July 27, 2024 – We met a bald eagle eating something on a rock outside Friday Harbor. Continued inside Turn Island admiring the harbor seals hauled out on the low tide. We sailed and tacked our way down to a fog bank and then hugged the coastline of Lopez Island down to Cattle Pass. Out to Whale Rocks still in the fog watching the Steller sea lions having a good time. We crossed Salmon Bank looking out for minke whales and had word of a humpback whale heading east from Middle Bank towards Cattle Pass. Set a course for Middle Bank and met the humpback whale, BCY0983 “Aerie”, just over the Canadian border circling the bank. Put the hammer down to head for home passing the cormorants on Goose Island then cutting inside Griffin Bay to escape the ebb current.
Route map 7/27/24
Bald eagle eating something on the rocks
Harbor seals hauled out on the rocks with fog in Griffin Bay
Harbor seals hauled out on the rocks with fog in the distance
Harbor seals hauled out on the rocks with fog in the distance
Harbor seals hauled out on the rocks south of Turn Island
Big Rock, Lopez Island
Harbor seals in the fog
Great blue heron in the fog
Harbor seal with pup in the fog by Deadman Island
Harbor seals with pups in the fog by Deadman Island
Steller sea lions at Whale Rocks
Steller sea lions at Whale Rocks
Humpback whale BCY0983 “Aerie”
Humpback whale BCY0983 “Aerie”
Humpback whale BCY0983 “Aerie” with tanker
Humpback whale BCY0983 “Aerie” with Olympic Mountains
Humpback whale BCY0983 “Aerie” tail flukes
Humpback whale BCY0983 “Aerie” tail flukes
Cattle Point Lighthouse, San Juan Island
Goose Island
Brandts Cormorants, Goose Island
Double-Crested Cormorants, Goose Island
Gulls with chicks, Goose Island
Gulls with chicks, Goose Island
Harbor seals hauled out on the beach of Goose Island
Harbor seals hauled out