Highlights by Ron Bates from 1st few months of the season!

Here are a few highlight images by Ron Bates, MMRG, from our first few weeks of the season.

The 2014 Whale Watching season is almost here!

Not long now before the start of the 2014 Whale Watching Season at Five Star Whale Watching! We hope you are as excited as we are about being out on the water again discovering the joys of the Salish Sea and all the wonderful Marine Life out there:) Tours will begin on April 1st with a confirmed tour at 2pm. We hope you can come and enjoy the adventure of a lifetime with Five Star Whale Watching in 2014!

2013 Season Highlights!

We had another magical season in 2013, here are some of the highlights! Some of the highlights included a record year for Humpback Whale sightings, several close visits to Victoria (including right in the harbour) by Transient Orcas, a couple of rare sightings of California Transient Orcas and an incredible encounter with a breaching Minke Whale! At Five Star Whale Watching we are already counting down the days to the start of the 2014 season and hope you can join one of our adventures:)

You can see more images from our highlights by clicking on the following link;

Images from the 2013 Season

Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas & best wishes for the New Year from everyone at Five Star Whale Watching! Happy Holidays:)

Oct 26 2013 - Resident Orcas & Humpbacks for the final trip of 2013!

Today was our final trip of 2013 and what a way to finish the season with Resident Orcas and Humpbacks:) We had heard earlier that many Resident Orcas had been spotted west of Race Rocks plus several Humpbacks as well. As we headed west of Race Rocks we began to see several blows first from multiple Humpbacks and then in the distance from the Resident Orcas who had formed a "Superpod" of over 80 Orcas:) The Resident Orcas were stretched across the Strait of Juan De Fuca between Sheringham Point and Beechy Head. The Humpbacks were also spread over a wide are with some as close as Pedder Bay and all the way past Point no Point! With so many whales, plus playful Sea lions at Race Rocks, calm seas and sunny skies, we could not have wished for a better trip to end our 2013 season!