August 18, 2022 – We saw some cool wildlife including bald eagles, harbor seals, Steller sea lions, great blue herons, cormorants, various diving birds, a minke whale and the best part of all – a lunge feeding humpback whale! We never figured out the ID of the whale. We couldn’t find it in our catalogue so we reached out to a Facebook group to see if others with a larger catalogue can figure out who it is but didn’t get any response.

Turn Island

Turn Island

Harbor seals hauled out south of Turn Island

Harbor seals hauled out south of Turn Island

Harbor seals hauled out south of Turn Island

Our fun group on board today

Great blue heron on the kelp

Harbor seal hauled out on a rock

Harbor seals hauled out by Deadman Island

Island reflections and sail shadow

Harbor seal hauled out on a rock

Bald eagle on top

Bald eagle flying by

Bald eagle in dead tree

Steller sea lions on Whale Rocks

Steller sea lion about to take a dip

Steller sea lions on Whale Rocks

Beautiful conditions on the water

Humpback whale on Salmon Bank

Humpback whale on Salmon Bank

Humpback whale right dorsal

Humpback whale lunge feeding

Humpback whale lunge feeding

Humpback whale milling on Salmon Bank

Humpback whale milling on Salmon Bank

Humpback whale milling on Salmon Bank

Humpback whale tail flukes

Humpback whale tail flukes

Humpback whale tail flukes

Humpback whale lunge feeding

Humpback whale lunge feeding

Humpback whale left dorsal

Humpback whale lunge feeding

Humpback whale tail flukes

Humpback whale surfacing

Humpback whale dorsal fin

Humpback whale with Cattle Pt Lighthouse and Salmon Bank can

Minke whale near humpback on Salmon Bank

Humpback whale with Cattle Pt Lighthouse and Salmon Bank can

Humpback whale tail flukes

Humpback whale tail flukes

Humpback whale tail flukes

Humpback whale tail flukes

Gull floating on driftwood

Cattle Pt Lighthouse in sunset, San Juan Island

Cormorants on Goose Island

Cormorants on Goose Island in the sunset

Goose Island and Cattle Pt

Sunset sail back to Friday Harbor

Sunset sail back to Friday Harbor

Sunset sail back to Friday Harbor

Sunset sail back to Friday Harbor

Sunset sail back to Friday Harbor

Sunset sail back to Friday Harbor

Sunset sail back to Friday Harbor

Sunset reflections on the water

Sunset sail back to Friday Harbor

Sunset sail back to Friday Harbor

Passengers posing for photos

Route map 8-18-22-pm