Biggs Pods T37A’s-T36B-T99’s-T36A’s
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]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. The tour started out for the T99’s and T36A’s. On the way, I learned of a […]
T37A’s, Heather, Raptor, Red-Necked-Phalarope
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]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. All this within a five minute period after leaving the harbor. Course changed for Spieden Channel which […]
T65A’s-T30’s and 7 Humpbacks
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]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 inbound approaching Race Rocks at 3 knots. T65A’s-T30’s and 7 Humpbacks I did some quick time calculating […]
Biggs Orca Peregrine Exotics
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]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. Got to see them wave their tails at us and chase a seal or two around but […]
T99’s and T65A3 & A4
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]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 of lately. I left them to go see the Stellar Sea Lions. Later we saw the T65A3 […]
T65A3, T65A4, Divot and Calf
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]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 showing up unexpectedly in places so eventually, we moved on to see a pair of Humpback Whales. […]
T100’s Swim By Friday Harbor
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] 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 the harbor as some pods have in the past. I called my party and they were […]
T65A’s off Dungeness Spit
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]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 they were spotted up in Howe Sound north of Vancouver. The little calf, T65A5 has a lot […]
T65A’s With Playful Calf
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]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 the islands it kind jigs and jags, but the 49th is the very top. We caught up […]
T65A’s and T99’s Smokey Skies
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]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 near Sidney B.C. The T65A’s and T99’s Smokey Skies. We went directly to them as they descended […]
Bigg’s Day of Whales
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]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 each. There were 124A’s plus others on the first tour and the 65A’s on the second tour […]
T2C’s and J Pod Orca
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]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 to be sure. T2C2 has Scoliosis of the spine. His family waits up when he lags too […]
T101’s for 3 tours and T2C’s
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]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 were nearby. Viewing them on all three tours. We viewed a few other critters including Harbor Seals, […]
T2C’s & Unknown Orca
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]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 way of feeding and always waits for him to catch up. There was one other whale in […]
J-Pod, Stellar Sea Lions
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]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 was sharing with my first tour how Notch got his name. When I started editing on the […]
Biggs Pods T18’s and T19B
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]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. Though we did not see any spectacular kills take place today. It was a very good day […]
Monarch, J Pod, Sashimi
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]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 Harbor Seal having just caught a sockeye salmon. He was ripping chunks out of it to eat. Others were […]
Humpback and Egg Yolk Jelly
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]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 Channel and on our last tour in the Strait of Georgia. This whale is named Yogi. If […]
Gray Whale and Minke Whale
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]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 Rosario Strait. We left the dock in search of them as did most other boats but Rosario […]
Humpback and Sunset Wonders
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]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 headed our way. A few Humpback Whales were spotted out west a bit. Another spotted off of […]