Captain Jim and I set out on our first trip of the day on M/V Kittiwake expecting to drive for 1.5 hours before getting to any whales. The most recent reports were that they were 10 miles north of Patos Island, but heading toward us. It was doable, but it was going to...
On this sunny afternoon, Owner/Captain Brian, Captain Pete, and I departed Friday Harbor with 18 guests aboard M/V Kestrel. Just like I always do, I began to give guests more of an orientation to the wildlife in the area, just to make everyone is on the same page as...
Guests boarded the Kestrel in hopes of finding Killer Whales and positive reports gave us just enough excitement to boat over to Iceberg Point. We travelled at 35knots as we moved towards the whales, taking a quick pit stop to check out harbor seals. Once arriving on...
In my post yesterday, I mentioned how I could not find words to describe how amazing our Orca encounter was. Well, surprisingly everything that I said yesterday can be applied to our afternoon trip today! There was another super pod of killer whales, but we didn’t...
On last night’s sunset cruise we caught up with two groups of about 20+ Southern Resident Killer Whales headed south in Rosario Strait between Cypress and Blakely Island (48°34.46N, 123°46.05W). They hadn’t gone far since the greeting ceremony earlier that day, but...
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