August 2009
August is our busiest month of the year and we have been out almost everyday. All of our August sightings were of orcas, both the resident and transient type. The weather has been amazing. We only had 2 trips cancelled due to winds, and only 3 trips with no whales.
We've been lucky this month to have the whales not far from the Fraser River on quite a few trips. Since most of the companies depart from Victoria, we don't usually have too many boats around when the whales are further north. We always try to abide by whale watching guidelines when we are on scene with whales. Currently, a vessel is required to stay 100m away from the whales, however, that limit is in review and may be increased to 200m. We have been encouraging passengers to sign a petition against that as there is no scientific evidence that such an increase would benefit the whales. You can find more information on the current guidelines here: http://pacificwhalewatch.org/guidelines. If you are interested in reading and/or signing the petition, please contact our office!
The salmon have been steadily migrating upriver to their spawning grounds. We've seen lots of fish jumping out of the water as they make their way up. The bald eagles have also started moving upriver with the salmon, so our eagle sightings along the river have been sparse, though we have still seen quite a few throughout the islands. We had a couple of days with sightings of peregrine falcons, which we don't often encounter.
The Canada Line skytrain is finally in operation and seems to be quite busy. We've still continued our shuttle pickups from downtown, but some passengers have decided to make use of public transit to have some extra time in Steveston.
School is back in session and we've changed our schedule to fall hours. We now just operate one sailing a day at 11 AM. Contact our office if you'd like to make a booking.
We've been lucky this month to have the whales not far from the Fraser River on quite a few trips. Since most of the companies depart from Victoria, we don't usually have too many boats around when the whales are further north. We always try to abide by whale watching guidelines when we are on scene with whales. Currently, a vessel is required to stay 100m away from the whales, however, that limit is in review and may be increased to 200m. We have been encouraging passengers to sign a petition against that as there is no scientific evidence that such an increase would benefit the whales. You can find more information on the current guidelines here: http://pacificwhalewatch.org/guidelines. If you are interested in reading and/or signing the petition, please contact our office!
The salmon have been steadily migrating upriver to their spawning grounds. We've seen lots of fish jumping out of the water as they make their way up. The bald eagles have also started moving upriver with the salmon, so our eagle sightings along the river have been sparse, though we have still seen quite a few throughout the islands. We had a couple of days with sightings of peregrine falcons, which we don't often encounter.
The Canada Line skytrain is finally in operation and seems to be quite busy. We've still continued our shuttle pickups from downtown, but some passengers have decided to make use of public transit to have some extra time in Steveston.
School is back in session and we've changed our schedule to fall hours. We now just operate one sailing a day at 11 AM. Contact our office if you'd like to make a booking.
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