Information - What to wear & bring; How to prepare

Wear warm clothes and dress in layers. A waterproof outer layer is helpful but not absolutely necessary. If you run cool anyway, bring toasty gloves and a warm scarf.

Shoes: Remember when they were called tennies? Whatever you call them now, they are flat-soled with good traction and securely laced to your feet. Heels and open shoes are a bad idea. Rubber boots work well, especially in wet weather

Hat: For shade and/or warmth. Ballcaps as well as fleece whale's tail hats with our embroidered logo are available for sale on the boat.

Sunglasses with a keeper cord like Chums.

Sunscreen

Snack Bar: We have a snack bar on board Sanctuary with great, organic, fair trade Thanksgiving Coffee Company coffee, teas, cocoa, chips, crackers, muffins, candy bars, waters, sodas, juices, beer and wine.

Camera and film: Your best bet is a camera with a good telephoto lens. However, we've had folks aboard who got a great shot with a single-use camera (notice I don't call them "throwaways"? That's because their components are being recycled, which is great!) We have single-use cameras and film for sale on the boats.

Videocamera: bring a fully charged battery and back-ups if you have them. A fellow recently was filming terrific action by a whale when his battery died. Princess of Whales has outlets for charging batteries.

Binoculars: Not essential, but bring them if you have them.

Notebook: To jot down particulars about the trip or identifying marks on the whales. We'll tell you how to ID whales and you can either take photographs or sketch what you see. Wouldn't it be something to see that whale again?