Trip Highlights: Northern fur seal jumping through the water; playful otters; four humpback whales; three orca (A25’s); Steller sea lions; Pacific white-sided dolphins; phalaropes (birds). Additional Comments: Bill and Marieke were simply the best! The perfect way to spend a … Read More
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Whale Watching Report August 17, 2024
Trip Highlights: 10 humpbacks, including Meteorite, Inukshuk, mom and baby Auger. A25 and A50 pods of killer whales; best stories ever for each group of whales. Amazing otters and beautiful sea lions. Additional Comments: Thank you so much for the … Read More
Whale Watching Report August 15, 2024
Trip Highlights: A raft of sea otters; a huddle of humpbacks, 1 breach in the distance; A-clan orcas feeding – heard on the hydrophone; Steller sea lions looking suspicious; dolphins playing with/mugging the orcas; bald eagle with nest. Additional Comments”: … Read More
Whale Watching Report August 14, 2024
Trip Highlights: As we left the marina, we saw sea otters all playing and floating on their backs; so awesome! further out, we watched playful humpbacks breaching and then waving goodbye with their white pectoral fins. Last, the star of … Read More
Whale Watching Report August 12, 2024
Trip Highlights: We saw sea otters, resident orcas (A23’s), humpbacks, Pacific white-sided dolphins, a few sea lions and lots of birdlife. The area we travelled was around Telegraph Cove and into the Broughton Archipelago, Blackfish Sound. Additional Comments: Fabulous tour … Read More
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