Biggs Orca and Humpback
[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] Seabirds and Pinnipeds Our day started off knowing we would view cetaceans, including a pod of Biggs Orca and Humpback Whales. On the way, we stopped to see Harbor Seals, Bald Eagle, Stellar Sea Lions, and a pair of Black Oystercatchers. We saw many Rhinoceros Auklets […]
Saanich Inlet Killer 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]Our tour started as we made our way out of the harbor. I received word that there was Saanich Inlet Killer Whales in Brentwood Bay. Saanich Inlet is on the west side of Sydney and goes down to the top end of Victoria. Butchart Gardens is also […]
Orca with full bellies
[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] Cooperative Search As we left the harbor this morning, we did not have a destination in mind, meaning no sightings yet. This dilemma soon changed with report of orca fins seen in Rosario Strait northbound. Several of us started a search grid from different directi0ns. The […]
Brutality and Beauty of Nature
[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] Hunt, Chase and Kill As we were arriving on the scene with a pod of orca known as the T65A’s, we were just in time to witness a hunt. There were several Dall’s Porpoise trying to outswim and outmaneuver the Killer Whales. The brutality and beauty […]
T65A’s and Humpback 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]Our tour today included seeing T65A’s and Humpback Whales. There were also many seabirds including Tufted Puffin, Rhinoceros Auklet and Bald Eagles. On the way to the Orca, we saw Bald Eagles, Harbor Seals, and Stellar Sea Lions. At the bottom of the island, we pulled out […]
Scoters Harlequin Humpbacks & 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] Seabirds and Humpbacks This day was an exciting day. Our tour went long to see the orca that was late to the party, but we saw so much marine life. We saw Scoters Harlequin Humpbacks & Orca among so much more. We had seabirds of Rhinoceros […]
Biggs T65A’s Getting Frisky
[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] Where to go? I had no idea where we were going on our afternoon tour today. There were three humpback whales up north. Then I heard we had the T65A’s in Saratoga Channel between Camano and Whidbey Islands. These Biggs T65A’s Getting Frisky was a great […]
Playful Orca Drag Crab-pot
[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] Best Biggs Day Ever Our entire time with killer whales was within a 1/4 mile from start to finish. They had killed a Stellar Sea Lion before we arrived. They were tossing it every which way. We also had playful orca drag crab-pot and buoys along […]
Humpback, Minke, Tufted Puffin
[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]Lots of Orca yesterday in every direction and today they vanished. However, we did see whales. We had Humpback, Minke, Tufted Puffin, and much more. Before we left San Juan Channel, we stopped off to see some Harbor Seals that ended up not being there. However, we […]
T41’s and T100B’s 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]The day that started not knowing if I would need to cancel my tour due to high winds, with wind waves. The outlook was good, so I kept my fingers crossed. As it turned out, there were Orca in Juan de Fuca in multiple areas. There were […]
Beautiful Biggs Killer 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] Had a hiccup in today’s tour. I had a high temp alarm go off and was hoping for something simple like a serpentine belt replacement. The belt was fine so I ended up replacing the water impeller. I noticed the seawater strainer was empty. I learned […]
Humpback Known as Apollo
[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]Our tour started out leaving the harbor and heading north. On the way, we saw Harbor Seals on the way to view Humpback Whales. A Humpback Known as Apollo is who we were observing today. He was spending quite a bit of time in the eddies of […]
Heather Raptor & Lost Biggs
[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] Heather and Raptor The first three tour day of the season and I spent it with two of our resident humpbacks. We know them as Heather and Raptor. Heather Raptor & Lost Biggs is the description of the day as a whole. The third trip intended […]
A pair of 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] Huge versus Tiny A very hot day on the water today. I was sweating even in the straits. I took my guests north into Canada to see a pair of Humpback whales that were feeding. We headed straight there and saw a few flukes. In one […]
Gray Whales and Puffins
[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 was a very unusual day on the water. It was a day with Gray Whales and Puffins but something else too. We responded to a vessel in distress that had struck a rock and was taking on water. If you spend enough time on the water, […]
Gray Whale Evening Tour
[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] Gray Whale Today’s tour was calm waters yet again in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. We did a Gray Whale Evening Tour for my guests that wanted to see some of our beautiful Salish Sea. They had hoped to see Orca as well but today […]
JPod in Rosario & Juan-de-Fuca
[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]Spent some time with JPod in Rosario & Juan-de-Fuca straits today and a gorgeous day it was. We saw Mike J26 breaching a lot today, and I am hoping some of my pics caught him doing so. I have pics of J42 Echo who I shared with […]
Exotic’s drag Seal Intestines
[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] Exotic Transients T125A and T128 Today we had a visit from an exotic pair of Male Killer Whales from Alaska. We don’t see them here very often. The last time was about a year ago. These two are brothers even though they have different pod ID […]
Biggs T49A’s Killer 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]A very nice day on the Salish Sea with the Biggs T49A’s Killer Whales. T49A1 is a big male with that very tall, 6′, and broad dorsal fin. We arrived on the scene after they had devoured a Stellar Sea Lion. That is the full meal deal. […]
Biggs Orca San-Juan-Channel
[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 to be on the water with Biggs Orca San-Juan-Channel. We had members of several Biggs Killer Whale pods traveling together in San Juan Channel today. These Orca were the T123’s, T65’B’s. T49A’s, T75B’s, and a brand new calf this season I think is […]