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Jayleen's Alaska Hi! My name is Jayleen Beedle, I am the owner/operator of Jayleen's Alaska. At that time I started running myself around the inside passages in Juneau, Alaska.
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Voted Juneau's #1 Water Tour 2023 & 2024 | We are the small boat choice for whale watching in Juneau, Alaska; a personalized experience with only 6 passengers per boat I chose the name Jayleen's Alaska because I want to share with you just that--my experiences and love of the place I have called home my whole life. Having grown up on remote Shelter Island (one mile away from mainland Juneau), I ha

ve 22 years of Alaskan life to share with you. My dad (better known as one of the founders of Harv and Marvs Outback Alaska) Jay Beedle, bought me my first boat when I was 11 years old. This inspired a deep love for the water and captaining boats. At 18 I earned my 50 ton license through the United States Coast Guard and for the last four years I have worked for Harv and Marvs Outback Alaska as a captain on 6, 12 and 18 passenger boats. By choosing to start Jayleen's Alaska I hope to share with each passenger the inspiring landscape and wildlife that is such a huge part of my life. Choose and ride in a custom built 26' Raider--that has a maximum capacity of six. This small size keeps tours personal and flexible. Whether you are a whale enthusiast, a bird watcher or a landscape photographer--we can accommodate your interests and needs. With that said there is a 100% Humpback Whale guarantee included into each reservation made--or your money back! Feel free to contact us via email or phone with any questions or concerns you may still have after perusing the website. I look forward to meeting you out on the water! Sincerely,
Jayleen Beedle
907-321-0545
[email protected]
9435 Glacier Hwy
Juneau, AK 99801

An example of lighting in SE Alaska during our late summer months - these photos were taken in full color & turned out l...
09/09/2024

An example of lighting in SE Alaska during our late summer months - these photos were taken in full color & turned out looking black and white 😅
Still so beautiful, with the mist over the mountains & the rain ♥️
Kelp, the whale pictured, was surfacing & breathing ; when all of a sudden it started breaching & breaching & breaching ; probably the most surface activity we have seen all summer 🤯🤯 very rare to see & we felt so lucky to witness it! The best part was it poured heavy rain the entire time and no one watching seemed to care - by the end we were all completely soaked through & it was the best experience ever! 😃😃
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Photos taken: Sept 4th, 2024
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Just one big happy family of sea puppies…I mean, Sea Lions 🦁😄 I love looking at all the different facial expressions in ...
06/09/2024

Just one big happy family of sea puppies…I mean, Sea Lions 🦁😄 I love looking at all the different facial expressions in these photos 😃
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Whale tails are just as beautiful in rain & fog ♥️ This photo of the humpback whale, Voldemort, was taken on May 20th, 2...
03/09/2024

Whale tails are just as beautiful in rain & fog ♥️
This photo of the humpback whale, Voldemort, was taken on May 20th, 2024 by Teresa who was kind enough to share it with us!
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Riddler & Eyelet; hanging out like besties 🐳🐳We’ve been doing a lot of whale watching in a place called North Pass these...
29/08/2024

Riddler & Eyelet; hanging out like besties 🐳🐳
We’ve been doing a lot of whale watching in a place called North Pass these past several weeks - a narrow passageway where whales congregate to eat - it is a place where it’s common to see these usually solitary whales surfacing & diving together as they feed on a high density of food under the surface of the water 😋
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Photo taken August 23rd, 2024
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First ever Puffin seen on a Jayleen’s Alaska tour! Puffins don’t live around Juneau, with the closest colony being aroun...
23/08/2024

First ever Puffin seen on a Jayleen’s Alaska tour! Puffins don’t live around Juneau, with the closest colony being around the Glacier Bay area of Southeast Alaska - this one looked perfectly happy to be bobbing up and down in Juneau’s channels before it flew off again - hopefully it found its way home! 😃😄
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Photos taken 6/25/24
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Smiles & waves all around with Capt Jayleen on Island Girl this last Saturday 🥰🐳😃•Photo by Uncle Jack - 8/10/24•••••••••...
12/08/2024

Smiles & waves all around with Capt Jayleen on Island Girl this last Saturday 🥰🐳😃
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Photo by Uncle Jack - 8/10/24
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Breach with a lighthouse in the background?? Sign me up everyday! 😅😁 We don’t see breaching often and felt so lucky to c...
07/08/2024

Breach with a lighthouse in the background?? Sign me up everyday! 😅😁
We don’t see breaching often and felt so lucky to capture this one!
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Photos from August 3rd, 2024 tour
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You just never know what you’ll see when you spend the day on the water 😃😃😃 This Eagle circled several times around our ...
03/08/2024

