Sept 28, 2025 – We headed north in San Juan Channel but on approaching Neck Pt we had a report of orcas coming north through Cattle Pass. Spinning around and sailing south we received second report of orcas in Friday Harbor. Seeing distant blows outside of Brown Island we met Biggs/Transient orca brothers, T60D and T60E, at the south entrance of Friday Harbor. Beautiful views as they came through the narrow pass around Turn Island. Rounding Danger Rock came the second group of orcas, the T36’s. Six orcas of four generations, T36 being close to 55 years old while the youngest, T36B1A, born of January 2025. The two brothers joined them and they moved north together traveling very slowly passed Friday Harbor and up to the Wasp Islands. While passing Turn Rock we got to see the sea otter napping in the kelp. We left the orcas near Yellow Island and returned via the Wasp Islands to sail back to the harbor.
Biggs/Transient orca T36’s outside Friday Harbor
Biggs/Transient orca T60E close to Minnesota Reef
Harlequin ducks
Biggs/Transient orca in the channel behind Turn Island
Biggs/Transient orca in the channel behind Turn Island
Biggs/Transient orca in the channel behind Turn Island
Biggs/Transient orca brothers T60D and T60E
Biggs/Transient orca T60E
Biggs/Transient orca in the channel behind Turn Island
Biggs/Transient orca in the channel behind Turn Island
Biggs/Transient orca brothers T60D and T60E
Biggs/Transient orca T60D
Biggs/Transient orca passing cormorants on the rocks
Biggs/Transient orca passing Danger Rock
Harbor seals and birds on the rocks
Biggs/Transient orcas T36’s approaching from the south
The T60 brothers join the T36’s
Biggs/Transient orcas T36’s
Biggs/Transient orca T60D exhale
Biggs/Transient orcas T36B4 and T36B1A
Biggs/Transient orca T60E
Biggs/Transient orcas T36’s
Biggs/Transient orca T60E passing harbor seal on the rock
Biggs/Transient orca T60D kelping
Bald eagle
Biggs/Transient orcas northbound by Turn Island
Sea otter in the kelp bed by Turn Rock
Bonapartes Gulls
Biggs/Transient orcas T36B’s
Biggs/Transient orca T60E outside Friday Harbor
Biggs/Transient orca T60D outside Friday Harbor
Biggs/Transient orca T36’s outside Friday Harbor
Biggs/Transient orca T36’s and T60D and T60E outside Friday Harbor
Rhinoceros auklets
Biggs/Transient orca T36
Biggs/Transient orcas – T36’s
Biggs/Transient orca T36B1 and mom T36B
Biggs/Transient orca T36B2
Biggs/Transient orca T36B1
Biggs/Transient orcas T36’s with T60D and T60E
Biggs/Transient orca T60E along Shaw coastline
Orca calf with mouth open showing teeth
Biggs/Transient brothers T60D and T60E
Orca calves playing with seaweed
Orca calf playing with seaweed
Biggs/Transient orca T36 with fall colors
Biggs/Transient orca T36B1 with fall colors
Biggs/Transient orca T60D passing Shirt Tail Reef
Harbor seals on Low Island
Nob Island
View from Nob Island looking NW
Route map 9/28/25