April 11th, 2022. We headed North on a report of Biggs Orcas hunting a Stellar Sea lion off Ruben Tarte park. Breaches and tail slaps and lots of seagull activity…
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T34’s and T37’s Biggs Orcas North up Swanson Channel
April is 7th, 2022 – A sad day in Friday Harbor as a large fire burned historic buildings of downtown. I was assigned on exposure protection and the fire was sufficiently…
Read moreA minke whale between Flattop and White Rock
October 27, 2021 – A Steller sea lion outside Friday Harbor, bald eagles galore, harbor seals, harbor porpoise, a minke whale, a Peregrine falcon, and various types of birds including common…
Read moreFour humpback whales pass Friday Harbor
October 19, 2021 – An epic day sailing with 4 humpback whales passing Friday Harbor! BCX1057 ‘Divot’ and calf, BCX1358 ‘Frankenstein’ and BCX0936 ‘Mantis’.
Read moreHumpback MMZ0004 “Zephyr” and new calf outside Friday Harbor
October 1, 2021 – It was a great start to our sail when we found a pair of humpback whales outside our harbor! We identified the mother humpback whale as…
Read moreJ Pod Orcas and a Humpback named BCY077 “Gibbous”
September 30, 2021 – A special birthday sail for a little boy who really wanted to see whales. Well, how about sailing while watching Southern Resident orcas from J pod…
Read moreOrcas T34A1, T36’s, T65A5, and T65B’s in Boundary Pass and a visit to Pt Doughty
September 24, 2021 – An exciting sail heading up into Boundary Passage to see Biggs/Transient orcas T34A1, T36’s (T36 with T36B’s), T65A5, and T65B’s with a beautiful back drop of…
Read moreOrcas T18’s near Deception Pass
September 9, 2021 – We sailed south out of Cattle Pass and hugged the beautiful South Lopez coastline. After passing Point Colville we crossed over towards Deception Pass Bridge to…
Read moreMultiple Minke whales near Salmon Bank
September 2, 2021 – We headed south on our full day sail. We found a minke whale on Salmon Bank and a pair swimming together on our way back to…
Read moreOrcas T60’s with T2B and T59 inter-island
August 23, 2021 – A great sail through the islands where we encountered a family of Biggs/Transient orcas known as the T60’s who were joined by T2B and T59. We…
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