Zephyr and calf, tight to shore on San Juan Island.  “The Sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.” Jacques Cousteau Check out some...

We saw all the birds on my guests’ checklist today, though it was a bit interesting birding in the fog. There were black turnstones, surfbirds, black oystercatchers, harlequin ducks, tufted...

It was a perfect day with orcas tormenting a rhinoceros auklet, viewing a humpback, and seeing Ottis, the sea otter breaking clams open for a tasty meal.  We jetted south...

The highlight today was a porpoise kill and bloody waters seen when it happened. The morning started out heading west to meet up with a pod of orcas traveling east...

Our highlight for this evening’s tour was the T75Bs training a calf to hunt. They left the seal alive, though traumatized, and moved on. This was a make-up tour for...

Two very successful birding tours. The first surf scoters I have seen this year, They are goofy looking characters with their clownlike face. pigeon guillemot with a catch, marbled murrelet,...

I took us up to Porlier Pass and Olympus the humpback whale gave us some good views. From there I went through Porlier and headed south continuing the search for...

The animals we saw today were T34s T37s and silly sea lions. Viewing a group of orcas today who were unpredictable as they roamed the Salish Sea. Trying to predict...

We observed the T109As Playing and Hunting Seals today. We watched them play near Swirl Rock, then moved on and returned later to see them hunting at Strawberry Island inside...

This day we saw T77s T75Bs T65 T46Bs and seals sea lions and bald eagles. “The Sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.”...

I am asking the question today: Do we have two horned puffins? T46Bs were also a highlight of the day. Look at the puffins from 7/13/24, six days earlier, and...

A day of Puffins Turnstones and T75s. We went to the puffins first and looked for the horned puffin for a while. All we found were tufted puffins.  Then we...

What a day with Playful and Frisky T65Bs and Seal Chomping T109As. We went north of Active Pass to meet up with the T65Bs. They were putting on a great...

Our day started out in fog and ended with T37As and others. I headed towards Smith Island to share puffins with our passengers. We found a few. Then, we stopped...

The T65Bs and Tussling Sea Lions were the main attraction today. It was a bit chaotic with all the weekend boaters on the water. We started out watching a group...

What an amazing afternoon with 25 orcas together T34As, 35s, 36As,37s, 38s, 46Bs, 49As, 49C, 75, 75A. It was pretty magical with more Bigg’s killer whales together than I can...

The T65Bs & Tufted Puffins were on our list of highlights today. Lots of eagles lately, seals and sea lions too. It was a beautiful day on the water yet...

We discovered the T65Bs in Samish Bay, combing up close to the rocks for seals. Leaving the harbor this morning, I was working with three other captains to form a...

The T109As in San Juan Channel were our main attraction today. It was blowing hard in Juan de Fuca strait today and I took us north in search of whales....

We were in Hood Canal with T65As and T37s. This was a new first for us today. I have never been in Hood Canal with orcas. I have scuba-dived a...