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San Juan Excursions

Whale watching trips in the San Juan Islands aboard the 65-foot Odyssey. 800-809-4253 www.watchwhales.com

Western Prince Whale & Wildlife Tours

Owner Operated, Guided by Local Naturalists. Small Intimate-Sized Quality Tours. Fast, Stable Boat Powered by Biodiesel.

800-757-6722

Pacific Northwest Whale Watching

Whale watching is popular April through September and usually focuses on the area around the San Juan Islands and the Canadian Gulf Islands.   A number of charter boat companies run whale watching cruises and you can find such charters at various ports around Puget Sound and the coastal waters of British Columbia.  In most cases it is a good idea to call ahead and make reservations in advance of the date you might want to join a whale watching cruise.

Companies running whale watching cruises are listed by state and province:

Related Web Sites

Coastal Research Foundation (CERF).  Allison Harbour, P. O. Box 124, Port Hardy, BC V0N 2P0.  Phone: 604-202-9350; Toll-free: 1-877-223-2373; Fax: 815-327-0183.  E-mail

CERF is a Canadian non-profit organization that funds research on whales, dolphins, and their environment through an eco-tourism program. Here you will find information on the whale research trips we offer, as well as on our research programs. You will also find some general whale & dolphin information.

Killer-whale numbers dipping; experts consider endangered-species listing

Northwest Center for Environmental Education, San Juan Island, WA, USA. A summer 1996 science camp, with a focus on the Orca and other marine mammals.

Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary.  138 West First Street, Port Angeles WA 98362.  Phone: 360-457-6622.

Covers 3,310-square miles of marine waters off the Olympic Peninsula coastline and provides habitat for one of the most diverse marine mammal faunas in North America and a critical link in the Pacific flyway. The sanctuary boasts a rich mix of cultures, preserved in contemporary lives of members of Quinault, Hoh, Quileute, and Makah tribes.

Pacific Orca Society, British Columbia

Pacific Rim Whale Festival.  Box 428, Ucluelet, BC V0R 3A0.  Phone: 250-726-4641, or, 250-725-3414; Fax: 250-726-4611.  E-mail

The Virtual Whale Project
3D Animation and sound environment for the visualization of the feeding behaviors of Pacific Humpback Whales.

A whale of a time: Orca-watching tours now available in south Puget Sound

The Whale Museum.  The Whale Museum.  62 First Street North, P.O. Box 945, Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, WA 98250.  Toll-free: 1-800-946-7227.

Whale Net
An interactive educational project sponsored (whale, seal, dolphin, porpoise and turtle data) by Wheelock College in Boston, Massachusetts with support from the National Science Foundation.

Whales on the Net
Join us on a wonderful journey into the world of Cetaceans, those mysterious animals that spend their entire lives in water. Dive down to the greatest depths and discover the Blue whale, the Right whale, Sperm, Humpback, Sei, Gray, Bowhead, Fin, Minke, Orca, Dolphins and more. Pick your favorite whale or dolphin and find out what it is doing, what it looks like and where it lives.

Whalesong - An odyssey of sight, sound, and science by Ken McCann

"Whale Watching Spoken Here"®
A volunteer whale watching program during peak gray whale migration times coinciding with winter and spring breaks. Trained volunteers stationed at twenty-nine locations on or near the Oregon Coast provide information and assist spotting whales.

Wildlife of the San Juan Islands.  P.O. Box 3032, Friday Harbor, WA 98250.  Phone: 360-378-5571.

 

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The Whale Watcher's Guide: Whale-Watching Trips in North America.
by Patricia Corrigan, Roger Payne
Paperback, 328 pages, Updated edition, March 1999.
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Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State
by John K. B. Ford, Graeme M. Ellis, Kenneth C., III Balcomb. Paperback: 104 pages, University of Washington Press, ISBN: 0295979585.  Updated edition, June 15, 2000.
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