You just never know what you’ll see when you spend the day on the water 😃😃😃 This Eagle circled several times around our boat before plucking this rockfish out of the water; how cool is that??
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Photos taken August 2nd, 2024
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*1999* One of my first memories watching whales - we had just moved to remote, off the grid, Shelter island and spotted ...
29/07/2024

*1999* One of my first memories watching whales - we had just moved to remote, off the grid, Shelter island and spotted a group of whales traveling in front of our new home. It was 9PM at night, my parents woke my brother (aged 2) and I (aged 6) up to row out for a view of the whales as they fed in orange, sunset waters ♥️
My Uncle Joe, who just happened to be out on the water in his own boat, snapped a couple of family photos with his film camera 📸
I still remember this night - and when I think back of all the wonderful childhood memories I have, focused around the ocean and it’s beautiful whales; there’s not even a question how I ended up, still whale watching, years later 🥰 Things have changed….but also, not really, all at the same time! 😄🐳😃

Have you ever wondered if your review has made a difference?? We’re here to tell you that it DOES! It makes a big differ...
25/07/2024

Have you ever wondered if your review has made a difference?? We’re here to tell you that it DOES! It makes a big difference to the small businesses like ours, who you support by helping to get our name out to the world - letting the world know if we did a good job. We are so thankful for all of your kind words over the years ♥️

One of my favorite things about Orcas is that they travel in a pod aka family and take care of each other 🥰 The large do...
21/07/2024

One of my favorite things about Orcas is that they travel in a pod aka family and take care of each other 🥰
The large dorsal fin to the left is a male; to the right we have a couple of females and in the foreground there are some adolescents ♥️
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Photo taken June 11th, 2024
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Happy Monday!! ✨ Breaching baby humpbacks are so special to see, they always brighten the day 🩷••Photos taken June 2024•...
15/07/2024

Happy Monday!! ✨ Breaching baby humpbacks are so special to see, they always brighten the day 🩷
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Photos taken June 2024
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Our favorite way to watch whales - on a small boat with 6 friends 🥰•Photo taken June 11th, 2024•••••••••• ...
10/07/2024

Our favorite way to watch whales - on a small boat with 6 friends 🥰
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Photo taken June 11th, 2024
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Sometimes we like to line up the Eagle Glacier with Eagles in the foreground - just because we can ♥️😄••••••••• ...
07/07/2024

Sometimes we like to line up the Eagle Glacier with Eagles in the foreground - just because we can ♥️😄
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Whales, waterfall, flukes, mountains & eagles; very “Alaska” 😄♥️••Photos taken June 7th - 3:30PM tour 😃••••••••••• ...
06/07/2024

Whales, waterfall, flukes, mountains & eagles; very “Alaska” 😄♥️
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Photos taken June 7th - 3:30PM tour 😃
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Meet Dolorosa!! This is a whale who I have never seen, before this summer - with its unique fluke markings it is a fun o...
30/06/2024

Meet Dolorosa!!
This is a whale who I have never seen, before this summer - with its unique fluke markings it is a fun one to see 😃
Not a ‘typical’ Juneau whale - they usually spend most of their time a little south of here. It is a whale that makes a regular migration to and from Hawaii and whose gender is not known!
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Photos from our June 6th, 2024 3PM tour 😃 Have you seen Dolorosa? 😄
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Smiles all around from Capt Larry’s group on a beautiful blue sky day! We love it when you send us photos from your tour...
30/06/2024

Smiles all around from Capt Larry’s group on a beautiful blue sky day! We love it when you send us photos from your tour and it makes us all so happy to hear when you had a wonderful time! 😃😃😃
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Two Eagles fell through the air, fighting after a fish 😅Eventually they separated & went in their way - the fish falling...
27/06/2024

Two Eagles fell through the air, fighting after a fish 😅
Eventually they separated & went in their way - the fish falling back to the water ocean below! You never know what you’ll see in the waters around Juneau, Alaska! 😃
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Photo by Kim who toured with us on 6-16-24 - thank you for sharing!
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JUNE 1ST - 9PM After our tours were done for the day we heard that these whales had just come into range so we headed ou...
24/06/2024

JUNE 1ST - 9PM
After our tours were done for the day we heard that these whales had just come into range so we headed out to see for ourselves, at 9PM. The first group of bubble net feeding whales showed up in Juneau on June 1st; and stayed in town very briefly. We felt lucky to see this rare behavior, even if it did get a little too dark to take photos after a short amount of time 😂
We just can’t get enough of watching whales, ya know? ♥️🐳

