[7/23/17- M/V Kestrel- Kelsey, Naturalist- 2:00PM] The Southern resident killer whales have not been around much this season, so today was a thrilling day to get a chance to see them! We have had a lot of the transient killer whales (or orcas), because the harbor...
Lauren Fritz, M/V Kestrel, 07/22/17, 10 am Tour Our whale watch tours are always changing – we never see the same thing, and no two tours are the same! That’s the fun of coming out with San Juan Safaris. M/V Kestrel had an amazing morning tour up in the...
[7/21/17- M/V Sea Lion- Kelsey, Naturalist- 5:30PM] Quite the trip was in store for us as we prepared ourselves to disembark from Friday Harbor on San Juan Island in search of whales and other wildlife. M/V Sea Lion moseyed from the harbor and headed north past Orcas...
[7/20/2017 2pm Kestrel] Today’s trip took us north into Canadian waters to watch two families of transient killer whales that had been spotted just north of Saturna Island in Boundary Bay. What started as a no-superb-whale reports trip turned into one of the top...
[7/18/17- Kelsey, Naturalist- M/V Kestrel- 2:00PM] Oh, Southern resident killer whales, how we have missed you here in the San Juan Islands! It’s been several weeks since any resident killer whales have been seen in the San Juan Island region, and today finally broke...
[7/16/17 2pm KL] Transient killer whales continue to steal the show in the Salish Sea! Our daily Kestrel departure from Friday Harbor today took us East of San Juan Island to the far side of Orcas Island to view the same family of orcas that we also watched all day...
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