I switched over to Captain Josh's boat from another local provider, and it was one of the best decisions we made on this trip. We hitched a ride to Hoonah with the Travel Adventures bus, and the good captain met us at the bus stop to lead us to his boat. My father and I went, along with 5 other passengers, out on the seas with Josh and his younger brother, and had an amazing time with the orcas. A group of 15 orcas were in the harbor, and they were having as much fun as we were. We even saw the calves breaching and playing around with the older orcas!
Josh then sped us over to a breaching humpback mother and her calf, and then over to some sea otters and Stellar sea lions, and on our way back, we saw another whale in the harbor. What an incredible day. Josh was full of facts about all the animals we saw, and his younger brother (whose name I'm forgetting... I'm sorry!) was in charge of getting the drone set up and the footage downloaded onto the computer for purchase. We were available to view some of it from the ship's monitor and it looked so cool. If you're heading to Alaska in the 2023 season and looking for a whale watch company, this is the one to pick.