Author Archives: Stubbs Island Office

We have confirmation of the name for our new boat! It took nearly a month for Ship’s Registry in Ottawa to approve it. It is ‘Kuluta’ which in the First Nations of Kwak’wala means porpoise. http://www.firstvoices.com/en/Kwakwala/word/414fa3b497e02416/porpoise The name was submitted … Continue reading →

Our 2012 whale watching season came to a close today, and what an ending!  This morning we had the North Island’s Young Naturalists on board, getting some education on the marine life in the area.  They also had some great … Continue reading →

Is it really October? The beautiful weather we’ve been having has been making us wonder! It’s been so calm and sunny that if it were a little warmer we’d think it was July or August! Today the humpback whales were … Continue reading →

It was another super day in the Telegraph Cove area! As you may have noticed our weather has been incredibly sunny and wind free, which is quite surprising for October! We departed Telegraph Cove with another group of International students … Continue reading →

This afternoon we had both the MV Gikumi and MV Lukwa out on the water. The Gikumi sailed with a group from England and Australia who were nearing the end of a tour around Vancouver Island and the Lukwa had … Continue reading →

This morning we had a terrific group of students on board from Sunset Elementary School. The children were treated to the sight of 10 humpback whales! We were able to identify 3 of the whales as ‘Domino’, ‘Conger’ and ‘Jigger’. … Continue reading →

The first day of October was a very interesting afternoon. Just 10 minutes from Telegraph Cove we had 6 to 8 bow and wake riding Dall’s porpoises while everyone was pointing in all directions at the humpback’s blows and tail … Continue reading →

This was the last Sunday tour of the season and it became very special when we had a report of several orcas coming into Blackfish Sound from Queen Charlotte Strait. We had to weave our way past some humpback whales … Continue reading →

This beautiful weather just keeps hanging around making days like today extra special. Flat calm seas made us feel like we were running on a mirror with humpbacks rising up from the surface with a mighty breath. We saw upwards … Continue reading →

We had an amazing tour this morning! We viewed 10 humpback whales, and were able to identify 3 of them as ‘Domino’, ‘Guardian’ and ‘Cutter’. There was some great lunge feeding activity happening, which is always quite exciting. We were … Continue reading →