June 10, 2022 – Bald eagles, harbor seals, various diving birds, and the highlight was a pair of humpback whales traveling along Stuart Island. One of the humpback whales was…
Read moreHumpback whales BCZ0298 “Split Fin”and one other by Turn Point
Finding Biggs orca T49A1 in Rosario and T137’s outside Friday Harbor
May 25, 2022 – What a fun sail we had heading out into Rosario Strait and finding lone male orca T49A1 as he was steadily southbound. The next afternoon he…
Read moreHumpbacks BCY0324 Big Mama and calf by Saturna Island
May 23, 2022 – After leaving Friday Harbor we made quick progress sailing north up San Juan Channel with a plan to catch up with a humpback whale traveling up Haro…
Read moreSailing with Biggs orcas T71B’s, T124D’s and T124C
April 28, 2022 – An epic adventure all the way to Lummi Island to see some Biggs/transient orcas – T71B’s, T124D’s and T124C.
Read moreSail Around Pender Island: T65Bs in Navy Channel then T65As in Boundary Pass
An epic day sailing into Canada around the Pender Islands to see the Biggs/Transient orcas known as the T65B’s and then finding her sister and offspring, the T65A’s, on our…
Read moreT65A’s and T123’s pass Friday Harbor
April 11th, 2022. We headed North on a report of Biggs Orcas hunting a Stellar Sea lion off Ruben Tarte park. Breaches and tail slaps and lots of seagull activity…
Read moreT34’s and T37’s Biggs Orcas North up Swanson Channel
April is 7th, 2022 – A sad day in Friday Harbor as a large fire burned historic buildings of downtown. I was assigned on exposure protection and the fire was sufficiently…
Read moreA minke whale between Flattop and White Rock
October 27, 2021 – A Steller sea lion outside Friday Harbor, bald eagles galore, harbor seals, harbor porpoise, a minke whale, a Peregrine falcon, and various types of birds including common…
Read moreFour humpback whales pass Friday Harbor
October 19, 2021 – An epic day sailing with 4 humpback whales passing Friday Harbor! BCX1057 ‘Divot’ and calf, BCX1358 ‘Frankenstein’ and BCX0936 ‘Mantis’.
Read moreHumpback MMZ0004 “Zephyr” and new calf outside Friday Harbor
October 1, 2021 – It was a great start to our sail when we found a pair of humpback whales outside our harbor! We identified the mother humpback whale as…
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