Perspiring in a t-shirt, I was eager to get our tour off the dock today. I’m always excited to begin another San Juan safari, but at the forefront of my mind was the cooling breeze that I knew awaited us on the open water. The warm spring weather also inspired my...
Please hit “play” on the provided video and let it play as you read in order to fully grasp this blog post Today we had an EPIC trip on the M/V Sea Lion. When watching our killer whales in the area I am routinely blown away by their grace and power, but rarely do we...
Ten members of J-pod were seen along the eastern side of Saturna Island in Canadian waters today (48°45.2071N, 123°06.9784W). The whales were spread out and traveling north. J2 “Granny”, the 101 year old matriarch, was identified among the group. Also L87 “Onyx” was...
Word was that killer whales were north and headed north today, so we wasted no time departing from Friday Harbor. Along the way we spotted a few curious harbor seals and some harbor porpoise. Then we weaved in between the beautiful Canadian islands of Saturna and...
Today we traveled north into Canadian waters and caught up with about 7 or 8 members of J-Pod just off Point Roberts; coordinates: 48°56.97N, 123°10.25W. As we arrived on the scene the whales were quite spread out allowing guests to look in every direction and see at...
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