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Humpback Whale BCZ0345 “Victory” by Salmon Bank

Humpback Whale BCZ0345 “Victory” by Salmon Bank

September 11, 2023 – Sailed south today after leaving Friday Harbor to Salmon Bank. Wildlife highlights included harbor seals, bald eagles, Great blue herons, black oystercatchers, Steller sea lions, cormorants,…

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Biggs/Transient Orcas T137A, T137D, T37A3 and T37A4 hunting by Flower Island

Biggs/Transient Orcas T137A, T137D, T37A3 and T37A4 hunting by Flower Island

September 7, 2023 – On our earlier sail we watched four Biggs/Transient orcas, siblings T137A and T137D with another pair of siblings T37A3 and T37A4 travel down San Juan Channel.…

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Biggs/Transient Orcas T137A, T137D, T37A3 and T37A4 pass Friday Harbor

Biggs/Transient Orcas T137A, T137D, T37A3 and T37A4 pass Friday Harbor

September 7, 2023 – After casting off from Friday Harbor we headed north on account of two groups of orcas, the T75B’s and T77D with T137A, T137D, T37A3 and T37A4,…

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Biggs Orcas T65, T63 “Chainsaw” and T46C2 followed by Humpback Whale BCZ0345 “Victory”

Biggs Orcas T65, T63 “Chainsaw” and T46C2 followed by Humpback Whale BCZ0345 “Victory”

September 3, 2023 – After leaving Friday Harbor we moved south rather quickly with the hopes to intercept a pod of orcas including the one and only T63 “Chainsaw” with…

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Humpback Whale BCZ0345 “Victory” on Salmon Bank

Humpback Whale BCZ0345 “Victory” on Salmon Bank

Sept 1, 2023 – We headed south after leaving Friday Harbor checking out the harbor seals south of Turn Rock and by Deadman Island. There were many Steller sea lions…

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Epic Orca encounter with T34’s, T37’s, T36A’s & T46’s

Epic Orca encounter with T34’s, T37’s, T36A’s & T46’s

August 18, 2023 – “Epic” may be an understatement to today’s adventure. We had the good fortune of spending time with multiple families of orcas including the T34’s, T37’s, T36A’s…

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Biggs/Transient Orcas T101’s and a sail around Shaw Island

Biggs/Transient Orcas T101’s and a sail around Shaw Island

August 17, 2023 – A fun sail with Biggs/Transient orcas T101’s (mom and two male sons).  We circumnavigated Shaw Island on our sail.

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Humpback Whales BCX1057 “Divot” and BCY0458 “Raptor” near East Point

Humpback Whales BCX1057 “Divot” and BCY0458 “Raptor” near East Point

August 12, 2023 – A beautiful day to explore the Salish Sea. Many harbor seals were resting at our favorite wildlife refuges in the Wasp Islands, Flattop Island and White…

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Biggs/Transient Orcas T46’s pass Friday Harbor

Biggs/Transient Orcas T46’s pass Friday Harbor

August 2, 2023 – As we left Friday Harbor there was a family of Biggs/Transient orcas known as the T46’s traveling south along the east side of San Juan Island.…

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