July 17, 2026 – Before we left the dock, people were lined up on the pier watching the T65B family of Bigg’s (transient) orcas milling near the university docks in…
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Biggs/Transient Orcas T49A2 and T65A5 in San Juan Channel
October 15, 2025 – North wind and a flood current gave us a fast close-hauled sail across the channel towards Neck Pt. Here we heard a report of orcas south…
Read moreBiggs/Transient Orcas T36A’s with T65A5 come down San Juan Channel
July 11, 2024 – On today’s sail we saw lots of wildlife. There were many harbor seals hauled out resting with newborn pups. Bald eagles were all around including a…
Read moreBiggs/Transient Orcas T75B’s with T77C and T77D, then T71B’s and T124D’s, and then T18’s with T65A5
August 13, 2023 – Today was a whale of a sailing day as we got to see many different orca groups in the area. We encountered the T75B’s with siblings…
Read moreYellow Island and Biggs/Transient Orca T65A5
May 18, 2023 – What a beautiful day for a sail. Today we had a plan to visit Yellow Island Nature Preserve. It was absolutely gorgeous with the wildflowers in…
Read moreFinding 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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