About Us

Get Hooked!

At Whale Tale Soapworks, I make beautiful handcrafted soaps inspired by my love of the ocean and the joy of creating quality cold-press soap. Each bar contains 3 oils and 2 or 3 kinds of butter (some may contain fragrance and Mica color) for a great soap!

Following a family tragedy, I prayed for a way to share with my family that God is so much greater than our pain. I booked a whale-watching tour on one of our West Coast family trips. Short of jumping into the ocean we could not have gotten any closer to the most beautiful gray whale. The captain explained that the whales surface for air and can then go down for eight to ten minutes. He said to watch the horizon as you never know where they will surface. About a minute later my daughter asked if the whale would come up next to the boat. I said I had no clue. We got our answer about five seconds later when the whale surfaced parallel to the boat and less than a foot from the edge of the rail in front of us. The captain announced her appearance and size. She was about eight feet in diameter and forty feet long. So close that I could only get a patch of her back in my camera as I desperately tried to pull my lens close for the photo. She was beautiful and enormous! 

As we walked onto the dock following the tour the captain said that never in his life had he seen so much wildlife on one tour. We were truly blessed, it was an amazing afternoon. I was hooked!