Ten seasons of whale-watching sightings — who we saw, when, and where — read from the crew's own logbooks.
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Four things that stand out
A running tally of individual humpbacks we can recognise by name. This tracks who we can identify — not the population: humpbacks were already abundant when our records begin in 2016 (on ~60% of tours).
Typical season — whale-sighting success by month, averaged across all 10 years.
Who you see
Share of tours recording each species each year. Humpbacks and Biggs orca dominate; minke, grey and fin are the rare treats.
Most-logged locations
Most-encountered matrilines & groups
Named individuals, by tours
Who’s aboard
Guests actually on board, from the end-of-trip headcount. Those counts began in 2019 — so 2016–2018 show booked reservations only (lighter bars). Empty and zero counts are excluded, and the figure above each bar is the share of that year’s trips that carried a logged count.
Guests aboard trips that logged a whale guarantee. Actual counts from 2019. The pre-2024 totals are small because the guarantee was logged inconsistently until ~2024 — see the Whale Guarantee card at the top — not because fewer people sailed.