May 16, 2026 – With news of orcas in the area we called our passengers for an earlier departure. Biggs/Transient orcas T49A’s had come through Cattle Pass and we met…
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Gray Whale by Lopez Pass and T49A2 with T51 by Burrows Island
May 2, 2026 – After picking up our folks from Orcas Island we had a difficult choice as to whether our best bet was to take San Juan Chanel South…
Read moreBiggs/Transient Orcas T49A2 with T51 in East Sound
April 23, 2026 – Before casting off from Friday Harbor we had been monitoring reports of two male orcas in East Sound, Orcas Island. They were orcas we’d seen the…
Read moreBiggs/Transient Orcas T109A’s in Lopez Sound
August 16, 2025 – This mornings report was of orcas coming in thru Thatcher Pass and heading down into Lopez Sound. With a strong flood tide we caught the back…
Read moreBiggs/Transient Orcas T37A’s by Johns Island
August 12, 2025 – With news of Biggs/Transient orcas T37A’s northbound in Haro Strait we headed north. We sailed through the Wasp Islands seeing harbor seals then up to Jones…
Read moreCircumnavigating San Juan Island with Biggs/Transient Orcas T19’s and T109A’s
August 7, 2025 – A full day sail with a circumnavigation around San Juan Island. Our day began with a family of orcas known as the T19’s hunting by Discovery…
Read moreA pair of Humpback Whales and Biggs/Transient Orcas T65B’s in Boundary Pass
July 23, 2025 – With fog to the south we headed north. There was a report of 2-3 humpbacks moving east in Boundary Pass so kept with the strongest part…
Read moreBiggs/Transient Orcas T35A’s and T38A’s near Waldron Island
July 12, 2025 – We sailed north through the Wasp Islands and Spring Pass. As we rounded Flattop Island we met the Biggs/Transient orcas known as the T35A’s and T38A’s.…
Read moreEpic day with Biggs/Transient Orcas T77’s and Humpbacks “Big Mama” and new calf
July 11, 2025 – As we left Friday Harbor we were watching the progress of Biggs/Transient orcas, the T77’s, who had come in through Thatcher Pass. We cut from Turn…
Read moreOrcas T65 & T63 “Chainsaw” with T36’s in Bellingham Channel & two Humpback whales in Rosario Strait
July 2, 2025 – After leaving Friday Harbor we dithered around deciding whether to go north to see humpback whale “Big Mama” with her calf by East Pt or to…
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