by Whale Watching Naturalist | Jun 7, 2012 | orca whale watching by seattle
Today we shuffled around Spieden, Stewart and some of the inner islands. As we boarded the boat we prepared for a wet day, but it actually turned out to be very nice. On the south side of Spieden we saw at least 30 or so Mouflon Sheep and got to see the very first...
by Whale Watching Naturalist | Jun 4, 2012 | orca whale watching by seattle
Salmon Bank was the place to be today. We headed south out of Friday Harbor, prepared for rain but pleasantly surprised that it stopped just as we left our boat slip. Along our way we stopped to view a large group of harbor seals hauled out. A few gave us a...
by Whale Watching Naturalist | Jun 3, 2012 | orca whale watching by seattle
Unfortunately there were no reports or sightings of Orcas whales in the region today, but we did get to see an amazing amount of other marine and terrestrial wildlife! We traveled approximately 50 miles round trip visiting Spieden Island, Mandarte, Turn Point (Stewart...
by Whale Watching Naturalist | May 20, 2012 | orca whale watching by seattle
Harbor seals were taking advantage of the low tide today and were seen hauled out at a number of locations in the San Juan Islands. We counted 97 Harbor Seals at just one haul-out site along the west side of Waldron Island! One mile northwest of Patos Island...
by Whale Watching Naturalist | May 18, 2012 | orca whale watching by seattle
Motoring out of the harbor a large, male California Sea Lion was conveniently hauled out on the channel buoy providing a great photo opportunity. We then traveled north through the San Juan Channel where we found our first harbor seals of the day on the rocky shores...
