May 14, 2019 – Sailed North with a belated report of Biggs Orcas coming in through Cattle Pass and passing Friday Harbor. We met T87, the T90s, and T124A2s near…
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Whale watching sailing with T65As in Rosario Strait
August 20, 2017 – Leaving the harbor we heard reports of transient orcas, T65A’s, coming down from the north. Plotting a course to intercept the orcas, we took a short…
Read moreIncredible power, predation event
June 13, 2017 – Today we witnessed the dramatic chaos created as a transient orca family known as the T65A’s displayed their incredible power during a predation event – leaping,…
Read moreUnder sail with social traveling orca whales
Aug 22nd – We spent the afternoon with a beautiful, tight group of Southern Residents as they headed north in Haro Strait. We were with the K13’s, L4’s, L26’s, and…
Read moreK12s and 13s foraging in False Bay
Aug 15th – Summer’s evening sail south through Cattle Pass to meet the K12s and 13s foraging in False Bay. Big tides and the moon, close to full, rose before…
Read moreSunset storm clouds
We went south to Hein Bank looking for humpbacks and minkes, but instead found L85 all on his lonesome. Choppy seas and a fair wind brought us back to cruise…
Read moreGroup A of the J’s reunite with Group B
Group A of the J’s reunite with Group B. After sailing north and exploring Flattop and the Cactus Islands we met group A southbound from Turn Point. Fast travel to…
Read moreMorning Minke
Morning sail and we lucked out with a minke whale in Minke Pond, North of San Juan Island. Newborn harbor seals, eagle activity, and we’re ecstatic to find, for the first…
Read moreResident orcas meet Transients
June 5th – After 22 days absence, our Southern Residents returned. They were heard on the hydrophones at dawn and the calls included those of L pod. This is their…
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