We are HONORED to have been voted #1 in Water Tours, Family Attractions & Outdoor Adventures for all of Juneau! And #2...
19/06/2024

We are HONORED to have been voted #1 in Water Tours, Family Attractions & Outdoor Adventures for all of Juneau! And #2 in Customer Service - wow!
Thank you to everyone who has supported us, toured with us & voted for us!! You are AMAZING!
We couldn’t have done this without each, and every one of the people who have taken the time to stand with us - and tour with us - along the way! We are so thankful for each of you; YOU are what make this tiny business - this dream possible ♥️♥️♥️
Thank you thank you thank you!
- The Jayleen’s Alaska Team 😃

MAY 31ST TOURDrama at the sea lion buoy never gets old 😅•Happy Father’s Day to the dads, father figures & dads to be - t...
16/06/2024

MAY 31ST TOUR
Drama at the sea lion buoy never gets old 😅
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Happy Father’s Day to the dads, father figures & dads to be - thanks for putting up with all the family drama! You are so appreciated 🥰 😃
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We break for rainbows 🌈♥️🤩•••••••••••
15/06/2024

We break for rainbows 🌈♥️🤩
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MAY 28TH - 3:30PM TOURWe saw humpbacks too…but for some reason I only have photos of an Orca, Sea Lions, Pt Retreat Ligh...
14/06/2024

MAY 28TH - 3:30PM TOUR
We saw humpbacks too…but for some reason I only have photos of an Orca, Sea Lions, Pt Retreat Lighthouse & the Alaskan Girl!
What an incredibly lucky day ♥️

MAY 27TH 8AM TOUR Sweet Harbor Seals, sleepy Steller Sea Lions, nervous Loons, curious Eagles & diving Humpback Whales 😃...
09/06/2024

MAY 27TH 8AM TOUR
Sweet Harbor Seals, sleepy Steller Sea Lions, nervous Loons, curious Eagles & diving Humpback Whales 😃
A beautiful spring day! ♥️

MAY 26th - 10AM TOURHumpbacks, Orcas, Sea Lions, Bald Eagles - such a great day!
06/06/2024

MAY 26th - 10AM TOUR
Humpbacks, Orcas, Sea Lions, Bald Eagles - such a great day!

MAY 23RD - tour photos ♥️Whales - Flame & Sizzle (and others, not pictured), Sea Lions & Eagles 🤩Liquid sunshine was a c...
04/06/2024

MAY 23RD - tour photos ♥️
Whales - Flame & Sizzle (and others, not pictured), Sea Lions & Eagles 🤩
Liquid sunshine was a constant 😅 🌧️ ☀️ but the wildlife didn’t care!

Waving hello, with a 15’ ft *arm* - the Humpback Whale has the largest pectoral fins (aka ‘arm’ 😄) of any whale! 😃Taken ...
04/06/2024

Waving hello, with a 15’ ft *arm* - the Humpback Whale has the largest pectoral fins (aka ‘arm’ 😄) of any whale! 😃
Taken May 19th, 2024 on our 3PM tour - rough, rainy, windy, cold & amazing! The whales & wildlife showed up for a very fun tour, despite the authentic Alaskan weather 😁😄

We love being a part of Whale SENSE ; a program that stands for the whales & provides extra information & guidance as to...
31/05/2024

We love being a part of Whale SENSE ; a program that stands for the whales & provides extra information & guidance as to how to best keep our whales respected & safe while we enjoy their beauty!

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*Sound on 🔊* It’s Monday; remember to just breathe ♥️🐳😃

Floating, waiting, with mountains & calm waters surrounding us - there is nothing quite like whales coming to say hello 🤩 Flame & Bolt thank you for always being so beautiful & social ♥️ • • -Our vessel adheres to NOAA Fisheries Alaska Humpback Whale Approach Regulations and does not intentionally approach whales within 100 yards. -As a proud member of Whale SENSE (whalesense.org), we are committed to responsible whale watching practices. All photos were taken in compliance with established guidelines and regulations. • • • • #alaska #alaskalife #juneaualaska #juneau #juneaulife #whales #humpbackwhale #humpback #insidepassage #mountains #custom #private #captainalaska #pacificocean #blue #mountain #ocean #jayleensalaska #captainjayleen #heralaskalife #heralaskaadventure #calf #baby

🔈SOUND ON 🔈 It’s Monday 🤷🏼‍♀️ just remember to breeeaaathee like a whale ☺️ Big breath in, BIG breath out - you’ve got this! 😃

Steller Sea Lions: always the life of the party 😆🙃😍

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