June 2, 2022. Half day sail that stretched North into Canada covering 32 miles in 5 hours. A magical evening and a magical encounter with humpback whale BCX1251 “Orion” by…
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Circumnavigating San Juan Island seeing Resident orcas, porpoises and a humpback whale
June 1st 2022. Sailed South, out through Cattle Pass and North in Haro Strait to circumnavigate San Juan Island. Raccoons foraged the tide line of Turn Island. Steller sea ions…
Read moreHumpbacks Lucky & Divot followed by J Pod orcas
May 30, 2022 – Double hitter today – humpbacks and orcas! It was quite the day for whale watching seeing two humpback whales identified as BCX0419 “Lucky” and BCX1057 “Divot”…
Read moreHumpback whale BCX1383 “Glacier” passes Friday Harbor and J pod in Boundary Pass
May 24, 2022 – Another exciting, memorable day on the water for us – today we met a new to us humpback whale. We identified it as BCX1383 “Glacier” after comparing…
Read moreHumpbacks BCY0324 Big Mama and calf by Saturna Island
May 23, 2022 – After leaving Friday Harbor we made quick progress sailing north up San Juan Channel with a plan to catch up with a humpback whale traveling up Haro…
Read moreHumpback whale BCY0324 “Big Mama” and new calf
May 20, 2022 – Such a fun adventure seeing humpback whale BCY0324 aka “Big Mama”, with her 7th calf near Gooch Island. Other trip highlights included sailing through New Channel…
Read moreHumpback whale BCX1773 “Valiant” and friend
May 19, 2022 – An adventure to see a pair of humpback whales going North in Haro Strait. One of them is a young 5 year old named BCX1773 “Valiant”,…
Read moreBiggs orcas T34’s, T37’s, T75B’s & T49A1 plus Humpback BCY0324 with new calf
May 6, 2022 – Another epic adventure on the books. This one included a sail with Biggs/Transient orcas known as the T34’s, T37’s, T75B’s and T49A1 followed by a humpback…
Read moreHumpback BCY0324 aka “Big Mama” returns with her 7th known calf
May 3, 2022 – We had such a fun adventure seeing humpback whale, BCY0324 aka “Big Mama”, with her 7th known calf – plus several others that joined up for…
Read moreHumpback “Valiant” passes Friday Harbor
April 19, 2022 – With news of a humpback whale heading south from Pt Caution just north of Friday Harbor we decided to cast off for a sail. We were…
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