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From there we will provide directions for boarding your boat. We paid for 3 hours but got over 4, during which we saw a pod of about 6 transient orca 1 calf, around 20 resident orca, 2 humpback whales and lots of stellar sealions and californian sealions, we had top class day out with loads of. Our mackay whale watching office is located at 1514 broughton blvd. Whale watching tours from vancouver island tourism victoria. Vancouver island tourism vancouver island accommodation. What a waste of time and money, spent 90 minutes travelling up to see two humpbacks, spent 40 minutes in grey, wet, misty conditions.
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