Sunday, October 29 — M/V Sea Lion — 12:00 Noon: Heading out of Friday Harbor on this autumnal day, the M/V Sea Lion turned south towards a report of Bigg’s killer whales off San Juan Island. After a short ride, we found ourselves at Whale Rocks near Cattle...
The M/V Sea Lion departed Friday Harbor yesterday at noon with a boat load of guests and a boat load of whale reports! We headed in the direction of the L-4s and company, traveling south of Orcas Island. Reaching the west-bound orcas rather quickly, we discovered a...
[Naturalist Erick D., M/V Kittiwake, 7/13/17 11:00AM Charter] Yesterday, Captain Brian and I took a charter group out aboard the M/V Kittiwake. This was an extended family and we were super excited to take them out on a whale and wildlife tour from Friday...
Steller’s sea lions, also known as Northern sea lions, are some of our wintertime wildlife residents here in the Salish Sea. Characterized by their golden-brown coloration, their broad foreheads, and, oftentimes their deep growly roars it is always a treat to...
Today we had the rare opportunity to observe the same group of orcas for both of our trips. On our first trip at 1:30 we picked up the T77’s, a family of five, as they were approaching the west side of Henry Island, just north of San Juan Island. Almost as soon as we...
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