August 10, 2018 – Short sail extended to half day. We left Friday Harbor quickly as the T18/T19 family of Transient Orcas had just passed the Harbor traveling North. We met them at Point Caution and crossed the channel together towards the islands of Wasp Pass between Orcas and Shaw Islands. T19C did his own thing, as he commonly does, circling and hunting between the rocks from Shirt Tail Reef to Nob Island. We had some dramatic views as he circled very close to the rocks where the harbor seals and pups were hauled out. We sailed wing on wing downwind as they continued along San Juan Channel passing close to shore at Jones Island state park. We continued to sail North with them and watched as they hunted again at Flattop Island and Gull Rock. We left them as they continued towards White Rock and we sailed close hauled against the tide. Passing back through the Wasp Pass Islands we noticed a Bald eagle on Shirt Tail Reef’s Channel marker.
Route Map 8-10-18
All Aboard Sailing whale watching
T19B and T19C
T18 and T19 with T19B
T19C hunts on his own at Shirt Tail Reef
T19C hunts on his own at Shirt Tail Reef
Whale watching from shore
Whale aree grouped up
T19C transient Orca hunts Harbor Seals at Flattop National Wildlife refuge
T19C transient Orca hunts Harbor Seals at Flattop National Wildlife refuge
T19C transient Orca cruises shoreline at Flattop National Wildlife refuge
Bald Eagle picks up scraps from hunting Biggs (Transient) Orca
T19B Galliano (Mr. Floppy Fin)
T19 and T18
T19C
T19C
Bald Eagle roosts on Wasp Pass Channel marker
Bald eagle
Nob Island
Sailing Wing on wing in San Juan Channel