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Rarely seen Orcas T167’s by Stuart Island & humpbacks outside Friday Harbor

Rarely seen Orcas T167’s by Stuart Island & humpbacks outside Friday Harbor

November 26, 2021 – Quite an adventure with much persistence to see a rare pod of orcas known as the T167’s. They’ve made some appearances to our area in recent…

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Orcas T34A1, T36’s, T65A5, and T65B’s in Boundary Pass and a visit to Pt Doughty

Orcas T34A1, T36’s, T65A5, and T65B’s in Boundary Pass and a visit to Pt Doughty

September 24, 2021 – An exciting sail heading up into Boundary Passage to see Biggs/Transient orcas T34A1, T36’s (T36 with T36B’s), T65A5, and T65B’s with a beautiful back drop of…

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Fun sea lion and minke encounters, and Orcas (T18’s) along west side of San Juan

Fun sea lion and minke encounters, and Orcas (T18’s) along west side of San Juan

September 23, 2021 – What a fun adventure it was circumnavigating San Juan Island. An exciting sea lion close encounter, followed by a great minke whale encounter, and then seeing…

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Minkes, a gray whale and orcas!

Minkes, a gray whale and orcas!

September 21, 2021 – Cetacean trifecta!  Minkes, a gray whale and orcas! The gray whale is catalogued as CRC30, and it was first identified in 1983. Also seen near the…

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Sailing with Orcas and then Humpbacks

Sailing with Orcas and then Humpbacks

September 16, 2021 – What a fun adventure it was circumnavigating Lopez Island.  We had a fantastic view of the Biggs/Transient orcas known as the T18’s (mostly T18 and T19C)…

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Southern Resident Orcas at Turn Pt and Biggs Orcas T18’s with T65B’s near Yellow Island

Southern Resident Orcas at Turn Pt and Biggs Orcas T18’s with T65B’s near Yellow Island

September 15, 2021 – After picking up our passengers from Orcas Island we headed for Turn Point, Stuart Island, with the hopes to see the Southern Resident orcas. All three…

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Biggs Orcas T65A’s and T65B’s porpoise away from Resident orcas

Biggs Orcas T65A’s and T65B’s porpoise away from Resident orcas

September 12, 2021 – While enroute to see the Biggs orcas T65A’s and T65B’s, we heard that several Southern Resident orcas from K pod and L pod popped up right…

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Finding Orcas T65B’s southbound in Haro

Finding Orcas T65B’s southbound in Haro

September, 10, 2021 – Belted kingfishers outside the harbor, beautiful Flattop Island, glassy seas and harbor porpoise all around us, gorgeous New Channel, bald eagles, harbor seals, sailing into building…

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