whale watching in icy straight

[kbcb4]

any recommendations on a whale watching company in icy straight? FISHES is booked already. Anyone do the ship tour with radiance of the seas?

 

Thanks for the help!

 

Kim

[AKStafford]

Here's the local vendors: http://visithoonah.com/tours_charters.html

[teachatthebeach]

We went with Misty Bay Lodge and had a great day!

[kbcb4]

Thank you!!

[EMS8]

We've done whale watching with Glacier Wind. Shawn and Theresa are really great to work with. The boat is limited to six or eight people.

[jamminlion]

Definitely recommend Glacier Wind. Shawn and Teresa are incredibly gracious and wonderfully knowledgeable people. You won't go wrong with them. They limit their tour to 6 people. We had a stellar day with them.

[QueenofEverything]

We are booked with Icy Strait Whale Adventures. It has great reviews on Trip Advisor and the boat is a little bigger. I noticed most of them have 6 passenger boats. We did not want to go on the ship excursion because they always have too many, but 6 sounded a little small! I think the max is twenty something

[Italy52]

We have taken multiple whale watching tours with Glacier Wind Charters and F.I.S.H.E.S --- have never had a bad experience.

[kbcb4]

Thanks everyone! We are going to go with Misty lodge... the other suggestions were all booked....

[CCJack]

We went with Icy Strait Whale Adventures just 2 weeks ago. We had a great time. The boat appears brand new, and had a small bathroom. All windows open wide open, and it has both a front a rear exterior deck. Captain Duane was very friendly. We say some humpbacks, but mostly the highlight of our trip was the Orcas, we saw up close. They rammed our boat several times, they were preying on a harbor seal and we watched for about 30 minutes. Of course nothing is guaranteed in terms of seeing whales. The RCI excursion had a larger double decker boat. It was close to us but could not go in as shallow water.

[quack2]

One more recommendation for Glacier Wind. I had an amazing day with them last year. Orcas, porpoises, humpback - we had it all on a beautiful sunny day. Shawn and Teresa are great hosts. Beats the heck out of the cruise ship whale watching options.