September 4, 2022 – After leaving Friday Harbor we went inter-island and out Peavine Pass to see some Biggs/Transient orcas. Brothers T60D and T60E were hanging out with the T18’s. Well, T19B was with the two brothers while the rest of the family was a little to the east closer to Cypress Island. We could see their fins surfacing in the distance and eventually they joined up together. It was pretty cool seeing the 4 big males together with their huge dorsal fins towering over the two females. The orcas headed towards Lawrence Pt and went north along the shoreline in the back eddy. We noticed that T60D and E vanished and weren’t with the T18’s any longer. It wasn’t easy keeping up against that strong ebb tide so we came about and headed back south toward Peapod Rocks to check out the harbor seals. We kept our eyes open looking for the two brothers but never spotted them again. A call came over the radio of a humpback whale moving north in Rosario headed our way. We got lucky to see the humpback whale, too, and identified the whale as male humpback BCX0936 “Mantis” using photos of the tail flukes and dorsal fin. After some nice looks at the humpback we came back through Peavine Pass and down to Upright Head and down Upright Channel backing tracks back to Friday Harbor.
Mt Baker seen from south entrance of Friday Harbor
Sailing along Upright Head
Pelagic Cormorant on cliff
Kayaker near Upright Head, Lopez
Bald eagle nest, Upright Head, Lopez Island
T60D and T60E with T19B
T19B with Mt Baker
T60D and T60E with T19B
One of the T60 boys with T19B
T60D with Mt Baker
T19B peeking
T60D and T60E with T19B
T19C
T60D and T60E with T19B
Sailing with orcas
T60E
T60D
T19B with T60D and T60E
Orca headstand
T18’s and T60D and T60E grouping up
T18’s/T19’s
T18’s and T60D and T60E grouped up
T18’s and T60D and T60E grouped up
Orca brothers T60E and T60D
T18
T19
T18’s/T19’s
T19B with T18
Looks like T19C with T19
Brothers T19B and T19C
Brothers T60D and T60E
T18’s cruising up the Orcas coastline
T18’s cruising up the Orcas coastline
T18’s cruising up the Orcas coastline
Black tailed deer on Orcas Island
Harbor seals on Orcas Island
Looking up Orcas Island coastline from Lawrence Pt
Harbor seals on Peadpod Rocks
Harbor seals on Peadpod Rocks
Harbor seals on Peadpod Rocks
Harbor seals on Peadpod Rocks
Humpback whale BCX0936 “Mantis”
Humpback whale BCX0936 “Mantis”
Humpback whale BCX0936 “Mantis” dorsal fin
Humpback whale BCX0936 “Mantis” tail flukes
Humpback whale BCX0936 “Mantis” tail flukes
Humpback whale BCX0936 “Mantis”
Humpback whale BCX0936 “Mantis” dorsal fin
Humpback whale BCX0936 “Mantis” tail flukes
Humpback whale BCX0936 “Mantis” dorsal fin
Humpback whale BCX0936 “Mantis” exhale
Humpback whale BCX0936 “Mantis” dorsal fin
Humpback whale BCX0936 “Mantis” tail flukes
Humpback whale BCX0936 “Mantis” tail flukes
Humpback whale BCX0936 “Mantis” tail flukes
Humpback whale BCX0936 “Mantis” tail flukes
Our fun passengers
Sailing around Orcas Island coast
Olympic Mountains under the clouds
Bald eagle on Shaw Island
Orca seaplane
Orca seaplane