Sidney Whale Watching - Sidney, British Columbia

Sylvie P.

Fantastique!! Nous avons eu la chance de suivre une famille de quatre orcas. Nous avons également vu des phoques et des aigles. Notre guide Adrian est connaissant, relaxe, aimable et a contribué à rendre cette expérience mémorable. Merci!!

Patrick C.

Guide expérimentée, personnel à l’accueil très sympathique et a été en mesure de bien nous informée

Patrice B.

Expérience inoubliable. On voit réellement bien les orques. Très bonnes explications de la part du pilote du bateau. A faire absolument.

Karla M.

Had an Amazing experience with Sidney Whale Watching right from Behn and Natalya in the office, to my tour with Capt Cal, within half hour out on the water came across a large pod of Orca hunting and sharing their meal quite extraordinary! Then he took us to where we saw I think it was a large pod of 8 with babies!!! Cal was very informative and taught us a lot about the different pods great guy! I have always wanted to see the Orcas and he did not disappoint, I would definitely recommend going on a tour with them, especially the 5 o’clock tour, Orcas & Sunsets can’t get any better that that!! Just Amazing!

Shem K.

Took this trip on July 24 with my husband and daughter. I have been whale watching with a downtown competitor and had great success. I was hoping that a trip through the Gulf Islands would produce a different but equally wonderful experience. Certainly, the daily sightings map provided great hope but ultimately it was a lot of hype.

After a late departure we headed north in the cold. The skipper was a very pleasant young man who is very passionate about marine life. He was able to show us one lone humpback who was transiting north. The humpback wasn’t very interested in giving us a show while he travelled at a steady pace of about 6 kn along the west side of Galliano Island.

When we arrived for our tour, I had asked the woman handing out the survival suits if they had had much luck that day with sightings. She was very reticent and said that she doesn’t really hear anything about what people see out there. I had a feeling that was not entirely honest. Anyway, we saw one whale so they met their guarantee. It took over an hour in the cold to get out there. It seems it’s typical practice that the Whale Watching tours all share the information about where the one whale might be found and the direction of their travel so that all the charters can fulfil their sighting guarantee. Our guide was in constant communication with their other boat that was already on location and as we left another tour arrived. We spent a good 30 minutes, travelling alongside our lone whale and then circumnavigated Salt Spring Island to head for some resident harbour seals that gather in a known location and then to the nesting cormorants. Both the seals and the cormorants can be seen there every day. So, I would call that filler.

Overall, this was a disappointing, even contrived experience. My daughter and I have been whale watching before so it wasn’t the end of the world, but this was the first time for my hubby. He was really unhappy with the whole thing. He was annoyed that the tour was late going out and then it went downhill from there. Fortunately, we spied a porpoise on the ferry back from Salt Spring the next day!

Alex K. T.

We had a great whale watching experience! We saw a pod of Orcas, a humpback whale, porpoises, and a sea lion! Our guide, Ben was awesome - very knowledgeable, fun, and enthusiastic. Would definitely recommend Sidney Whale Watching. The rates were also less expensive than the whale watching rates in Victoria. Five stars all the way! 🐬🦭🐋🐳

Margaret G.

Captain Ben was amazing!!! He quickly got us to the Orcas and what a show they put on. Wonderful time had by all. We learned so much and saw much more than just the whales.

Darren F.

Great experience overall. A beautiful, scenic boat ride with some amazing sights of the whales. Cal was a great guide who taught us a lot about the humpback whales. He took us out for almost 4 hours when it was only supposed to be a 3 hour tour. Would book with these guys again. Thanks Cal.