Whale Watching Reports

Trip Highlights:  Cormorant Island area, saw orca, humpbacks using different feeding tactics.  20+ trips with Captain Bill now and always an amazing day.  The boat ride alone is worth it, never mind all the incredible sightings. Additional Comments:  Thanks again, … Read More

Trip Highlights:  Orcas A34, nine members of the pod.  Humpbacks:  Signet, Meteor and Argonaut.  One or maybe two trap fishing.  Sea otter.  And the Canadian Navy. Additional Comments:  It was a great day – no need to go buy a … Read More

Trip Highlights:  Where do we start!?  Trip started near Malcolm Island watching a group of orcas swimming slowly in the mist.  Then at Trinity Bay we had a special encounter with the G2’s and C10’s northern residents.  We watched as … Read More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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