Spring is eagle season along Hood Canal North! 🦅 Right now through June, Hood Canal Adventures in Brinnon is running their Bald Eagle Viewing Kayak Tours — and the sightings are extraordinary. The annual sculpin spawn draws eagles to the water’s edge in massive numbers at low tide, with guides routinely spotting 40 to 60 bald eagles at once, and some days over 100 perched along the banks and overhanging trees. This is one of the most dramatic wildlife spectacles in western Washington, quietly unfolding on the jade-green waters of Hood Canal.
If you’re craving more intertidal magic, Hood Canal Adventures also runs Tide Pool Exploration tours with an on-water marine biologist — paddle out at low tide to find sea stars, nudibranchs, sea anemones, sea cucumbers, and crab in the rocky shallows. Their Dosewallips Estuary Kayak Tour takes you deep into the 1,000-acre wildlife delta at Dosewallips State Park, where elk sightings are surprisingly common. Spring is the sweet spot to experience Hood Canal North — book at hoodcanaladventures.com or find their full listing at explorehoodcanal.com.
Hood Canal Adventures Tours (April–June)
- Bald Eagle Viewing Kayak Tour: 2.5 hours. Pacific midshipman sculpin spawning season draws 40–100+ bald eagles to the shoreline. Runs April through June.
- Tide Pool Exploration: 2.5 hours with a marine biologist guide. Sea stars, nudibranchs, anemones, and crab at low tide.
- Dosewallips Estuary Kayak Tour: Paddle into the 1,000-acre wildlife delta at Dosewallips State Park. Elk sightings common.
- Oyster Shucking & Kayaking Tour: Combines paddling with hands-on oyster education.
- Location: 306146 Hwy 101 N, Brinnon, WA | (360) 301-6310
- Book at: hoodcanaladventures.com
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