October 28, 2022 – There was an early morning report of a pod of orcas on the NW side of San Juan Island at 8:30am. The next sighting they were…
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Orcas T36A’s near Waldron in the sunset
June 25, 2022 – A birthday sail with a pod of orcas! The T36A’s off of Waldron Island in the sunset.
Read moreBiggs Orcas T65A’s and T77’s in Haro Strait
May 27, 2021 – Today we sailed around the world. Across the equator and through the tropics we saw it all. It began as a serene drift through Turn Island…
Read moreA sail with the T18’s Biggs Orcas
September 8, 2020 – After setting sail we took the pass behind Turn Island down to Danger Rock to check out the harbor seals hauled out on the rocks. Cut…
Read moreOrcas and humpbacks, oh my! T65A’s and Heather (BCY0160) and Raptor (BCY0458)
July 8, 2019 – We left Friday Harbor and set a course to the North. Winds were light today and the currents were ebbing. We heard a report of the T65A…
Read moreFinding humpback whale MMX0167 “Stitch” by East Pt
June 22, 2019 – We Left Friday Harbor with a whale report of Biggs/Transient Orcas at Point Grey, Vancouver. That’s 50 miles North – but we did note they were…
Read moreWhale watching sailing with Transient Orcas in San Juan Channel
August 25th 2017. Half day sail North and met T34s, 36As, 37 and 37Bs near Jones Island. They travelled and hunted San Juan Channel close to shore at Rueben Tarte…
Read moreMeeting T75Bs and T77s in Rosario Strait
June 21, 2017 – What an adventure. So many photos – so many favorites. Sailing north in Rosario Strait with transient orca families, T75B’s and T77’s (presumably sisters). T77’s first son, T77A,…
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 moreJ pod Group A meets up with J pod Group B
We sailed south on the ebb and again met group A of the J’s – this time at Long Island. We sailed up island alongside traveling in a linear line…
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