May 20, 2018 – Pulled the anchor at Patos sailing NW with a report of transient (Biggs) orcas 40 miles north near Nanaimo. Lots of activity with the new day…
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Sail around San Juan Island with T65A Transient Orcas, a Loon, and an Osprey
September 2nd 2017 We sailed South through Cattle Pass and circumnavigated San Juan Island. Took New Channel and met Transient orca family T65As hunting near Cowlitz Bay, Waldron Island. Surprised…
Read moreWhale 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 moreSailing Orcas Island Eastsound with T137s Transient (Biggs) Orcas
August 16th 2017. Sailed into Harney Pass and the full length of Eastsound, Orcas Island, with the T137s. This is the second time this year we’ve sailed the full length of…
Read moreCalling minke whales with a kelp horn
August 4, 2017 – A great trip south on the ebb sailing by some of our favorite places… Whale Rocks had a very small steller sea lion pup hauled out…
Read moreSailing with L pod from Cattle Pass to Iceberg Pt
August 3, 2017 – Another day with interesting lighting from the BC fires up north. We exited Cattle Pass to visit Goose Island – a large bird rookery south of…
Read moreBiggs/Transient orcas T18/T19’s visit Roche Harbor via Mosquito Pass
August 2, 2017 – Smokey haze in the air from BC’s forest fires. We set out on a mission to find orcas. We even made kelp horn trumpets to call…
Read moreA visit with a minke before circling Lopez Island
August 1, 2017 – Sailed south down San Juan Channel. A visit to Goose Island and out to Salmon Bank to find a minke whale – and we did. He/she…
Read moreTransients in Rosario Strait
July 31, 2017 – Sailed on a journey through the islands to pass on the experience of seeing orcas for the first time. Magic. We first met the T37B’s coming…
Read moreSailing with a humpback whale
July 29, 2017 – We sailed north out of Friday Harbor on a journey to intercept a humpback whale. Luckily the humpback known as BCY0532 aka “Graze” was swimming quickly…
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