juneau-ite Posted April 8, 2004 #1 Share Posted April 8, 2004 Fun to get out on the water early in the spring. On April 7, we saw 5 Humpbacks & 40+ Killer Whales, as well as a nice assortment of Harbor seals, Steller Sea Lions, Bald Eagles, Black tail Deer & Dalls Porpoise. No bears sighted but fresh grass shoots are just appearing at the beach treeline and should be just a matter of days/hours before we see them browsing there. It does feel like spring here. Lots of school kid trips going to occur in the next few weeks and I will try to update on what we see. Hope this helps ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sboh Posted April 8, 2004 #2 Share Posted April 8, 2004 Can't wait until July to do the same... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrighin Posted April 8, 2004 #3 Share Posted April 8, 2004 Hi Juneau-ite, Absolutely, keep the posts coming! We want to hear updates on how goes things there - I'm very excited about my upcoming cruise - only one more month to go! See you then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noodle Posted April 8, 2004 #4 Share Posted April 8, 2004 What is the best month to see many whales? We booked for next May 11, 2005 on the Spirit roundtrip out of Vancouver and are going to have a hard time holding our excitement down this next year. My husband and I were on the pride this February for our honeymoon and we went whalewatching in Cabo San Lucas. It was amazing, humpbacks breaching just a few hundred feet away from our boat and a couple of gray whales and jumping mantarays. It was the highlight of our trip. We are looking forward to whalewatching in Alaska. Pride 02/15/04 Spirit 05/11/05 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juneau-ite Posted April 8, 2004 Author #5 Share Posted April 8, 2004 Noodle, As your coming in May of 2005, you have time to get many different opinions on this but in my opinion, whale watching in Juneau is good from May to mid-June, Great from Mid June to mid October. Historically speaking: Highest congregations of Humpback Whales in Juneau: July, Aug, Sept Highest congregations of Orca (Killer Whale) in Juneau: April May & August Sept. Hope this helps ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noodle Posted April 8, 2004 #6 Share Posted April 8, 2004 Thanks Juneau-ite...it does help. I've never seen an Orca in the wild, so it would be fantastic to next year. Looking forward to it. Pride 02/15/04 Spirit 05/11/05 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dburke Posted April 9, 2004 #7 Share Posted April 9, 2004 Thanks for the report. We are on the Diamond in Aug and I can't wait to see the whales. I have seen the humpback's in Maui and they are so amazing and I am looking forward to being able to see them again. Diamond Princess 8/21/04 [img]http://escati.linkopp.net/cgi-bin/countdown.cgi?trgb=000000&srgb=00ff00&prgb=ff0000&cdt=2004;8;21;16;0;00&timezone=GMT-0800[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbiecruiser54 Posted April 9, 2004 #8 Share Posted April 9, 2004 Thanks for the report!! We will be on Capt. Larry's tour in early June, and I hope we see many whales and other animals [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif[/img] Radiance of the Seas - Alaska! [img]http://escati.linkopp.net/cgi-bin/countdown.cgi?trgb=000000&srgb=00ff00&prgb=4169e1&cdt=2004;6;5;17;00;00&timezone=GMT-0800[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juneau-ite Posted April 9, 2004 Author #9 Share Posted April 9, 2004 April 9th, school kids from Skagway to Juneau .. 3 Humpbacks and the same huge pod of Orca's. (And a rare sighting of a trumpeter swan, cool!) Hope this helps ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlreklaw Posted April 9, 2004 #10 Share Posted April 9, 2004 Juneau-ite Now you've got me stoked. Booked a whale watching cruise in Icy Straits Point 5-11-04. I understand that Pt. Adolphus is very close and a great place to see them. Any thoughts? Bob Mercury to Alaska! [img]http://escati.linkopp.net/cgi-bin/countdown.cgi?trgb=000000&srgb=00ff00&prgb=111111&cdt=2004;5;5;17;00;00&timezone=GMT-0800[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budget Queen Posted April 10, 2004 #11 Share Posted April 10, 2004 Also for orcas- be willing to spend some deck time your last sailing day back to Vancouver. Inquire of your ship naturalist for times etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted April 10, 2004 #12 Share Posted April 10, 2004 Hi Juneau-ite, We are going to be in Juneau on May 10th and wondered approx. what time sunset is? Thanks. [img]http://escati.linkopp.net/cgi-bin/countdown.cgi?trgb=000000&srgb=00ff00&prgb=0000ff&cdt=2004;5;8;16;0;00&timezone=GMT-0800[/img] Until Alaska 5/8/2004 Diamond Princess [img]http://escati.linkopp.net/cgi-bin/countdown.cgi?trgb=000000&srgb=00ff00&prgb=ff00ff&cdt=2004;9;6;19;0;00&timezone=GMT+0100[/img] Until Millenium 9/6/2004 to Europe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comxkid Posted April 10, 2004 #13 Share Posted April 10, 2004 Zebra, 4:42 a.m. Here is a nice webpage to use. [url="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/astronomy.html?n=112&obj=sun&month=5&year=2004&day=1"]Time & Date[/url] FutureGatorDad North to Alaska on the Radiance of the Seas [img]http://escati.linkopp.net/cgi-bin/countdown.cgi?trgb=000000&srgb=00ff00&prgb=111111&cdt=2004;5;22;17;00;00&timezone=GMT-0800[/img] Navigator of the Seas - March 2003 Destiny - July 2001 Magic - July 2000 Skyward - March 1987 Big Red Boat - March 1984 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoniPoni Posted April 10, 2004 #14 Share Posted April 10, 2004 Hi Juneau-ite, You have opened a Pandora's box! [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif[/img] I also will be in Juneau May 10th. A couple of questions: is Alaska on Daylight Savings or one of the states that stays on standard time? (By the way, thanx for the clock link, that is cool!) Secondly, is it possible to see Northern Lights at this time? or doesn't it get dark enough? I hope to get lucky on that score but know the timing isn't the best ... Thanks for all of your input! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budget Queen Posted April 11, 2004 #15 Share Posted April 11, 2004 Alaska goes to daylight savings. 4 hours behind EST. Very unlikely northern lights- not dark enough and south of ideal areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juneau-ite Posted April 13, 2004 Author #16 Share Posted April 13, 2004 Bob rlreklaw Point Adolphus is a good place to view Humpback Whales during most of the summer season. You should be all set [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img] hope this helps ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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