July 6, 2020 – As we left Friday Harbor we received news of Biggs orcas milling at Point Doughty, the northern shore of Orcas Island. An unusual sighting of a…
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Grand slam! Minke, humpback and two eco-types of orcas!
July 5, 2020 – Our first grand slam! We sailed south and hugged the San Juan Island shoreline down to Cattle Pass. A minke whale was lunge feeding on Salmon…
Read moreJuly 4th sail with J pod, sunset, moonrise and fireworks
July 4, 2020 – We had a report in the morning of Southern Resident orcas from J pod inbound at Church Rock and we heard of members from L pod…
Read moreOur Southern Resident orcas are here! Sailing with K12’s and K13’s and a humpback whale MMZ0004 Zephyr
July 1, 2020 – Lots of excitement as soon as we woke this morning with news that K pod had arrived to San Juan Island. We’d been expecting them after…
Read moreTrifecta! Orcas T46’s outside Friday Harbor, a Humpback BCY0409, and a minke
June 29, 2020 – “I saw something go down! Looked like an orca fin!”. It started out like a normal day leaving Friday Harbor to pass the University Marine Labs…
Read moreShort sunset sail with Orcas T77’s
June 28, 2020 – As we were returning from our earlier sail we encountered a family of Biggs/Transient orcas known as the T77’s (minus T77B) outside of Friday Harbor. In…
Read moreT46B’s and T49A’s and a sail around San Juan Island
June 23, 2020 – We left Friday Harbor with the knowledge of Transient/Biggs Orcas the T46B’s (minus T46B1’s) and T49A’s (minus T49A1 and T49A2) heading North from Hein Bank. The…
Read moreOrcas T123’s & T46B1’s in Rosario with rain and rainbows
June 15, 2020 – We had been listening to reports of orcas traveling around the topside of Orcas Island down Rosario Strait. We couldn’t resist a chance to get a…
Read moreA sail with the T100’s near Turn Pt Lighthouse
June 8, 2020 – After hearing a report of orcas in San Juan Channel we scooted out the door in a hurry and cast off on another adventure. The Biggs/Transient…
Read moreSailing with T63 “Chainsaw” and the gang
May 16, 2020 – After hearing about an exciting orca sighting including one of our favorites, T63 aka “Chainsaw”, David and I decided to set sail. Its been about 2…
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