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Charter Boat Trips I Have Personally Enjoyed

Whale and Bird Watching by Charter Boat

• Puget Sound Express (PSE)
Point Hudson Marina, 431 Water Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368
Express  or  360-385-5288
Daily boat trips from Port Townsend to the San Juan Islands and Friday Harbor to see Orcas, seals, seabirds and other wildlife.

• Puffin Adventures     Bad URL 6/12!     (probably out of business)
P.O. Box 157, Sekiu, WA 98381-9728
Puffin  or  888-305-2437 or 360-963-2744
Wildlife boat tours out of Neah Bay to see gray whales, Dall and harbor porpoises, white-sided dolphins, both Stellar and California sea lions, harbor seals, and sea otters.

• Coho Charters
2501 North Nyhus, P.O. Box 1087, Westport, WA 98595
Coho  or  360-268-0111
Gray whale boat tours out of Westport.

• Columbia River Journeys
303-D Casey Ave, PO Box 26, Richland, WA 99352
Columbia River  or  509-943-0231
Jet boat tour up the Columbia River to see the White Cliffs of the Hanford Reach; pelicans, osprey, great blue herons, mule deer and other wildlife; historic buildings.

• Box Canyon Resort
8612 Hwy 31 - between Ione and Metaline, WA
Z Canyon  or  509-442-3728
Jet boat tour of historic "Z" Canyon to see wildlife, waterfalls, Boundary Dam; seasonal white-water.

• Beamers Hells Canyon Tours and Excursion
1451 Bridge St., Clarkston, WA 99403
Snake River  or  1-800-522-6966
Jet boat tour up the dramatic Snake River Canyon to see bighorn sheep, mule deer, and other wildlife; historic Kirkwood Ranch; ancient Indian petroglyphs; white-water.

Charter Boat Trips Recommended by Others

Alaska Coastal Wilderness Adventures
Recommended by Gary Luhm

• Home Shore,  a kayak mother boat
  (explore SE Alaska's wild ocean margins and sheltered passages, visited by no cruise ships and few boats.  
  Hot springs, glaciers, whales, brown bear, tidepools, and more.)
• Gary Luhm Photos (click on "In the Field")
  New URL 8/10!
• Brent Vredevoogd Photos

Birdwatching Charter Boat
Recommended by Len Steiner, East Lake Washington Audubon Society:

• Viking Cruises by Ken McDonald
109 N. First St.  Po. Box 327,  Laconner, WA 98257
360-466-2639
Year around cruises in Puget Sound - bird watching in the fall and winter;
whale watching in summer; extensively used by Audubon groups.

• Island Adventure Whale Watching
1020 Q Ave., Cap Sante Marina / P.O. Box 1718, Anacortes, WA 98221
Whale  or  800-465-4604 or 360-293-2428
Daily trips in the San Juan island to see Orcas and other marine mammals; marine biologist, on-board whale and wildlife library; 5 - 6 hour tour.

• Westport Seabirds Pelagic Trips
Float #8, Westport, WA
Seabirds  or  360-268-5222
All day trips to Grays Canyon, a submarine canyon which lies 35 nautical miles due west from the mouth of Grays Harbor, to see black-footed albatross, fork-tailed storm-petrel, and many seasonal offshore bird species.

• Port Townsend Marine Science Center
532 Battery Way,  Port Townsend, WA 98368
Protection Island  or  360-385-5582
Saturday cruises during spring and fall migration to see loons, puffins, phalaropes, merlins, bald eagles, oystercatchers, mergansers, murrlets, etc., and eight mammal species, including whales.

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