue skies and orca.  The A62’s were amazing.  They put on a good show with resting, dives and feeding.  Then followed several humpbacks in Weynton Pass.  Four humpbacks in Cormorant Channel near … Read More

Trip Highlights:  Into the fog searching for fins – big and small.  One big male emerges and circles – we stopped, quiet as he came alongside.  Beaver Cove – a family of orcas – desperately trying to avoid the dolphins … Read More