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Sailing south with distant views of J pod

Sailing south with distant views of J pod

May 31, 2022 – Half day sail south. Our sail included a wide variety of wildlife including black oystercatchers, raccoons, bald eagles, vultures, harbor seals, Steller sea lions, cormorants, loons and…

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Humpbacks Lucky & Divot followed by J Pod orcas

Humpbacks 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”…

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Biggs/Transient Orcas T123’s then the T60’s and T109C’s

Biggs/Transient Orcas T123’s then the T60’s and T109C’s

May 28, 2022 – It was quite the day for whale watching seeing the Biggs/Transient orcas T123’s followed by T2B with the T60’s (minus T60D and T60E) plus the T109C’s.…

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Finding Biggs orca T49A1 in Rosario and T137’s outside Friday Harbor

Finding Biggs orca T49A1 in Rosario and T137’s outside Friday Harbor

May 25, 2022 – What a fun sail we had heading out into Rosario Strait and finding lone male orca T49A1 as he was steadily southbound. The next afternoon he…

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Humpback whale BCX1383 “Glacier” passes Friday Harbor and J pod in Boundary Pass

Humpback 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…

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Humpbacks BCY0324 Big Mama and calf by Saturna Island

Humpbacks 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…

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Humpback whale BCY0324 “Big Mama” and new calf

Humpback 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…

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Biggs orcas T34’s, T37’s, T75B’s & T49A1 plus Humpback BCY0324 with new calf

Biggs 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…

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