May 8, 2020 – After hearing reports and seeing dorsal fins on the webcam on the west side of San Juan Island we were tempted to go out for a…
Read moreBiggs/Transient orcas T101’s head to Boundary Pass
Humpbacks BCY0324 ‘Big Mama’ & BCX1193 ‘Zig Zag’ pass Friday Harbor
April 7, 2020 – Essential ID’s… The first humpback whales of 2020 to pass Friday Harbor: BCY0324 ‘Big Mama’ & BCX1193 ‘Zig Zag’. Interestingly they headed into the fastest part…
Read moreSouthern Resident J Pod Orcas visit Friday Harbor
March 21, 2020 – As we were doing some maintenance on ‘Peniel’ at the dock we heard that our Southern Resident orcas from J pod were coming down San Juan…
Read moreSailing with Biggs/Transient Orcas T49A’s and T71’s near Patos
March 19, 2020 – There was more wind than we expected as we cleared Friday Harbor. Close hauled crossing the channel we picked up a report of orcas near Blunden…
Read moreSailing with 3 minkes and humpback whale MMX0006
September 13, 2019 – It was fun finding 3 minke whales on Salmon Bank and sailing with a humpback whale (ID# MMX0006 aka “Double Drop”). The rain held out and…
Read moreA sail with J pod, a humpback and a minke
August 30, 2019 – As we cast off there was heavy fog to the south. There were many wispy ribbons hanging low over Lopez Island as we crossed the channel…
Read moreAnother triple hitter! Transients T99’s, Minke whale “Sparkles” and Humpback MMX0006
August 26, 2019 – We had an incredible day – a pod of Biggs/Transient orcas known as the T99’s, a minke whale whom we’ve nicknamed “Sparkles”, and a humpback whale…
Read moreJ pod with a pair of humpback whales and minkes feeding
August 17, 2019 – We had a whale trifecta – Southern Resident orcas from J Pod, two humpback whales which we identified as BCY0770 Gibbous and Valiant (two year old…
Read moreMultiple Minkes on Salmon Bank
August 1, 2019 – Half day morning sail. With the tide in our favor we sailed south out of Cattle Pass. As we drifted on Salmon Bank we counted three…
Read moreAn exciting sail with the T65A’s
July 29, 2019 – An adventure sailing to some of our favorite places and a visit with some of our favorite Biggs/transient orcas, the T65A’s minus T65A2. We worked our…
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