Tasmania, Scotland, South Africa and now -- Tofino!
Welcome competitors & spectators

October 25th through 31st, 2009

While in Tofino and Clayoquot Sound, we invite you to take advantage of our

CWC Discount + Give Back offer *

You get a 10% discount on our excursions. We contribute10% to local kids' marine conservation programs on your behalf.

Check out whales, coastal wildlife and seaside hot springs -- all in a spectacular wilderness setting.

Watch for our CWC Discount + Give Back offer brochure, available on the free :) Tofino Bus Shuttle

Valid on our scheduled “Whale Watch Plus” & “Hot Springs & Wildlife” excursions.

Listen for the Marine Wildlife Report on local radio CHMZ-FM 90.1 on the hour at 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. daily:

• whale and wildlife activity updates
• daily excursion departure times

*Inspired by The Sea Odyssey foundation, and Jack O'Neill's passion for connecting children with their local marine environment. A CWC community legacy in Tofino.

 

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Surfers & Whales – A Natural Connection

Did you know? … It was a Vancouver Is. surfer who, on finding he was sharing the waves with whales at Long Beach, began to set the record straight.

Dr. Jim Darling began to document the local group of returning summer resident Gray Whales where the scientific literature had said there were no whales. Some of the same individual Gray Whales who surfed with Jim off Long Beach in the mid-70’s are on our coast today, waiting patiently in Ahous Bay for the signal to begin their migration south for the winter