Biggs Pods T37A’s-T36B-T99’s-T36A’s
What a beautiful day. The water was a bit choppy but we had blue sky. No more forest fire smoke which was nice. Lots of whales today. We had Biggs Pods T37A’s-T36B-T99’s-T36A’s...
What a beautiful day. The water was a bit choppy but we had blue sky. No more forest fire smoke which was nice. Lots of whales today. We had Biggs Pods T37A’s-T36B-T99’s-T36A’s...
Today, T37A’s, Heather, Raptor, Red-Necked-Phalarope. We started out north for Canada. I changed direction to go west toward Victoria. Then got word of Killer Whales in Spieden Channel close by....
An interesting day. We started north to catch up with a pod of orca going away from us at 6 knots and 32 miles out. Word came of two pods...
Today, the Biggs Orca Peregrine Exotics and Lions Mane Jellyfish. We left Friday Harbor heading north seeing Harbor Seals along the way. Met up with the T65A3 and T65A4 siblings....
T99’s and T65A3 & A4. Today we had two tours with different whales. The first, we saw the T99’s a group of four whales that we have seen quite a bit...
T65A3, T65A4, Divot, and Calf. We headed out to see T65A3 and T65A4 who are still wandering off from the rest of their pod. They were doing long dives and...
The T100’s Swam By Friday Harbor today. I started my first tour early. We just idled out of the harbor and we were with whales. This group didn’t actually come into...
T65A’s off Dungeness Spit is who we saw today. The T65A’s this time down at the Olympic Peninsula to see them. The T99’s were not with them today. I believe...
T65A’s with playful calf today. We made a long trip up to the north side of the 49th parallel of latitude. The 49th is the top of the United States. Through...
This morning I heard a couple pods on the San Juan hydrophones. By the time we left the dock, they were in Canadian waters. They had made their way over...
Bigg’s Day of Whales. Yesterday we saw Biggs Orca on two tours and J Pod on the evening tour. Today I was out twice and saw different Bigg’s pods on...
T2C’s and J Pod Orca for today. The first two tours were with the T2C’s. Not a whole lot of activity with them today. They are a very unique family...
We saw the T101’s for 3 tours and T2C’s during our trip home. Knowing the T2C’s had been spotted, we started a search but couldn’t find them. We learned the T101’s...
So today we viewed the T2C’s & Unknown Orca. The T2C pod of Killer Whales includes T2C2 who has Scoliosis of the spine. The pod looks after him in the...
We headed south to see J-Pod, Stellar Sea Lions. One of our Southern Resident Killer Whale pods. Saw the J16’s and J47 Notch who is J35 Tahlequah’s 8-year-old son. I...
Today I took my guests to view the Biggs Pods T18’s and T19B. We saw Harbor Seals and Bald Eagles and some amazing views of the T’s foraging for seals....
The tour started off seeing Seals and Porpoise and then a Humpback Whale named Monarch. Today’s tour is Monarch, J Pod, Sashimi We saw Bald Eagles including several immature ones. A...
Yogi the Humpback and Egg Yolk Jelly. Today was a beautiful day with lots of sunshine, no fog, and a Humpback Whale. He was moving up Haro Strait, then Swanson...
Today’s tour included Gray Whale and Minke Whale. The tour started off with great promise. A tugboat had moved out of the traffic lanes to avoid a pod of Orca in...
Today we had Humpback and Sunset Wonders. We started out searching for a pod of Orca that had been spotted off Nanaimo last night. The last known direction they were...
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