Nature and outdoors

Ucluelet Zodiac Bear Watching

Jamie's Whaling Station & Adventure Centres - Ucluelet11 hr 29 min by bus · 169.9 km

! capacity is 12, your group is 16 · $147.34 a child is over your $10 budget

Cost

$147.34 a child

$2357.44 for 16 children

On top of the listed rates, checkout adds 5% GST, a 6% booking fee on online bookings, a $2 port fee, a $1 research, rescue and education fee per person and a $5 fuel surcharge. Youth 13 to 18 pay $157.94 and seniors 65 and over pay $168.54.

Ages & size

Ages 3 to 12

Up to 12 children

Duration

2.5 hours

April to September

Any day

Book by

Not published

Plan this trip

Fieldy handles all communication and booking for you.

What it actually looks like

Photos from Jamie's Whaling Station & Adventure Centres - Ucluelet's website

Our note

Between the height rule and the no food rule this is a hard fit for a young group, and the cabin cruiser version of the same trip is the gentler choice. Departure times move with the tide, so ask what time you would actually be leaving before you commit.

What the children do

A 2.5 to 3 hour black bear watching trip from Ucluelet on an open 12 passenger Zodiac. The page states a height requirement of 4 feet 8 inches or 142 centimetres, and the price list states that infants aged 0 to 2 are not permitted. Departures follow the low tide. No food or drink other than water may be brought on a bear tour.

Put on a flotation suit, sit in an open boat and travel along the shoreline at low tide watching for black bears turning over rocks to find crabs.

Good to know

Flotation suits are provided and parking is free, but there is no proper toilet on board, no cover from the weather, and no food allowed. The height limit and the tide driven departure time are both worth settling on the phone.

Sources disagree. Their own pages give different answers for when bear watching runs from Ucluelet. One says mid April to the end of September, another says April 15 to October 15. If you are looking at late September or October, check the dates when you book.

Sources disagree. Two of their pages disagree about when whale watching starts in Ucluelet. The Ucluelet page says early February, the home page says March. Worth settling when you book if you want an early spring date.

Sources disagree. The site says the Ucluelet boats take children 3 and older, but the private tour listing says all ages. If anyone under three is coming, ask whether they can be on an Ucluelet boat at all before you plan around it.

Sources disagree. The six hour kayak tour from Ucluelet is listed as ages 12 and up in the tour details and ages 4 and up in the price list on the same page. It is a long trip in open ocean swell. Settle the age on the phone before you book.

Washrooms

Our larger vessels all have washrooms onboard for use. On our smaller vessels including our Zodiacs, we have small marine toilets that are for emergency use only.

Lunch space

For all tours except bear watching tours, you are allowed to bring your food and drinks with you.

Rain backup

Our tours are Rain or Shine and we ask that you check the forecast prior to arriving for your departure and dress accordingly.

Strollers

Needs confirmation

Wheelchair access

Needs confirmation

Bus parking

In Ucluelet, there is parking in front of the Jamie's building as well as along the roads near our offices. All parking is FREE in these areas.

Nearby park

Needs confirmation

Restrictions

Our Ucluelet location offers Whale and Bear watching trips for those 3 years and older.. Anyone under the height of 4’8″ (142cm) is also unable to join our Zodiac tours.. We do ask that any guest under the age of 19 travels with a supervising adult.. For our bear watching tours, we ask that you do not bring any food or drinks other than water as bears have a strong sense of smell and we do not want the bears to associate us with food in any way for their health and safety.. No running, jumping, screaming, or climbing railings is permitted.. We do not recommend this tour to anyone with a history of serious medical conditions. These include, but are not limited to, anyone who is pregnant, those with back, neck or knee problems, osteoporosis, incontinence, recent surgery or limited mobility.. Emotional support or therapy dogs are not permitted on board.. All tours are subject to the signing of a waiver releasing Jamie's Whaling Station from liability.

Getting there

168 Fraser Ln, Ucluelet, BC V0R 3A0

On foot

36 hr 56 min

too far with this group

By bus

11 hr 29 min

includes a 9 min wait

Driving

5 hr 23 min

The dark pin is Victoria.

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Details checked on 2026-09-20 against the venue’s own pages. Something wrong? , it takes one tap. · Venue page · 250-726-7444