September 18, 2021 – An exciting encounter seeing Southern Resident orcas from L Pod followed by a minke whale encounter in the area known as “Minke Lake” west of Waldron…
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On Salmon Bank with a minke whale
September 14, 2021 – It was a fun adventure even with the rain – We saw bald eagles, harbor seals, harbor porpoise, diving birds, cormorants, sea lions, and a minke…
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September 7, 2021 – Today and had another sail with the orca family known as the T18’s and a minke whale like the day before. Yesterday we went north, and…
Read moreMinke whale northbound in San Juan Channel
September 4, 2021 – After leaving the harbor we had thoughts to go south after hearing of a minke whale to the south in San Juan Channel. However, after we…
Read moreMultiple Minke whales near Salmon Bank
September 2, 2021 – We headed south on our full day sail. We found a minke whale on Salmon Bank and a pair swimming together on our way back to…
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August 31, 2021 – Pretty lighting today on our sail. We checked out the beautiful steep forested north shore of Orcas Island before crossing Presidents Channel to Waldron Island. Here…
Read moreA minke on Salmon Bank and a sail to Castle Rock
August 24, 2021 – A great sail down San Juan Channel, through the pass by Deadman Island, to Whale Rocks to see the Steller sea lions, out to Salmon Bank finding…
Read moreMinke encounter and a rare Brown Pelican
August 19, 2021 – After leaving the harbor we headed south out of Cattle Pass. We found a minke whale on Salmon Bank who gave us some great views as it…
Read moreBest Minke whale mugging EVER
August 11, 2021 – What a sail we had today! We were mugged by a minke whale who circled us roughly 10 times! We returned via the South Lopez coastline,…
Read moreFinding a minke on Salmon Bank
June 26, 2021 – Half day sail south to Salmon Bank where we had great views of a minke whale. This whale looks like one we’ve seen last year –…
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