Wednesday, June 06 | M/V Sea Lion | 12:00 What a great day out on the water! The sun was out and shining and the animals were definitely out enjoying the good weather. We had a lovely group of people get off the Washington state ferry and join Captain Pete, Naturalist...
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...
Every whale watch is somewhat of a gamble. In an area of such vast biodiversity, like the Salish Sea, any time you go out on a boat, you’re bound to see some form of wildlife. However, whales, being wild animals, cannot truly be guaranteed every trip, especially...
We had a very exciting and full-of-wildlife day! We departed Friday Harbor heading north into Canadian waters. Before seeing the main event (killer whales) we spotted about five or six harbor porpoise just north of San Juan Channel. Not long after we saw one dorsal...
We caught up with killer whales just as they were swimming across Turn Point, off Stuart Island, heading west. The whales were not just slowly traveling by; they were porpoising out of the water, moving fast! All together there were four of them. Two were right next...
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