August 12, 2025 – With news of Biggs/Transient orcas T37A’s northbound in Haro Strait we headed north. We sailed through the Wasp Islands seeing harbor seals then up to Jones Island and over to the Spieden Island shoreline. We met the orcas as they crossed to Sentinel Island and rounded into New Channel. All the kids of Johns Island Camp Norwester came down to the shoreline to watch. The orcas took Johns Pass and we continued with them until we reached Turn Pt Lighthouse. Rounding Turn Pt and close into Lovers Leap taking the Stuart Island shoreline back to New Channel where we enjoyed drifting the calm fast moving waters. Over to Flattop Island where more harbor seals were hauled out warming in the sunshine before making our way back to Friday Harbor.
Biggs/Transient orcas T37A’s
Bald eagle
Mt Baker
Harbor seals
Looking West in Spieden Channel
Harbor seals on the rocks
Ripple Island
Camp Nor’Wester at Johns Island
Biggs/Transient orca T37A2 with Mt Baker
Biggs/Transient orcas T37A’s with Mt Baker
Biggs/Transient orca T37A4 born 2015
Biggs/Transient orca T37A2
Biggs/Transient orca T37A2 born 2009
Biggs/Transient orca T37A2 with mom T37A (born 1994)
Mt Baker
Biggs/Transient orca T37A2 with Turn Pt Lighthouse, Stuart Island
Turn Pt Lighthouse, Stuart Island and Lovers Leap
Turn Pt Lighthouse, Stuart Island, with Mt. Baker
Stuart Island Lovers Leap
Stuart Island
Bald eagle
Black oystercatchers
Spieden Island Bluff
Flattop Island
Great blue heron on the rocks by Shirt Tail Reef
Route map 8/12/25