May 10, 2020 – A Happy Mother’s Day! The three humpbacks that visited Friday Harbor today all had calves last year. We heard an earlier report of humpbacks coming down…
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Humpbacks BCY0324 ‘Big Mama’ & BCX1193 ‘Zig Zag’ pass Friday Harbor
April 7, 2020 – Essential ID’s… The first humpback whales of 2020 to pass Friday Harbor: BCY0324 ‘Big Mama’ & BCX1193 ‘Zig Zag’. Interestingly they headed into the fastest part…
Read moreA fantastic sail with orcas T100’s and a lunge feeding humpback MMX0006
September 25, 2019 – We had such an incredible adventure. It began with an Orcas Island pick up. On the way there we happened upon a group of Biggs/transient orcas…
Read moreA wild humpback encounter with MMX0006 aka “Double Drop”
September 14, 2019 – Winds were perfect for sailing swiftly moving us along out of Cattle Pass to meet a humpback whale MMX0006 aka “Double Drop” and back to Friday…
Read moreSailing with humpback whale “Bond” south of Flattop
September 10, 2019 – It was a gorgeous day on the water with so much wildlife out and about. We spotted many harbor seals, bald eagles, great blue herons, harbor…
Read moreHumpback ‘Hydra’ with calf and Orca family T49A’s
August 20, 2019 – A great big thanks to our passengers for spotting two humpback whales coming down the channel shortly after we left Friday Harbor. We identified the mother…
Read moreSailing with humpback whales BCX1358 ‘Frankenstein’ and BCY0324 ‘Big Mama’
August 12, 2019 – It was a beautiful sail with two humpback whales BCX1358 ‘Frankenstein’ and BCY0324 ‘Big Mama’. What a beautiful day to explore the islands and the wildlife…
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June 4, 2017 – A fun day sailing into the wild blue yonder where we met two large humpback whales – Heather and Divot (BCY0160 and BCX1057). Flattop Island guillemots…
Read moreA visit with Humpback whales at Java Islets
May 18, 2017 – We ran up north into Canada to see 2 humpback whales eastbound from Java Rocks. Drift sailing downwind on a whisper of a wind with the…
Read moreThe Humpback Comeback
Sailed south to witness the “Humpback Comeback”. Drifting in the deep blue we were mesmerized with the deep breaths of these gentle giants. Waving their pectoral flippers, lunge feeding, fluking.…
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