Zodiac Adventures

I never actually got on a boat, and as a boat tour company I think that represents a failure on part of the company. I first stopped in on Saturday morning wanting to go then or later that day. They couldn’t confirm or book because the schedule book was gone.
I came back later that afternoon. Still no book, and still unable to give me any indication of availability. They did take down my name, and offered to call me to confirm one of my two suggested times for the next day.
No phone call, and I was only able to reach someone who was out in the ocean with out the scheduling book when I
the morning. She advised me to go to the museum for booking.
We showed up at the time we had requested (Depoe Bay was a 20 minute drive from our hotel). The person there still had no schedule, no indication of what was going on and the two people there were unable to even confirm when we could find someone who could book us. When she tried to call someone she called the other phone sitting on the desk. This place is so unorganized, and so oblivious that they don’t know how horrible they acting.
Below are actually quotes from the employees of Zodiac Adventures.
«I have no idea whats going on» –said maybe half a dozen times.
«Well you are only from Portland (2.5 hours away) so its not that far to drive to come again»
Instructions posted on the website «I get a lot of calls so if you don’t hear from me please try back»
I got an idea– Rather than having me try back, why don’t you learn how to run a business?

Ok — if you wanna have a screaming fun fest, and enjoy the heck out of yourself — take a zodiac boat out of the world’s smallest harbor and go look for whales. i had SO much fun doing this. yes, i screamed almost the whole way — it was SO exhilarating and @*%* scarey at the same time.
I LOVE zodiac boats, but I really didn’t quite understand WHAT I was in for on this trip. First, it starts with just GETTING OUT of the harbor. The guy was hesitating when I went up to the dock. It was a little rocky out. Depoe Bay is the world’s smallest harbor (see pictures). Its tiny. The big waves smash in, and well, you know zodiac boats are those orange rubber boats and are, well, er, small. You can only go out of Depoe Bay on a fairly good day, as the waves coming INTO this tiny harbor make it nigh impossible to get OUT in any boat, let alone a zodiac. Add a little bit of bad weather and well, Madness Ensues. OMG! we went VERTICAL trying to get up and over the waves to get OUT of the harbor. Once we got out, and we had to try about 3 times, he sped up the boat and well, More Madness Ensued. Its like a really fast, rocky roller coaster and you’re not strapped in. Then there’s the whales, petting distance, from me in the small rubber boat. Whale bigger than boat.
Well, it was a rollicking good time — and I went hoarse with laffing and screaming. The boat dude was laffing his head off at me. They basically guarantee you a whale sighting, as the whales live there and hang there quite a bit. And yes, I saw em. They were BIG and beautiful. This qualifies as one of the best times I have ever had in my life!
GO FOR IT! its KaRAAAzee fun.
Find the zodiac guys right there on Highway 101 on the cement bridge over the dock — and No No NO, don’t take the boring wooden boat trip. GET ON THAT ZODIAC!