Rubber Boot Diaries - Archive

2024 presents Bluewater Adventures' 50 year of operations! To celebrate, we review the Milestones of Sustainability.

Something that we take seriously as an eco-tour operator, is viewing wildlife ethically, and we are seeing more photographers adopt this approach.

“Forest Bathing” – a term that seems to be appearing more often these days, is one that does not require much explanation.

It was a poignant moment as our trip came to an end...

When our 2020 tour season began crumbling away in May, a group of ecotour operators, including Bluewater Adventures started talking about...

Notes from the field. Crew member, Emily Fulton returns from the first of 2 expeditions to explain her unforgettable experience.

Desolation Sound is a hidden gem at the northern end of the Salish Sea.

An introduction to two Bluewater Captains and the trips they are leading in 2020

I like to sleep with the window open, especially when at sea or at a wilderness cabin. I don’t want to miss a thing – and although I understand that sleep is...

The morning is chilling. Everyone gathers on deck, bundled in their sweaters and fleece, scanning the water line. Our hydrophone―a microphone designed to listen

I push the throttle into neutral as we drift toward the shore. Someone behind me lifts binoculars to her face and scans the tree line.

Bluewater Adventures' newest addition to the fleet. Island Solitude!!

Alaska - Land of the Midnight Sun. Although we don't travel far enough north to experience round the clock sunshine, this itinerary is no less spectacular.

Bluewater features esteemed specialists to lead each trip - Haida Carvers and story-tellers, birders and bear behaviourists. SO much to learn in 2020!

British Columbia's north coast is one of those places where we hope to raise the sails. With a good wind, we make way out of the port of Prince Rupert to a remote estuary called the Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary.

Alaska - Land of the Midnight Sun. Although we don't travel far enough north to experience round the clock sunshine, this itinerary is no less spectacular.

As Bluewater Adventures finishes a fulfilling season in Haida Gwaii we reflect on the memories created by our renowned Haida Resource Guides like artists, Robert Davidson and Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson, Haida matriarch, Barb Wilson and Elder, Captain Gold

Exploring Haida Gwaii's, Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve in spring. Nesting sea birds, Bigg's Orrca, humpback whales all come to forage.

It is one of those remote places that is barely on the map. It’s name, Khutzeymateen – pronounced “Khootz-ee-mah-teen”, is a Tsimshian word meaning “confined space for salmon and bears”.

Humans and killer whales are two of the only creatures that experience menopause in the natural world. A look into why.

The “environment” is the very thing that Bluewater Adventures explores and promotes. We visit local communities who invite us into their traditional territories, their shops and their homes. So it comes as no surprise that we feel a certain responsibility to protect these environments.

Each season, our guestbooks on board the boats fill with accounts guests have left behind of beautiful words conjured by wild places. This is one of them.

There is nothing like the feeling of sailing – being pushed over the sea by wind alone. The experience varies from gently bubbling along in lake-like calm, to the exhilaration of larger winds that make the ship hum with excitement. Sailing is an opportunity for guests to become involved in the operation of the ship.

After a very welcomed break over the holidays, Crew and staff at Bluewater Adventures have hit the ground running! We are in full preparation mode for the Spring School program, finishing up winter maintenance for our vessels

Christmas came early for many British Columbians, and others abroad, when on December 18th the Provincial Government announced they would impose a full ban on hunting grizzly bears, province-wide.