September 1, 2019 – We had whales all over the place, but all heading away from us! It wasn’t easy choosing a route, but in the end it worked out…
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A sail around San Juan Island plus Southern Resident orcas from J Pod
August 31, 2019 – It was a beautiful day to be out on the water. We circumnavigated San Juan Island on our adventure. There were many harbor seals hauled out,…
Read moreA sail with J pod, a humpback and a minke
August 30, 2019 – As we cast off there was heavy fog to the south. There were many wispy ribbons hanging low over Lopez Island as we crossed the channel…
Read moreTransient orcas T137’s, Resident J Pod orcas, and a tufted puffin
August 29, 2019 – First we encountered Biggs/Transient orcas known as the T137’s shortly after leaving the harbor. The orca family was traveling close to San Juan Island in Griffin…
Read moreSail with the T36A Transient orcas hunting at White Rock and Skipjack Islands
August 25, 2019 – An interesting encounter with the Biggs/Transient orca family known as the T36A’s. They had been in that same area since the night before near Waldron Island.…
Read moreSailing with Biggs/Transient orcas T34’s, T37 and T37B’s followed by T99’s
August 24, 2019 – What a wonderful day sailing around the San Juan Islands. There were so many orcas in the area and we were lucky enough to encounter the…
Read moreA special sail with the T46B’s
August 23, 2019 – It was a special birthday sail and the whales showed up! It was great seeing the T46B1’s with little white orca T46B1B aka ‘Tl’uk’. After that…
Read moreSailing into Canada to meet the T34s, T37 and 37Bs
August 22, 2019 – Excitement started early on before we’d exited the harbor we spotted a harbor seal with a very large fish. Further up the channel we found a…
Read moreHumpback ‘Hydra’ with calf and Orca family T49A’s
August 20, 2019 – A great big thanks to our passengers for spotting two humpback whales coming down the channel shortly after we left Friday Harbor. We identified the mother…
Read moreMultiple minkes and a humpback whale MMX0006
August 18, 2019 – We had a whale two-fer – multiple minkes and a humpback whale – which our passenger identified as MMX0006 aka “Double Drop”. One of the minke…
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