by Whale Watching Naturalist | Feb 7, 2018 | charter boat san juan island, friday harbor, san juan island
[Naturalist Sarah – 02/07/2018 – M/V Sea Lion – 01:00pm Charter] Today marked our first trip from Friday Harbor of 2018! In preparation for a charter later this summer we hosted a small group aboard M/V Sea Lion on a short two-hour charter to check out...
by Whale Watching Naturalist | Nov 11, 2017 | friday harbor, killer whales, orca behavior, orca whale watching by seattle, orca whale watching near seattle, san juan island, Whale Watching Friday Harbor, whale watching near Seattle
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...
by Whale Watching Naturalist | Oct 29, 2017 | friday harbor, killer whales, orca behavior, orca whale watching by seattle, orca whale watching near seattle, san juan island, Whale Watching Friday Harbor, whale watching near Seattle
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...
by Whale Watching Naturalist | Sep 14, 2017 | friday harbor, killer whales, orca behavior, san juan island, Southern Resident killer whales, Whale Watching Friday Harbor
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...
by Whale Watching Naturalist | Sep 9, 2017 | friday harbor, orca whale watching by seattle
[Lauren Fritz, M/V Sea Lion, 09/08/17, 1:30 pm Tour] Today was foggy. I find days like today so relaxing and peaceful, and leaving Friday Harbor is so exciting because you don’t really know what you’re going to see! Fortunately, the fog around here usually...
