A sea kayaking journey through the Johnstone Strait offers eye-to-eye encounters with orcas, humpbacks and sea lions.

At Sea Lion Island, “type A” killer whales are sighted. These are clearly demarcated black and white, with a white patch above and behind the eye. However, there are likely to be other ...

A 40-ton gray whale surfaced beside me — spy-hopping, they call it — her towering grace lifting from the water, close enough that I could see the walnut shine of her left eye. She hovered in ...