June 14th 2019 Our whale reports today included The T49As, whom we’d briefly seen the day before, milling at Eagle Point with changing directions. We also heard of T35As, T38s,…
Read moreSunset Sail in the San Juan Islands with the T49As
June 11th 2019 – The T49As were reported coming West from the Orcas ferry terminal and through Pole Pass. We met them just North of Jones Island and watched from…
Read moreSail around Lopez meeting the T65Bs and T137s, Transient Killer Whales / Biggs Orcas
June 6, 2019 – Sailing out of Friday Harbor we received mixed reports of Orcas South in Rosario Strait. Every day North, South, East or West is a question and…
Read moreGuess who’s coming to dinner in Friday Harbor – The T65As
May 24, 2019 – We’d been following reports of transient/Biggs orcas, the T65A’s, heading north from Smith Island. We also were following news of two humpbacks heading south from Pt…
Read moreTriple header – minke, humpback and orcas
August 10, 2017 – Today was one of those days where we really wanted to go for it – and so we did. First up – Pit stop in the…
Read moreTransient Orcas, T2C’s, in San Juan Channel
June 10, 2017 – The T2Cs are currently our resident Transients. We met them on our doorstep after leaving them at East Point last night. Reduced sail as their family…
Read moreT123’s come to Friday Harbor
April 26, 2017 – No whale reports, off we go. Blue skies and great wind, loons, rhinoceros auklets, harbor seals snoozing. But nothing stays the same on the water –…
Read moreSailing with T49As and T65As to the RA Buoy
We sailed South into the expansive ebbing ocean current South of Lopez to meet Transient Orcas. Sailing parallel to 4 separate Orca groups traveling down the shipping lanes with a…
Read moreIncredible encounter with transient orcas T36A’s and T65B’s
10/2/16 – Out through Cattle Pass and took a right. Never seen so many surf scoters. All in a line milling off South Beach. We continued north to meet transient…
Read moreSailing with a super pod of transient orcas
Sept 4th – Transient orcas T18,T19’s dosey doe with T34’s, T36, T37, T37B’s and T99’s. We arrived South end of Cypress Island in a band of heavy fog and felt…
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