Best Whale Watching on Vancouver Island

Do you have a travel bucket list? If you do, look at it. If there are any options regarding whale watching, where better than Vancouver Island can you find to make your wish true? Oceans are endless on Earth. As known as the biggest environment, oceans are home to the biggest fish and mammals on Earth. Whale watching on Vancouver Island is one of the must-to-do things for everyone coming here. Nothing is more delightful than watching one throwing its many-pounds body out of the water and then plunging back in for a marine life lover. If you’re lucky enough, it will splash, and the joy of your whale watching would be multiplied. Vancouver Island Coastline waters are home to four different whales and occasionally some rare ones. Annually, thousands of visitors come here to what these majestic marine creatures. No matter where on Vancouver Island you landed, you can find the chance to go whale watching and make the most of your vacation here. The island’s waters are where Orcas (Killer whales), Gray, Humpback, and Minke whales live. Some people have sighted blue whales, the most giant whales on Earth, nearly being hunted to extinction near Vancouver Island coasts. Whale watching tours are not exclusively designed to view only whales. In other words, tour guides cannot control which creature to show up on the surface. If you’re lucky other marine creatures such as dolphins and porpoises. Whale watching on Vancouver Island will be an unforgettable experience you would talk about all day long. In order to make it even better, this article will inform you about necessary details you need to know regarding your whale watching cruise to see the biggest fish in the ocean. Stay with us!

A prehistoric and unique whale watching experience if you have the chance to gaze upon the great gray whales of Vancouver Island waters. Since they are migrating in between seas, if you’re certain that the next vacation you will go on must include whale watching, particularly gray whale watching, try to pick a time in which you are confident that they will be around. These gray giants are very sociable and easy to contact. they just need a blink to make your whale watching unforgettable. so pack you bags and wait for the right time; the gray beasts of the ocean are waiting for you.

Orcas or killer whales have the dominant population amongst all. They always stay with the same pod. Pick the best time for Orca watching on Vancouver Island waters to not come back empty-handed from your journey. The funny less-known thing about orcas is that many people believe that they are whales, while they were born from massive dolphins. Nowadays, due to their sizeable gigantic size, they are classified as whales every year, attracting many people, whether local or not, to come to Vancouver Island for its amazing orca watching tours.

Humpback whales are a kind of baleen whales floating around the Island. They are the beauties of Vancouver Island Whales. In Latin, they are called Megaptera novaeangliae, which means "big wing of New England." Humpback whale watching tours have many applicants every year because of their unique appearance. Not to mention that, when you go humpback whale watching, you would have the chance to glimpse on the largest whale subspecies in Vancouver Island waters. How much fun would you have if this large marine mammal would breach?

Although there aren’t many minke whales around Vancouver Island, and they are acknowledged as rare  species, you may have the chance to view them splashing the water. As the same as Humpback whales, minkes are one of the baleen giants of the sea and the smallest of the rorquals. Not to mention that they are the second smallest baleen whales too. Minkes are one of the widespread subspecies globally; however, they happen to be elusive around the Vancouver Island coastline. You will be the lucky Lock if you spot a minke whale!

1. Pick the right whale watching season to make the most of it. 2. Bring the right gear for your whale-watching trip to make it more convenient. 3. Talk to the crew to help you spend this whale watching experience knowledgeable. 4. Keep your cameras close; nothing more than a whale breaching photoshoot can represent the experience you had on board with us. 5. However, don't get too obsessed with the cameras and enjoy the scenes at the moment while you are on a whale watching boat. 6. Patience, patience, patience! they are shy and need time to come out of the water. 7. Last but not least, share the moments you capture while breaching whales were surrounding your boat.

Besides these two popular whale watching destinations, Tofino and Ucluelet also offer the best whale watching tours in the waters of Clayoquot Sound and Barkley Sound. Let's not forget the great whale watching opportunity you would find in the beautiful City of Campbell River. Last but not least, whale watching in Victoria will be an unforgettable experience of Vancouver Island whale watching.
In general, you have the chance for whale watching wherever you are, on the coastal parts of Vancouver Island. Whale watching is mainly done through ocean cruises, but in some cases that they are near the coast, you can enjoy watching them while chilling on the beach and waiting for your coffee to cool down.

The best time of the year for whale watching tours depends on the subspecies you desire to view during your stay on Vancouver Island. Since some of them migrate at the beginning of spring and fall, the best time for watching whales differ. For instance, gray whales migrate every spring and fall; therefore, the whale watchin season on Vancouver Island is during April and November, when there is a chance these marine mammals pass Vancouver Island. As another example, blue whale watching is possible. They were almost extinct due to overhunting. Around spring, the chance to see these giants of the ocean around the west coast of Vancouver Island is high. So it can be claimed that spring is the whale season on the Island. What a dream! Imagine going on a whale watching tour and observe the biggest mammal ever existed on earth. Overall, whale watching peak time highly depends on the subspecies you have in mind. If it doesn’t matter, whale watching events are year-round events. Come to the Island and say the words, close your eyes, and count to three. There you are on board, waiting for your whale watching trip to start.

Whale watching on Vancouver Island is one of the must-to-do things when you come here. Whales are known as the island’s guards since they live in the waters of each coordination of the island. If no particular subspecies is intended, whale watching is a year-round activity on Vancouver Island. Our prices for whale watching tours here on the pristine Vancouver Island for adults start from $145 and $85 for children. The good news is that we have an offer for students with valid IDs. They can have a blast watching whales for only $125.

Book a whale watching tour in advance and fulfill you desires in this regard with Vanisle Wildlife.

1. Whales are the largest creatures ever inhabiting the earth, and blue whales are the largest whales ever, even larger than the dinosaurs. 2. Whales' migrations are the longest amongst all other migrating animals. Gray Whale, among other whales, migrates the longest route. 3. Whale can help reduce climate change just by pooping! According to Canadian Wildlife, Whales mix nutrients in the ocean when they swim great distances across it, diving deep and then surfacing, and their feces act as a fertilizer for phytoplankton. 4. Whales are very sociable, and they communicate with each other majorly through sounds. Humpback whales are known as singer whales which sometimes communicate through singing. 5. Whales have more than one stomach. In other words, whales are multi-stomached. 6. In addition to the multi-stomached structure, whales do not chew their food as well. For example, those who feed on planktons of the nutrition on the bottom of the ocean. 7. Interestingly enough, whales can inhale and store oxygen in their bodies. 8. When you go on a whale watching tour, and you see whales breaching in a pretty far distance, you think that's simple. However, if you consider it deeply, you would find out that whales pull out a heavy body (about 60,000 lbs.) 9. Despite their enormous bodies and multiple stomachs, Whales prey on the smallest creatures in the ocean like planktons. Expect Orcas (killer whales); they feed on fish and other mammals. 10. Killer whales are, in fact, very large dolphins which nowadays are categorized as whales due to their size.

If we want to start talking about the benefits of choosing a tour guide for your whale watching adventure, we will be sitting here all day. First of all, whale watching tours are almost done on the board of a boat, let’s say about 90% of the time. Thus, you would definitely need somebody with a boat to take you to the middle of the ocean to watch the giants of the sea. Provided that you have a boat, you still need an experienced person to lead your boat and tell you when is the best time for whale watching. It is worthy of telling you that if you are a boat owner, you may not know how far can you advance, and you may disturb the whales.

Our whale watching tours guarantee you to see at least one whale during your time on the water. If not, your whale watching trip would last till you see one of them breaching, and the extra time is free from charge. Remember, record your whale sightings today, to talk about it tomorrow!