Pacific Seaplanes Inc
[email protected] Canada Nanaimo, BC, Canada

Kayaking, fishing and more... can you feel the sigh? ..ahh serenity, beautiful and inspiring Bamfield. Find your peace in paradise! #BeautifulBCBamfield #WoodsendLodge

A must visit in Bamfield BC #sereneplacetobe #weflythere #McKaybaylodge Check out their photos, they are stunning!

Morning mist in Beautiful Barkley Sound, San Mateo Bay.

Trainee Sara D. at Chatterbox Falls, Princess Louisa Inlet today flying Surfer 2

Back training today with Lucas C. in the Gulf Islands.

Visited Phantom Lake today on training mission. Getting bit cool up there with scattered showers. Nevertheless a beautiful place on this planet. And. No bears today either...

Levi R. Learning to beach a seaplane on Valdes today, working on gaining his seaplane rating with Pacific Seaplanes. Great day to fly!

Great day training in the Cessna 180 Skywagon. Sara D. Pilot-in-Command. Route was Nanaimo to Sproat Lk, Sutton pass to Kennedy Lake then Long Beech, land Tofino Harbour, take off and cruise by Whales to Hot Springs Cove, then up to Megin Lake, few pictures then out of Megin climbing to 5500 feet over Clayquot Wilderness Resort and then mostly direct to Nanaimo via Della Falls back to our Quennell Lake base. Lovely day for flying.

Happy customers at 4500 somewhere over the Island Range mountains enroute Vancouver, during the Pandemic.

Josh A. Of Harbour Air using his dockhand skills washing down the Cessna 172 Trainer Surfer 1

Josh A. At Quamichan Lake today practicing Glassy Water Landings and Take Off.

Pleasure teaching Josh A. today as he completed his solo take offs and landings near Valdes Island. Josh is the lucky but gracious recipient of the BC Floatplane Association Scholarship Award for 2020 for his Seaplane Rating. https://www.facebook.com/BCFloatplaneAssociation/ Well done Josh!... Just prior he was practicing Glassy Water Landings and Take Off from Quamichan Lake. Alas he has finished his rating and sports a newly minted Seaplane Rating. Of course his experience as a Harbour Air dockhand came in handy at end of day, washing down the Cessna 172 Trainer Surfer 1. See next video. It was a great day!

We fly again tomorrow!

Surfer 7 Beech 18 stopped for a nice visit with friends at Eaglenook Resort today. #Dan Brunet

Training a pilot on Multi-Engine Seaplanes yesterday. What a jewel of a plane to work in. Beechcraft photos credit from Andie, a single engine seaplane pilot under training here from China.

Surfer 1 (Skyhawk) budget trip out of Thetis Island to Vancouver this afternoon. Cockpit view while parked, and one of the marinas in Telegraph Harbour from the air. Enjoy. Scheduled flights are resuming.

Day started off rainy and dark skies at YVR, then eased off to beautiful flightseeing conditions near Stuart Island, BC this morning. We snapped a few pictures from the resort dock. Stunning.

See you early in the morning Surfer 7. We are heading out on a Charter Flight. -Windows clean and polished. -Oil checked. -Batteries up. ... -Fueled up. -Wireless Infared entertainment headsets ready to rock. Destination Northwest. TBA.

Couple Skywagon trips to Pasley Island today in outer Howe Sound. Picking up a worker and heading home, while physical distancing before donning masks.

Nice shot of Surfer 7 last August. We flew 7 again today completing my annual recurrent pilot training on Beech types. Come on sunshine! Let summer come early...

Surfer 7 parked at our base after training flight yesterday. Tuned up, running smooth. Zoom. Zoom.

Great day to isolate

Physical Distancing in practice. So beautiful. Zoom in the check.

Flying south over Malibu Rapids into Jervis Inlet, surrounded by Majestic Peaks of solitude.

Mirror images today in Princess Louisa Inlet.

Lions Mane Jellyfish in Princess Louisa Inlet today. Careful-they sting!

