July 9, 2021 – When we left the dock we had a report of Biggs/Transient orcas known as the T137’s who were with T36A2 and T36A3 southbound in Rosario and…
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June 10, 2021 – When we left the dock a family of orcas known as the T123’s had crossed from Pt Disney to Lovers Cove on Orcas Island and were…
Read moreGray Whale at Salmon Bank plus a rare Arctic Tern
May 25, 2021 – As we left Friday Harbor we decided to head south today. We love cutting in the pass behind Turn Island to spot the wildlife that lives…
Read moreMinke whales by Smith Bank and Turn Island plus a brown pelican and tufted puffin
September 21, 2020 – South on the ebb and today we could again see Mount Baker. A great blue heron roosting high on a snag, resting harbor seals and two…
Read moreJ pod orcas off San Juan westside and a minke whale near Flattop
July 7, 2020 – J pod of the Southern Resident orca community had been on the West side of San Juan Island for the passed three days. It was our…
Read moreHumpbacks at Boiling Reef and Orcas T46B’s near Friday Harbor
June 22, 2020 – We left Friday Harbor to drift in light winds close to shore and found a breeze at Point Caution to cross the channel on a beam…
Read moreSailing to McArthur Bank
June 19, 2017- South on the ebb. Mountains, glassy seas, harbor porpoise everywhere, harbor seals even in the middle of nowhere, birthday BBQ, minke whale, a distant humpback whale, steller…
Read moreMeeting T2C’s, T65A’s, and T124A’s at East Point
June 9, 2017 – Sunset moonrise sail. The only whales we knew of were way to the North. However we knew that they could get going and head South so…
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