J-Pod & a Humpback Whale
Whales, Pinnipeds and Sea Birds We saw a few sea birds on the way out to the whales today, including, Bald Eagle, and a young Great Blue Heron. I included...
Whales, Pinnipeds and Sea Birds We saw a few sea birds on the way out to the whales today, including, Bald Eagle, and a young Great Blue Heron. I included...
This afternoon we saw a few sea birds and then moved on to Seals and Sea Lions. Then the whales. We saw a Humpback Whale, a few views of three...
A couple of great tours today. We started off leaving the harbor and rounding the corner into Griffin Bay to be with the T137 pod of Biggs Orca. This...
Our day was with 19 Orca, Humpback, & Puffins. Before we even left the dock I was pointing out wildlife. A trio of River Otters looked to be up to...
I started off heading for a Humpback Whale just south of Lopez Island today. He was lunge feeding on bait balls of herring or anchovie. When the bait ball is...
Two tours today and we saw a Humpback, Orcas and Puffin on the first tour. We saw Humpback, Orcas and Common Loon on the second. I saw my first loon...
Two tours, both spent with the T36As in Boundary Pass and Presidents Channel. A coule kills, some play time and some sleepy time. We saw Black Oystercatchers, Bald Eagles, Egg...
Lots of choices for viewing whales today. We did not see Humpbacks though they were there, We did not see Grays though they were there, We did not see Minke...
An exciting day we had today. I headed south with the report of a Humpback Whale south of the islands. We stopped off to see Seals and Bald Eagles along...
On the way to see Orca today, we saw Bald Eagles, Harbor Porpoise, Harbor Seals, and more. Once we were on scene with Orca at Salt Spring Island, we viewed...
I had a six-hour tour today, and we tried to stuff as many species of marine life all around that we could into our tour. It was a very challenging...
I started our first tour heading north towards the Southern Resident Killer Whales. Today’s tours were with Southern Residents, Transients and More Transients We viewed them for a while then...
Lotsa Lotsa Whales We were fortunate to have Lotsa Lotsa Whales in all directions todayThere were too many to see. Our tour started off leaving the harbor and within a...
A Glimpse of the Residents Leaving My first tour was down in the Strait of Juan de Fuca with hopes of seeing J-Pod. I was able to recognize J26 Mike...
J-Pod Until this last week, I have been saying the Southern Resident Killer Whales have only been here a total of 7 days for the entire year. Only some of...
Biggs Orca in San Juan Channel This morning I was drinking coffee I was reading about a pod of Orca that had just seen in San Juan Channel. For our...
J31-Tsuchi and New Calf J Pod arrived this morning and allowed us an opportunity to see J31-Tsuchi and New Calf she brought to us in May. This little one is...
7 Hour Photography Tour I had a professional photographer from France onboard today for a 7-hour private charter, and we shot tons of pics throughout the day. Our day started...
Orca North of Vancouver and West of Sherringham Our day started out hearing about a single male orca up in Howe Sound north of Vancouver. We also heard of a...
T65A2 as a rebel Our morning tour started off heading south and stopping off to see Harbor Seals, Harlequin Duck, and Black Oystercatchers. We also stopped at Whale Rocks and...
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