May 27, 2023 – A gorgeous day with moderately strong winds for sailing. With reefed sails we worked our way up the channel. We met up with a pair of…
Read moreHumpbacks BCY0324 “Big Mama” and BCX173 “Valiant” pass Friday Harbor
Humpback BCZ0414 “Zephyr”, Orcas T124A’s, Orcas T123’s, Sea otter and much more!
May 22, 2023 – Out of the gate we met a humpback whale known as BCZ0414 “Zephyr”. She came down the Shaw Island side of the channel, crossed over towards…
Read moreHumpback whale BCX1602 “Lorax” and the outer islands
May 16, 2023 – Today we picked up our passengers from Orcas Island and thought it would be fun to circumnavigate Orcas Island. As we were near the top of…
Read moreHumpback whale BCX1057 “Divot” passes Friday Harbor
May 11, 2023 – A fantastic day on the water with humpback whale BCX1057 “Divot”. She is the presumable first offspring of BCY0324 “Big Mama” and has 3 offspring of her…
Read moreT65 orca family reunion including T63 “Chainsaw”! plus Humpback whale BCZ0410 “Anvil”
May 6, 2023 – First, we got to sail with a humpback whale BCZ0410 “Anvil”. Second, we got to see a family reunion with T65 and all of her offspring:…
Read moreHumpbacks BCX1068 ‘Split Fluke’ & BCY0458 ‘Raptor’ in Rosario Strait
April 14, 2023 -We made fast progress cutting through the inter-islands on a mission to see a pair of humpback whales known as BCX1068 ‘Split Fluke’ BCY0458 ‘Raptor’. The two…
Read moreHumpbacks BCX0519 ‘Stitch’ & BCY0458 ‘Raptor’ and Orcas T34’s & T37’s with brand new calf
September 19, 2022 – After hearing about some humpbacks outside of Friday Harbor early this morning heading south we scooted our sail an hour earlier to hopefully find them. It…
Read moreHumpbacks BCX0854 Europa, BCY0458 Raptor, BCX1702 Uluka, and BCY0267 Wilkinson outside Friday Harbor
September 30, 2022 – After we returned from our earlier sail we got a report of 4 humpback whales that were southbound outside of Friday Harbor. It was hard to…
Read moreHumpback whale off False Bay playing with kelp
September 25, 2022 – Today we were fortunate to spend some time with a humpback whale. It was also very special getting the chance to watch it playing in a kelp…
Read moreHumpback Whale BCZ0414 “Zephyr”passes Friday Harbor and a sail near S. Lopez
September 14, 2022 – We got to see some cool wildlife including a humpback whale named BCZ0414 “Zephyr” as it swam south passing Friday Harbor, harbor porpoise, harbor seals, Steller…
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