[7/23/17- M/V Kestrel- Kelsey, Naturalist- 2:00PM] The Southern resident killer whales have not been around much this season, so today was a thrilling day to get a chance to see them! We have had a lot of the transient killer whales (or orcas), because the harbor...
[6/29/17- M/V Kestrel- 2:00PM] The Southern resident killer whales have returned! Having left North several days ago, they were out of range for whale watching vessels in the San Juan Island region. But the tides have turned, and today the residents were seen just to...
[6/26/17- M/V Sea Lion- 1:30PM] M/V Sea Lion was in for quite a trip today as we left Friday Harbor in search of some wildlife. With good reports early on, we were excited as we headed out to the northwest side of San Juan Island in a beautiful day of sunshine. We...
[6/25/2017- M/V Kestrel- 1:30PM] The Southern resident killer whales have returned to the San Juan Islands! M/V Kestrel departed Friday Harbor in search of orcas, and just towards the west side of San Juan Island was the merging of many members of J-pod and K-pod! The...
Lauren Fritz, Whale Watch Naturalist, M/V Sea Lion, 6/14/17, 1:30 and 5:30 Tour The Transients have really been stealing the show around here! These marine-mammal eating cetaceans have been seen all the way down in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and all the way up by...
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