Stubbs Island follows the whale watching guidelines and is committed to ethical and educational wildlife viewing on
all our Orca tours.
Our BC
Orca tours cruise comfortably in our Transport Canada inspected 60 foot vessel the MV Lukwa or get up close and personal on our 31 foot vessel the Eagle XXX1.
From May to October Stubbs Island offers a variety of Vancouver Island boat tours including Whale Watching
Orca tours (mid June to October), along with Marine & Wildlife Tours and Specialty Tours of the Robson Bight and Johnstone Strait areas off Vancouver Island.
Every one of
our Orca tours into the diverse east coast Vancouver Island environment is different.
Not exact matches
And, booking a
tour with a company like Wild Whales Vancouver means that not only do you get a chance to see
Orcas, you also get all the perks of a romantic harbour cruise (including some incomparable city views as you sail through English Bay).
FarFaria's CEO and co-founder Ajay Godhwani spoke to Good e-Reader about the platform and the partnerships they have with publishers like
Orca Books — along with a Big Five publisher who will be named in an announcement this week — as well as offered a guided
tour through how young children interact with their texts.
We provide an underwater hydrophone on all of our
Orca Water
tours and will often stop to listen to the sounds the
orcas make.
One feature all our
tours share is a group hydrophone to listen to the
orcas» underwater conversations.
We had an amazing whale watching
tour earlier this week when we spotted a few
orcas in Skjálfandi bay!
Take a 3 - hour whale watching
tour with
Orca Spirit Whale Watching Adventures (admissions not included).
Seasonal activities — such as grizzly bear
tours, whale watching and kayaking with
orcas — generally run from May through late September.
Telegragh Cove is a great take off point for
tours to see Grizzly Bears,
Orca and Humpback Whales, Pacific White Sided Dolphins and much more.
Whale - watching
tours in Zodiacs get you crazy close to Gray, Humpback, and / or Killer Whales (
Orca).
Specializing in
tours such as the
Orca Camp Tour at our Whale Watching Base Camp in Johnstone Strait or our Sea Kayak Expeditions in the beautiful Discovery Islands Grey Wolf Expeditions has guided over 3,000 guests from all over the world between ages 6 and 79.
BC
Orca Whale Watching (Killer Whales) Tours — We Follow the Guidelines Fisheries and Oceans Canada and BC Parks in Canada and by NOAA Fisheries and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife in the US all endorse the whale watching guidelines followed by Stubbs Island BC Whale Watching Tours and all responsible BC whale watching
tour operators.
Depending on the type of
tour and time of year, you could spot
orcas, porpoises, seals and sea lions, bald eagles, black bears and more.
The
Orca whale watching
tours take place in the protected waters between Vancouver Island and mainland British Columbia, the home of the magnificent
Orca whales.
Many
tour operators offer marine sightseeing
tours, during which you'll likely see an abundance of marine life, including
orcas (killer whales), seals, sea lions, porpoises, bald eagles, bears and many, many seabirds.
This effect is felt the most on the shorter kayak
tours out of Friday Harbor, as the more time one spends kayaking in the
orca whales habitat the more likely you will have success.
Our last blog entry discussed the dangers from a new study that involves dart tagging the resident
orca whales in Washington — the same friendly
orcas we enjoy watching on our kayaking
tours in the San Juan Islands.
This kayaking video was made for National Geographic and features some great scenes of kayaking with
orcas, along with a brief overview of our kayak
tours in the San Juan Islands and an interview with our Expedition Director, Martine Springer.
While whales are often viewed on all of our kayak
tours, the Base Camp and
Orca Waters Explorer kayak
tours have by far the most reliable sightings of both
orcas and humpback whales.
How much of this threatened part of British Columbia we can show you depends on which sea kayaking
orcas adventure or killer whale kayaking
tour you select to share with us.
Tip: If you don't see any
orcas during your kayaking trip, save some time to do a whale watching
tour from a boat.
