[7/8/2017- M/V Kestrel- 10:00AM & 2:00PM] Two trips, two successes in finding some orca whales! For both trips today, we departed a sunny Friday Harbor and headed south of San Juan Island into the Straight of Juan de Fuca. The adventure boat, M/V Kestrel, held to...
[Sarah M – 07/07/2017 – M/V Sea Lion – 01:30pm] Some days all the stars align and magic happens on the water. That was yesterday on the M/V Sea Lion. Naturalist Erick, Captain Mike, and I headed out of a very windy Friday Harbor on the search for whales. Given the...
[Sarah M. – 07/06/2017 – M/V Kestrel – 02:00pm] “Here he comes! Right under the bow!” It’s not often that you have such an amazing encounter with killer whales, and aboard M/V Kestrel we are right in the action! Yesterday we headed north from Friday Harbor towards the...
[Naturalist Sarah – 07/05/2017 – M/V Sea Lion – 01:30pm & 05:30pm] I walked into the wheelhouse of the M/V Sea Lion, Captain Mike just shook his head, “Can you believe how lucky we’ve been this season?!?” Honestly, I cannot begin to rationalize...
[7/3/17- M/V Sea Lion- 1:30PM & 5:30PM] What a glorious day of trips for M/V Sea Lion! We were fortunate enough to have a lucky afternoon trip with nothing but sun and transient killer whales, and on this sunset departure, we were just as fortunate! Both trips...
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