CANADA: Whale Watching

We took a boat from Campbell River, on the east coast of Vancouver Island, to mainland BC to start our grizzly bear tour.

Enroute we sailed through Discovery Passage. 

Because of it's deep channel, massive tides surge through a narrow space creating strong currents that can reach 15km/hr (9mi/hr).

The fast-moving waters are constantly bringing nutrients from the ocean floor up toward the surface, creating an exceptionally rich food chain that supports an abundance of marine life.

COSTA RICA: Whale Watching in Uvita

The Marino Ballena National Park, in Uvita, is home to a biologically diverse marine habitat. Two types of humpback whales pass through Costa Rica. 

From late December to late February the northern hemisphere Humpback whales migrate from Alaska to Costa Rica's coast. 

From late July to early November the southern humpbacks migrate up from Antarctica.

They come to breed and raise their calves.

Because of this, Costa Rica has the longest humpback whale season in the world.