May 21, 2025 – We hustled everyone on board for a fast departure from Friday Harbor with a report of Biggs orcas, the T19’s, hunting near Turn Island. We met them…
Read moreBiggs Orcas T19’s followed by BCY0324 “Big Mama” and her newborn 8th calf
Gray Whale CRC-2555 on the east side of Orcas Island
June 19, 2024 – With morning reports of orca southbound from Barnes and Clark we sailed inter-island hoping to meet them in Rosario Strait. However, we instead met a gray…
Read moreBiggs/Transient Orcas T65A’s and a vist to Sucia Island
June 12, 2024 – With news of Biggs/Transient orca nearby, the T65A’s (minus T65A3 and T65A5), we headed south to see them. After passing a bunch of harbor seals warming…
Read moreBiggs orca T87 outside Friday Harbor and T124A’s in Eastsound, Orcas Island
April 5, 2024 – We got a chance to see Biggs orca T87 (the oldest known male transient orca in this region at approx 60 years old) as he was…
Read moreBiggs/Transient Orcas T46’s pass Friday Harbor
August 2, 2023 – As we left Friday Harbor there was a family of Biggs/Transient orcas known as the T46’s traveling south along the east side of San Juan Island.…
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