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Sea Quest Kayak Tours – specializing in sea kayaking trips, kayak tours, and adventure vacations to the most important wildlife and whale-watching waters of the world for 30+ years.
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WHY CHOOSE SEA QUEST KAYAK TOURS?
We offer premium quality sea kayaking tours with experienced kayak guides. Affordable kayak tours enjoyed by singles, family with children, & women trips.
Sea Quest has been operating whale-watching sea kayak tours for 30+ years and our founders share a combined 60+ years of professional kayaking trip experience. We have the most modern and newest fleet of sea kayaks in the San Juan Islands. Our safety record is unequaled thanks to our commitment for intensive guide training. So join us for your next kayak vacation and experience the thrills and tranquility of sea kayaking with whales and marine wildlife.
Our kayaking routes traverse the premiere whale-watching waters in the proper seasons: orca whales in the San Juan Islands of Washington, humpback whales in the Inside Passage of southeast Alaska, and both gray whales and blue whales along the Baja California coast of Mexico. Sea Quest offers you the very best opportunity to see and learn about whales and other marine wildlife from the perspective of a sea kayak.
Join us for a kayak adventure that offers the full range from energized fun to calm serenity. Our guides skillfully hand-craft every Sea Quest Kayak Expedition into a custom learning experience – one that will surely enhance your appreciation of our natural environment. Our kayak tours are mainly led by actual biologists and environmental scientists who double as highly-trained outdoor educators and sea kayak guides. This level of excellence distinguishes us from other outfitters and transforms your experience into an adventure in learning.
A great leader is the key to your kayak tour’s success. Sea Quest guides are chosen not only for their extensive experience in outdoor education, but also for their wide-ranging knowledge of natural history. Our friendly crew of sea kayak guides loves kayaking, coastlines and the animals who live there. This pursuit has led us to explore the wildest places from Alaska to Baja and beyond in our sea kayaks. Our greatest satisfaction comes from introducing other people to our favorite places and natural environments. We have committed our lives to providing educational and recreational experiences to anyone who will join us in the adventure. Thanks to a lot of practice and hard work, we are now experts at introducing inexperienced travelers to the joys of sea kayaking.
If you can hike, bike, or swim, you can paddle our sea kayaks. Anyone in average physical condition may join a kayak tour. No previous kayaking experience is necessary! Nor do you need any swimming skills. The only prerequisite is a healthy spirit of curiosity and adventure. Regardless of your age or skill level you will find that our kayak expeditions offer enough flexibility to make your experience with us safe and rewarding.
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He is living his passion and it was an inspiration to listen, learn and experience all that he has to offer. His knowledge of kayaking, camping, and his love of the San Juan Islands was so apparent to us. His level of species identification in both flora and fauna is impeccable. His appreciation and depth of knowledge on the ocean environment and sustainability was endless. We felt safe with his directions in the water and had a great time camping. He and Paige were great hosts.
One tip would be to not pack too much at this time of the year. One water resistant top for the campground will do. Booties are advisable. Rocks under your feet and toes getting in and out are not very comfortable and limits your ability to move your boat, etc. Sunscreen for sure and lightweight wool socks are GREAT! Sandals for the campground are fine. Binoculars are definitely a plus, unless you have 20/15 eyesight like Caleb. Ha!
He is also something of a "Whale Whisperer" as we called him. His pinpoint sense of where whales, dolphins and other sea life may be was always right on. On our second day we were lucky enough to see a transient pod/family trolling the waters in the late morning. In the evening, we camped on Turn Island and I truly believe it was because Caleb had an idea that the same pod might be headed in that direction.
After dinner, the same pod was seen coming toward the island and a strait where they were hunting seals. To ultimately see nature in a purest sense taking place from the island and anywhere from 100- 1000 feet away was amazing. The breaching, dorsal fins, herding mannerisms of the whales was riveting. It can't happen like that on every trip, but being with Caleb you knew it wasn't because he wasn't trying.
Even if we hadn't been so lucky to see the whales, the kayaking was blissful and it was just astounding that Caleb had an answer for virtually every question we had. Toward the end, we joked while paddling through a few afternoon choppy seas "We must be able to come up with a question!" "What doesn't he know?" And then, we just laughed.
It was a perfect trip! I would recommend the three-day kayaking trip to anyone with reasonable kayaking skills. And being that we were in tandems, that makes the trip that much more enjoyable. Teamwork Rules!!! Thanks to Sea Quest for answering pre-trip questions and special thanks to the incredible Caleb and Paige.
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SEA KAYAKING TOURS IN FRIDAY HARBOR
National Geographic chooses our San Juan Islands Kayaking tours in “10 Best Trips in the World for 2011.”
Sea Quest Kayak Tours is on ABC News! See us Kayaking with Orca Whales in the San Juan Islands.
San Juan Islands Kayaking Trips in Killer Whale Waters of Washington – a World’s Top 10 Adventure Bargain!
National Geographic chooses our San Juan Islands Kayaking tours in “10 Best Trips in the World for 2011.”