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T65 orca family reunion including T63 “Chainsaw”! plus Humpback whale BCZ0410 “Anvil”

T65 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:…

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Sailing with 3 orca families: T75B’s, T99’s, T65A’s

Sailing with 3 orca families: T75B’s, T99’s, T65A’s

May 3, 2023 – We were fortunate to sail with 3 different families of Biggs/Transient orcas during our 8 hour sail including the T75B’s followed by T99’s followed by T65A’s –…

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Finding Biggs/Transient Orcas T49A1 and T65A5 by Yellow Island

Finding Biggs/Transient Orcas T49A1 and T65A5 by Yellow Island

April 19, 2023 – After hearing an early morning report of a couple of orca outside of Friday Harbor we guzzled our coffee and out the door we went. While…

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Southern Resident J Pod Orcas near Friday Harbor and T49C and T49A2 in Lopez Sound

Southern Resident J Pod Orcas near Friday Harbor and T49C and T49A2 in Lopez Sound

April 5, 2023 – After casting off from Friday Harbor about 11am we headed north based on a report of orcas southbound from Jones Island. Winds were blustery from the…

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Biggs/Transient Orcas T49A’s in Westsound, Orcas Island

Biggs/Transient Orcas T49A’s in Westsound, Orcas Island

April 3, 2023 – We headed North with haste hearing T49A’s were Westbound in Cayou Channel. With a report that they were exploring Westsound we were able to slow down…

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Humpbacks BCX0519 ‘Stitch’ & BCY0458 ‘Raptor’ and Orcas T34’s & T37’s with brand new calf

Humpbacks 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…

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Biggs/Transient Orcas T36’s inter-island

Biggs/Transient Orcas T36’s inter-island

October 28, 2022 – There was an early morning report of a pod of orcas on the NW side of San Juan Island at 8:30am. The next sighting they were…

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Orcas, a minke whale, falcons and more

Orcas, a minke whale, falcons and more

October 19, 2022 – Today was one of those days where everything is always working out for us. It started out with a nice, relaxing sail up the channel. Near…

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Multiple Minke Whales on Middle Bank

Multiple Minke Whales on Middle Bank

October 13, 2022 – Extremely fun sailing adventure with repeat guests/friends out to Middle Bank where we found three or maybe four minke whales.  A pair of them were traveling side…

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