[Lauren Fritz, M/V Kestrel, 08/31/17, 2:00 pm Tour] Wow – we made quite an epic journey on our whale watch today! The closest whales reported were out by Race Rocks, which is about 10 miles west of Victoria. This means we were headed out towards the Pacific...
[Lauren Fritz, M/V Kestrel, 08/26/17, 10:00 am & 2:00 pm Tour] Thank goodness for high-powered vessels! M/V Kestrel really pulled through today on our two tours – we were up in Canadian waters, 20-30 miles out of Friday Harbor, for our orca encounters....
[Naturalist Erick D., M/V Kittiwake, 8/15/17, 10:00AM] Yesterday, Captain Gabe and I had a morning charter with a great family aboard the Kittiwake. We left Friday Harbor around 10AM and it was made extra fun by the fact that part of the family group was from...
[8/9/17 1:30pm Sea Lion Naturalist Sarah C.] One of our favorite family groups of transient killer whales have been extra present in the Salish Sea this August. Featuring two HUGE adult males and two adult females, the T18’s (named after T18 Esperanza). The...
[Naturalist Erick D., M/V Kestrel, 8/1/17, 2:00PM] On our second trip of the day, Captain Gabe and I took a group of folks out from Friday Harbor north. All of us aboard the M/V Kestrel started looking for exciting wildlife. We first found so many Harbor Seals and...
Lauren Fritz, M/V Sea Lion, 07/31/17, 1:30 pm and 5:30 pm Tours Guests on board the M/V Sea Lion today had a chance to see some wonderful orca behavior from the T37’s and T34’s, all traveling, hunting, and socializing together. On our first tour, we...
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