2015 marks my five-year anniversary of living on the beautiful west coast in Vancouver. Throughout my time living here I've always been interested in exploring my own city and trying new things. Recently, I realized that I’ve never been whale watching before.

The west coast of Canada is so immersed in nature that it’s easy to take our surroundings for granted. I almost can’t believe that it’s taken me all of five years to come up with the idea to go whale watching!

I did some shopping around online to find the best tour company, and after some careful research I found Steveston Seabreeze Adventures. Their prices are very reasonable and their customer service was exceptional. Steveston Seabreeze Adventures also guarantees whale sightings. If you don’t see anything they’ll give you a free pass to return. I was sold!

We arranged to be picked up by one of their shuttle buses from downtown Vancouver. The shuttle took us out to Steveston, which is a small fishing village located 15-20 minutes south of Vancouver International Airport.

Our whale watching boat departed out of the mouth of the mighty Fraser River, British Columbia’s largest. Driving our boat was Captain Mike and also on board was Naturalist/Biologist Rachel who shared interesting information regarding the wildlife we encountered.