Bluewater Adventures

10/29/2026

For more than 30 years, Bluewater Adventures has been helping young people connect with the coast through our non-profit school sailing program in Gulf Islands National Park.

Each year, students aged 12-17 spend five days aboard our vessels, learning the fundamentals of sailing & navigation, exploring coastal ecosystems, and gaining a deeper understanding of marine conservation. Through hands-on experiences, Leave No Trace principles, and respectful travel practices, we hope to inspire the next generation of environmental stewards. ⛵

We're already excited for the 2027 program season and the opportunity to welcome young sailors aboard to discover the British Columbia coast and creating memories that will last a lifetime. ⚓

10/21/2026

As we wrap up another season of adventuring along the BC and Alaska coast, our ships are settling into their overwintering moorage, and our team is shifting into off-season mode. Maintenance ramps up, systems get fine-tuned, and planning for our 2027 expeditions is already underway.

A key focus this fall is Bluewater Adventures’ upcoming GreenStep Sustainable Tourism Audit. This triennial assessment includes 87 detailed questions about our operations and now is when we begin compiling the season’s data.

For example, guests and crew collected over 80 bags of marine debris from shorelines throughout the season. These efforts—along with our wildlife monitoring, conservation partnerships, and operational reviews—are core to who we are.

GreenStep’s audit helps ensure our work remains measured, accountable, and continually improving. It turns a season’s worth of data into meaningful action for the coast we love. 💚⛵

📷 Paul Goldstein 🐯

10/16/2026

Northern Vancouver Island is glowing in fall colours as Island Solitude launches into the last trip of our 2026 season. Quiet waterways, Northern Resident orcas and other marine mammals, coastal winds, and meaningful visits to small coastal villages — the perfect finale to 8 amazing months exploring the coast.

📷Sherry Kirkvold, Dave Boyle, Heather Burke, Jérémy Mathieu

10/09/2026

As another incredible season slowly draws to a close, we find ourselves reflecting on the many people, places, and wildlife encounters that made it so memorable.

To everyone who joined us this year, thank you.

One of the greatest rewards of immersive travel is that its impact doesn't end when the trip does. Time spent in wild places often lingers long after we return home, in the memories we carry, the perspectives we gain, and the deeper connection we feel to the natural world.

We believe some of the most meaningful travel experiences happen when we slow down. When we take the time to truly observe, listen, and become part of a place rather than simply passing through it. These moments inspire curiosity, encourage lifelong learning, and remind us that nature operates on its own timetable.

Aboard our small ships, guests become part of a community. Conversations are shared over meals, on deck, and while witnessing extraordinary moments together. Along the way, a sense of stewardship naturally grows as we spend respectful time among foraging whales, with fishing bears and wolves, and within the rainforest itself, a living system that connects and supports all life around it.

Where ocean meets forest, the value of travel extends far beyond checking a destination off a list. It is found in authentic connections with wildlife, landscapes, cultures, and one another.

Thank you for being part of the journey. We look forward to welcoming future guests aboard and continuing to learn from this remarkable coast together.

📷 Sabine Moll, Grant MacHutchon, Jérémy Mathieu, Samuel Weitzman, Stefan Himmer, Lianne Thompson

We'd love to hear from our 2026 guests. What moment from your Bluewater Adventures voyage stays with you most? ⬇️

10/03/2026

What if, for just a moment, we could see the world through their eyes?

The breaching humpback whale navigating coastal waters. The sea otter drifting through a kelp forest. The bald eagle soaring above a wild shoreline. The grizzly bear searching for salmon along a misty river. Their lives are deeply connected to the health of the places we explore.

As we celebrate the upcoming World Animal Day October 4, 2026 and its inspiring theme, “See the World Through Their Eyes," we're reminded that every journey into the wild is an opportunity for us to slow down, observe, and deepen our understanding of the remarkable creatures that share our coast. The 2026 theme encourages us to consider the places we explore from an animal's perspective and recognize how our choices affect the habitats they call home.

At Bluewater Adventures, we believe that meaningful wildlife encounters inspire stewardship. Every time we watch a whale spy hop near our vessel or witness a bear foraging in its natural habitat, we're given a rare chance to see the world a little differently.

On this World Animal Day, let's celebrate the wonder, resilience, and beauty of wildlife and recommit to protecting the wild places they need to thrive. 💙

📷 Grant MacHutchon, Erik Koeslag, Jérémy Mathieu, Liron Gertsman

09/29/2026

We are deeply grateful for the Indigenous partners, guides, Watchmen, knowledge keepers, and Coastal First Nations communities who welcome us into their traditional territories and who share their cultures, knowledge, and stories so generously. Support for Indigenous-led stewardship and preservation of their culture remains a core part of our commitment to the coast.

We recognize that Reconciliation is an ongoing journey of listening, learning, respect, and action. On this upcoming National Day of Truth and Reconciliation - and every day, we stand in gratitude for Indigenous stewardship along the BC coast.

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09/27/2026

Haida Gwaii & Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve

Along the coast, autumn settles in with cooler temperatures and life-giving rains that restore the rainforest following the heat of the summer. As the season shifts, some of Haida Gwaii's most remarkable seabirds take to the Pacific.

Ancient Murrelets, whose global stronghold is found in this region, leave their island colonies and disappear into the open ocean beyond the horizon. Yet the coast never falls silent. Guillemots, murrelets and oystercatchers remain through the winter, joined by seabirds arriving from the north to spend the season in these productive waters. Even in the quiet months, Gwaii Haanas remains a place shaped by wings, tide, and migration.

However May arrives like a chorus in Haida Gwaii and Gwaii Haanas.

Ancient Murrelets return from the vast Pacific under the cover of darkness, while thousands of seabirds gather along the wild shores of Gwaii Haanas.

For bird enthusiasts, there is no better time to explore the archipelago.

The work done through partnerships to eradicate rats, strengthens the return of the 'Night Birds' in Haida Gwaii.

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Millions of birds migrate to Haida Gwaii every summer to have their...

09/21/2026

There's something special about being forgotten.

On a remote river in the Great Bear Rainforest, we spent time watching black bears catch fish, completely unconcerned by the cameras, lenses, and excited observers gathered nearby.

There was no dramatic interaction. No performance. Just bears being bears.

Those quiet moments, when wildlife carries on naturally and we're fortunate enough to witness it, often become the most meaningful memories of a voyage.

Read more about our first Great Bear Rainforest adventure aboard Island Roamer at the link in our bio.
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09/06/2026

🐾On National Wildlife Day, we honour the remarkable wildlife that defines the BC coast and shapes every Bluewater journey.
Our guests often tell us that it’s the quiet moments — watching a grizzly forage, hearing a whale exhale across the water, or spotting a tiny, ancient murrelet — that stay with them long after the trip ends.
These encounters are gifts, and they reinforce our commitment to responsible, small‑ship travel that protects the habitats we’re privileged to explore.

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09/02/2026

The first Great Bear Rainforest trip of the season reminded us exactly why we return year after year.

The heat of summer gave way to the lush, wild energy of the coast — fishing grizzlies, feeding humpbacks, foraging black bears, a spirit bear appearing like a whisper, and a lone wolf on the shoreline. It is so great to be back. 🐻🌲🐋

📷 Kate Price