If lucky, you may see
Orca or Humpback whales as they swim by the camp, however this is less likely than on our
tours departing from Telegraph Cove.
A $ 500 CAD per person deposit is required to permanently reserve your spot (s) on an
Orca Waters Explorer kayak
tour.
Our kayak day trips are a great way to get out and explore the Johnstone Strait area for those who do not have time for our longer Base Camp kayak
tours or
Orca Waters Explorer kayak
tours.
Below is a kayak trip report from a guest on our September 2 to 5, 2008 Kayak With Whales —
Orca Waters Base Camp kayak
tour.
From late June to mid-September we offer our similar six - day
Orca Waters Explorer kayak
tour that combines a portion of the Broughton Archipelago
tour with more time spent in Johnstone Strait where we have greater chances of viewing
orcas later in the summer.
This is not a problem on our
Orca Waters Base Camp kayak
tours because we have a camera recharging station but on longer expedition style kayak
tours it is more challenging.
More opportunities to fish are available on the
Orca Waters Explorer and Broughton Archipelago Explorer
tours but these are
For our Base Camp and
Orca Waters Explorer
tours we work with three local First Nations to lease campsites.
An exciting small group
tour to the Snaefellsnes Peninsula in search of groups of
orca and the northern lights, between January and March.
Orca whales are mostly restricted to the US side of the waterway that separates the San Juan Islands from Vancouver Island, so this is the area our whale watching kayak
tours operate in.
British Columbia has the largest population of
Orcas (Killer Whales) in the world so Canada whale watching
tours in BC are a favourite for fans of the incredible Killer Whale.
The
orcas, also known as killer whales, have been entertaining our San Juan Island kayak
tours all summer, showing off their power with beautiful breaches and playful tail - slaps on the water.
All our whale watching
tours are equipped with hydrophones so we can hear
Orcas and dolphins communicating.
Veteran naturalists such as author Stefan Lundgren lead hikes past penguin colonies, Zodiac land excursions, and kayak
tours through ice floes, where you'll spot leopard seals and the occasional
orca.
The protected waters provide an ideal location for our BC whale watching
tours to view and listen to
orcas as well as other marine mammals and birds as they feed, socialize and raise their young.
We know a lot of people come to our area and book
tours with us because they want to see Killer Whales /
Orca in their natural habitat.
Our
tours take you through the cold nutrient rich waters of Black Fish Sound and the Broughton Archipelago, a stunning cluster of islands and calm inlets that create the boundary to Robson Bight, a protected marine environment to which the
Orcas return each year.
Of course, this doesn't happen on all of our kayak
tours, but we do have many
orca encounters through the whale watching season — many of them up close and personal!
Join us on an
Orca Camp kayaking with whales adventure, paddle along on a Coastal Pacific Wildlife Safari, hike BC's legendary West Coast Trail, or snorkel with salmon on a Go Wild Wilderness Adventure hiking and kayaking
tour.
Minke whales along with
orcas and various species of dolphins and porpoises often appear as added bonuses to late summer and early autumn whale watching
tours.
The nearby Royal BC Museum will stimulate and inspire, and the Victoria Butterfly Gardens and
Orca Spirit Adventures whale - watching
tours are perfect for grown - ups and children alike.
Orca Dreams offers four - day all - inclusive
tours from our luxury island camp site in the wildlife rich area of Northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
In the «Southern Resident»
orca culture, the iconic whales of the San Juan Islands that we see most often on our kayak
tours, a male
orca without a mother behaves much like an orphan.
If seeing
orcas is a priority, please keep these dates in mind when you book your
tour with us.
A few other kayaking companies briefly visit the primary
orca whale watching zone during a fraction of their
tours.
Jason Westby, a freelance
tour guide who operates fishing
tours in conjunction with a number of local resorts, including Chabil Mar, spotted the three
orcas between 9:30 and 10:30 AM on December 29, 2016, in the vicinity of Ranguana Caye and Palm Owens Caye on the Belize Barrier Reef.