Saturday, November 11 – MV Sea Lion – Noon As the M/V Sea Lion made its way out of Friday Harbor on this blustery November Saturday there was radio silence on whale sightings in the Salish Sea. With thoughts of circumnavigating Orcas Island, territory that hadn’t yet...
[6/22/17 – 2:00PM – M/V Kestrel] Usually we only see one species of large whale per trip trip but some trips it seems like we’re seeing all the whales! Captain Gabe and I left aboard M/V Kestrel yesterday with a great crew of guests to search...
What an absolutely gorgeous day on the Kestrel today. No winds, clear, sunny skies, and a forecasted high of 80 degrees. And what better way to take advantage of a picture-perfect Washington day than to take a high-speed vessel out into the glassy calm water and spot...
Have you ever seen a porpoise before? A lot of people haven’t or they didn’t know that they did. Porpoises are a small group of small cetaceans that are related to dolphins, but different…. Both dolphins and porpoises are on the smaller end of being whales and share a...
Captain Mike, naturalist Erick, and I, along with our 43 guests on M/V Sea Lion departed from Friday Harbor today at 12:00. This was the start of our now normal 12:00 departures that will continue through the rest of the season (instead of 1:30). We cruised south...
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