Trip Highlights: One of the best days out on the water ever!!! We started with a tail lobing humpback called “Meteorite” in Wynton Passage and were rewarded with tons of orcas shortly after! We saw the northern resident killer whales … Read More
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Whale Watching Report August 22, 2025
Trip Highlights: What a fantastic day! Glorious sunshine – we saw rafting sea otters, several humpback whales surfaced about the boat and the breath spouts rose high in the air signaling their presence. There were flock of birds feasting on … Read More
Whale Watching Report August 21, 2025
Trip Highlights: I’m with my sister, Anika and grandparent and family from Ontario. We saw sea otters, orcas and white-sided dolphins and amazing humpbacks. It was sunny and warm and the seas were calm. Additional Comments: All the whale watching … Read More
Whale Watching Report August 19, 2025
Trip Highlights: The orcas. Lots & lots of humpback whales and hearing the A clan at the same time. We especially loved seeing a humpback lunch feeding. We the the sea otters are really cute! We also saw a porpoise! … Read More
Whale Watching Report August 17, 2025
Trip Highlights: It was a wonderful half day on the water with the Mackay team. It was a wish come true for me to see orcas today on my 60th birthday!! One big item on my bucket list. It was … Read More
Whale Watching Report August 13, 2025
Trip Highlights: We started off with an otter floating off the harbour wall. We then headed east and encountered a pod of 7 orcas which were resting. We then saw 3 humpbacks before cruising back to Port McNeill. Additional Comments: … Read More
Whale Watching Report August 12, 2025
Trip Highlights: Biggs, northern residents, humpbacks, black bear, sea otters, white-sided dolphins, and Dall’s porpoises. This was the 8th outing, one each day, and was the best by far. The captain made sure we had a memorable experience. Mackay has … Read More
Whale Watching Report August 10, 2025
Trip Highlights: The cute little otter right as we left; swimming, rolling over, scratching his face. Then the eagle nest with eagle chick and parent. Meteorite (humpback) breached at least four times; once he came almost completely out of the … Read More
Whale Watching Report August 8, 2025
Trip Highlights: Transient orcas accompanying us for quite a while. Humpback whales (lots!!!) feeding and hunting really close up. Sea otters playing around, single and in groups; harbour seals, jumping salmon. Additional Comments: Wonderful crew who gave lots of information … Read More
Whale Watching Report August 6, 2025
Trip Highlights: We saw lots of humpback whales – they were cruising, feeding and folling around. We also saw see otters – they were ridiculously cute with their whiskery faces. We observed a fishery test vessel sampling salmon stocks in … Read More