Water Falls in Princess Louisa Inlet today

Amazing visit to Chatterbox Falls today, located at the head of Princess Louisa Inlet. To visit here in the future, give us a call....

Update: ** All flight services and training have resumed, health and safety policies in place. * Visit our website or give us a call. Please be advised that due to Covid-19 Virus, all scheduled flight type services are suspended until further notice. Charter services remain available with certain health and safety pre-conditions. ... Please visit our website for further updates or call our Toll Free 1-855-933-5922 for information. https://www.pacificseaplanes.net/

Todays training flights out in Barkley Sound and West Coast Vancouver Island and Nitnat plus Lake Cowichan. Beautiful day on the coast.

Amidst your daily routine, take a moment to take in what my eyes saw today.... its still calm, peaceful Beautiful BC!

Many West Coast Trail Hikers use Pacific Seaplanes Scheduled and Charter flights to access trailheads of Bamfield and Port Renfrew. Heres a copy of the 2020 Hikers Preparation Guide https://pcacdn.azureedge.net//2020-WCT-Prep-Guide---Englis There are great videos and photographs here, about the WCT: https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/bc/pacificrim/activ/activ6a

The Parks Canada West Coast Trail reservations system opens for booking in just days. Ready, set, book and Fly into 2020!

Hoping this fellow is brought back to its owner

Moving Beechs today. Surfer 8 comes out of Hangar. Surfer 7 goes in for fall maintenance. Check out the new canvas cockpit covers.

Humpback Whales playing near Bamfield this morning.

More late afternoon shots of this beautiful day From Surfer 2.

Sarita Bay one minute ago! What a gorgeous day!

Preparing for the future! Thanks Steve.

A Love story that we would like to share: Rob Macmillan and his wife Peg from Port Alberni, saved a black lab named Taz. The story is very heartwarming to all of us here @ Pacific Seaplanes, as we warmly feel for all animals. This story is exceptional why? this poor guy, we were told, was left for 3 weeks suffering from a broken leg in the care of an organization that is to ensure that this type of suffering doesnt happen. It is people like Rob and Peg that really portray ...the beauty in mankind and the extent they went through to help Taz. You are both amazing people, we are proud to know. Brenda Hanna Pacific Seaplanes. Their story below: We were looking for a big dog to fill the gap that our Pyrenees left in our little family. I called Prince George SPCA about another dog & they mentioned a black lab with a broken leg that was like that since June & they were not fixing it. And so it began ... Picked him up August 15th from SPCA Vancouver ... Taking a step back ... Because BC Ferries could not accommodate us we began a search for another method to arrive in Vancouver between 4 & 4:30 (SPCA rules) from Port Alberni ... we then contacted Pacific Seaplanes who were leaving Nanaimo at 3:15 arriving in Richmond at 3:45 to meet a pre reserved taxi which did not show up ... Called Bonnys Taxi CAR 41 (Mr Bains ... Land pilot) who arrived in 5 mins. & had us in Vancouver SPCA at 4:30 ... Mr Bains waited & returned Taz & myself to Richmond for the 6:00 flight back to Nanaimo ... 83 lbs of black lab ... No kennel, which did not matter to either Mr Bains or Pacific Seaplane. The pilot Alex, another customer (Jimmy Jimmy) & myself got Taz loaded onto plane & away we flew. He was a little inquisitive about the noise but managed to not panic. Alex lifted him off the plane with me holding TAZs tail & leash. This is how TAZs journey began. Automatically believe this is the end of the story? NOT!!! The following day I received a call from Brenda @ Pacific Seaplanes explaining they were crediting our fares back due to "TAZs rescue" situation. Unbelievable to us ... Totally appreciated ... Too generous for words other than THANK YOU! Taz had surgery at WAVES Victoria Aug 21st ... Came home on Aug 23rd ... And is doing awesome. Taz thanks everyone involved in his journey to get to his "forever" home.

Surfer 8 ....Zoom Zoom!

Return to Steamer Point Lodge near Tahsis today with tips...

Spent time at 5500 feet today in Surfer 2 here are some photos of the sights from Vancouver to Tahsis BC area and back. A beautiful part of this world!