Category: San Juan Islands

San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 8/3

This is what summer’s all about – sun, blue skies, and salty ocean breezes. For us it also means beautiful scenery in the San Juan Islands and Orca whales. This is definitely the time of the season to take a trip with us! Yesterday we saw lots of Orca whales, members of J & K… Continue reading San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 8/3

San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 7/29

More whales in the San Juan Islands yesterday – J & K pods were spotted just west of San Juan Island. We stuck with K pod most of the time. It was a beautiful, sunny day – it took a while but summer seems to have finally arrived!

San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 7/24

You couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful day in the San Juan Islands on Sunday – clear skies and calm waters. We met up with a fun, playful Minke whale just south of Lopez Island that entertained the passengers for quite a while. The Orca whales were just out of range, but initial reports… Continue reading San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 7/24

San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 7/18-23

We fell a little behind with our recent whale & wildlife sighting reports, but it wasn’t due to a lack of whales in the area. It’s been a great week, with Orca whale sightings each day, mostly on the west side of San Juan Island. The weather’s been absolutely perfect the last couple of days… Continue reading San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 7/18-23

San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 7/17

Whale sightings have been very consistent over the last week, with lots of Orca sightings just west of San Juan Island over the past week. On Sunday’s cruise we were able to watch members of J-pod and L-pod for quite a while. Looks like great weather over the past few days, so if you don’t have plans… Continue reading San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 7/17

San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 7/16

On Saturday’s cruise there was a bit of fog, so we went straight over to Friday Harbor for our 2 hour shore visit. Afterwards, the fog had cleared, allowing us to have great views of two groups of Orca whales just west of San Juan Island – J-Pod and L-12’s. While it wasn’t a typical… Continue reading San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 7/16

San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 7/12 & 7/13

It’s great when all three resident pods of Orca whales are centered in the San Juan Islands, as they’ve been for the past 3 weeks or so. Over the last two days we’ve seen members of all three pods, a group (J Pod) just south of Lopez Island off Davidson Rocks, and K & L… Continue reading San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 7/12 & 7/13

San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 7/10

We heard reports all morning with the locations of all three resident pods of Orca whales (J, K and L pods). Unfortunately, they weren’t all in the same place, so we had to pick which group to see. We decided to look for K pod, which was out on the west side of San Juan… Continue reading San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 7/10