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Wildflowers at Yellow Island Nature Preserve followed by Biggs/Transient Orcas T19’s near Friday Harbor

Wildflowers at Yellow Island Nature Preserve followed by Biggs/Transient Orcas T19’s near Friday Harbor

April 26, 2026 – Today we had a sail with a visit Yellow Island Nature Preserve. It was spectacular!  The wildflower bloom is just incredible! On our return to the…

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Humpback BCX1800 “Gretzky” on MacArthur Bank, sea lions and elephant seal

Humpback BCX1800 “Gretzky” on MacArthur Bank, sea lions and elephant seal

April 25, 2026 – Today we set a course for south. We drifted through the narrow channel by Turn Island passing harbor seals resting on the rocks. Near Deadman Island…

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Biggs/Transient Orcas T49A2 with T51 in East Sound

Biggs/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…

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Biggs/Transient Orcas T49A2 and T51 by D’Arcy

Biggs/Transient Orcas T49A2 and T51 by D’Arcy

April 22, 2026 – After casting off from Friday Harbor we headed North after hearing reports of two Biggs/Transient male orcas over by D’Arcy Island. They had crossed Haro from…

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Yellow Island and Biggs/Transient Orcas T123’s

Yellow Island and Biggs/Transient Orcas T123’s

April 19, 2026 – With plans of visiting The Nature Conservancy’s Yellow Island Nature Preserve today we headed north after leaving Friday Harbor. There was a strong ebb against us…

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Biggs/Transient orcas T65 and T63 “Chainsaw”

Biggs/Transient orcas T65 and T63 “Chainsaw”

April 15, 2026 – We sailed north on the beginning of the flood tide with a report of Biggs/Transient orcas at East Point, Saturna Island, and two orcas approaching San…

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Biggs/Transient Orcas T36A’s, T86A1’s and T124A4’s followed by Humpback whales BCX1068 Split Fluke and BCX1193 Zig Zag followed by T36A1’s and T65A’s

Biggs/Transient Orcas T36A’s, T86A1’s and T124A4’s followed by Humpback whales BCX1068 Split Fluke and BCX1193 Zig Zag followed by T36A1’s and T65A’s

March 28, 2026 – Biggs/Transient orcas, T36A’s (minus T36A1’s), T86A1’s, and T124A4’s) came into Friday Harbor about an hour or so before we cast off. When our passengers arrived on…

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Biggs/Transient orcas T49A2 with T65A5 followed by Humpback Whale HW-MN0510828

Biggs/Transient orcas T49A2 with T65A5 followed by Humpback Whale HW-MN0510828

October 22, 2025 – An October morning a little chilly with a possibility of rain and we headed north with a report of a humpback whale in New Channel. As…

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