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 | Aug 27, 2017 | orca whale watching by seattle
[Lauren Fritz, M/V Sea Lion, 08/25/18, 5:30 pm Tour] Wow. That’s the only word I can think of to accurately depict our amazing sunset whale watch this evening. The crazy thing is, we only have a handful sunset trips left! We are stopping them this Sunday because...
by Whale Watching Naturalist | Jul 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
[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...
by Whale Watching Naturalist | Jun 23, 2017 | orca whale watching by seattle
[6/22/17 – 2:00PM – M/V Kestrel] Usually we only see one species of large whale per trip trip but some trips it seems like we’re seeing all the whales! Captain Gabe and I left aboard M/V Kestrel yesterday with a great crew of guests to search...
by Whale Watching Naturalist | Jun 5, 2017 | friday harbor, san juan island, whale watching near Seattle
[06/04/2017 – M/V Kestrel – 2:00pm] Today’s tour was a showcase of huge diversity of wildlife found in the Salish Sea. We are very lucky to find an amazing array of marine mammals: eight species of cetaceans, four species of pinnipeds, and two species of...
