An evening short sail with Orcas T37A's in West Sound

July 2, 2020 – We left Friday Harbor with our passengers post-haste knowing that two families of Biggs/Transient orcas known as the T37A’s and T49A’s had come through Obstruction Pass heading inter-island. As we came through Wasp Passage we heard that they’d split. The T49A’s turned back in Harney Channel and came down Upright Channel and the T37A’s were exploring Massacre Bay at the top of West Sound on Orcas Island. We met the T37A’s as they were hunting in a cove just south of the bay. It was a successful hunt – T37A1 surfaced alongside T37A4 with seal intestines wrapped around his/her dorsal fin. After their meal they headed south and stopped north of Bell Island to hunt again. We saw the youngest calf T37A5 playing with its food throwing it around at the surface. The family did some milling outside of Pole Pass as they shared their dinner and socialized for a bit before continuing west in Wasp Passage. After rounding Crane Island the group went northeast towards Deer Harbor and we went west out through Nob Island Pass with a nice sail across the channel towards San Juan Island.