Water Taxi Services
Spring and summer is definitely the season of water taxi work in Squamish. Long day’s and warm nights have us busy with run’s out to the hiking trail heads, marine campsites, Island’s and cabins. Some popular local destination this season have been:
Leading peak hike on Anvil Island
Echo falls hike across the Squamish River
BC marine trails campsites in the Howe Sound
Gambier Island to access multiple hike trails & cabins
Gibson’s on the sunshine coast for bikepacking
If your interested in accessing the BC marine trails system, we can help! Consider becoming a member and help support this great organization https://www.bcmarinetrails.org/
Winter of MMO / Hydrophone Work / Water Quality Sampling
We’re hot off a winter environmental contract conducting MMO (marine mammal monitoring), Hydrophone operation and marine water quality sampling. Environmental field work in the deep dark depths of winter is a challenge to say the least, we battled some harsh conditions from rain, snow, debris flows and arctic outflows during the November - January contract.
We actually specialize in Environmental services and marine support like: water quality sampling, sediment sampling, test fishing and we collaborate with specialty environmental consultants on: fisheries research, acoustic telemetry, vibracore sediment sampling amongst other highly specialized services. Email us if your company or project is ever in need. Info@seadogexpeditions.com
RUX Interview
Last Spring we sat down with Justin Ross from RUX and chatted the in’s and out’s of operating a boat charter in Squamish. Peep the entire interview here:
Marine and Environmental Services
One of the few behind the scenes elements of our small boat charter is our work in the Environmental Monitoring sector. We’re involved in a few projects up and down the coast both big and small, some jobs span months while others days.
One of the our favourite projects is “Searching for Slhawt’ (Herring)” with the Marine Stewardship Initative (MSI). This is a collaborative citizen science project dedicated to monitoring the Herring spawn in the waters of Howe Sound and Squamish. Monitoring the location, size and density of the annual herring spawn is a key indicator to the marine ecosystems health. We help with marine logistics for the on-water survey team collecting key data, enabling they to conduct surveys safely and efficiently.
Learn more about the Marine Stewardship Initative and the Herring Monitoring project here: Searching for Slhawt'
You can also get read about the 2023 project summary here: 2023 Herring Insights
Community Building with small business collabs
One of the funnest things we’ve been experimenting with lately are collaborations with local small businesses in Squamish and Vancouver. We’ve done community coffee trips, wine nights with This Way Wine, and are discussing some options for tide-to-table dinners right on the Howe Sound with another local business (more on that soon). We love scheming up opportunities to build community, drink/eat some local fare and experience all the Howe Sound has to offer with new friends, so if you’re a Squamish- or Vancouver-based business with an idea for a collaboration, we’d love to hear about it.
XTRATUF Boots feature
It goes without saying that we don’t leave home without our XTRATUFs, so we were pretty excited when we were asked to be featured in a recent XTRATUF blog post, written and photographed by our friend Abby Cooper. Abby has been instrumental in getting the word out about Sea Dogs, and we’re so appreciative of both her and XTRATUF for amplifying what we’re up to.
Read more at the XTRATUF blog.