One of the three resident pods of Orca whales, K-pod, now has a new member! Here are the details, courtesy of the Friday Harbor Whale Museum: “On July 6, a new calf was spotted by Jeanne Hyde, The Whale Museum’s Orca Adoption Program Coordinator, at 6:47 a.m. from shore on the west side of San… Continue reading K Pod Has A New Calf – K-44!
Category: San Juan Islands
San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 7/9 Whales On Our Crab Cruise!
Lots of whales yet again out in the San Juans on our 8 hour San Juan Adventure cruise – we found all three resident pods (J, K and L) in the waters just north of Stuart Island. They weren’t together, so we can’t technically call this one a “Superpod”, but they were especially active. Then,… Continue reading San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 7/9 Whales On Our Crab Cruise!
San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 7/7 – SUPERPOD!
Yesterday we had our first Superpod sighting, which is when we see members of all three resident pods of Orca whales (J, K and L pods) in the same spot. It was an exciting to watch they swim and frolic, an experience that normally only happens a few times each season. If you’re on the… Continue reading San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 7/7 – SUPERPOD!
San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 7/6
Summer’s finally here – lots of sunshine out in the San Juan Islands, and lots of Orca whales! We saw members of K and L pods on Wednesday, just south of Lopez Island. Preliminary reports from the boat today (Thursday 7/7) say that there’s a chance we may see a “Super Pod” today – members… Continue reading San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 7/6
San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 7/3
The weatherman forecast rain on Sunday, and I guess he was right because it did rain overnight. However, for our day cruise in the San Juan Islands, it was beautiful from start to finish. It was topped off with watching the entire J-Pod orca whale group, just west of San Juan Island. It’s been a… Continue reading San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 7/3
San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 7/2
Our cruise today left just an hour ago, and we are already watching a group of Orca whales (J-pod) just west of Lummi Island. It’s a beautiful day out in the islands – clear skies and lots of sun!
San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 7/1
It wasn’t the best of starts today – a little cloudy and gray, but we heard reports of whales out in the San Juan Islands, so we knew it’d be a good day. Since it looked like we would cross paths with the Orcas in the afternoon, we made an earlier-than-normal 2 hour stop in… Continue reading San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 7/1
San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 6/30
Lots of whales yet again yesterday (6/30) – we wound our way through the islands, before coming across a group of Orca whales just west of San Juan Island. If you don’t have plans for the weekend, come join us on our San Juan Adventure day cruise, or our Chuckanut Bay Cracked Crab dinner cruise.
San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 6/28 & 6/29
We keep seeing whales – recent sightings have included members of J-pod and K-pod out west of San Juan Island. The weather was just s0-so, but there’s nothing that makes people happier than seeing lots of whales jumping and playing out in their natural habitat. Weather is looking better over the next few days –… Continue reading San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 6/28 & 6/29
San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 6/26
It was a picture-perfect day in the San Juans yesterday, with lots of sun and glassy-smooth waters. We went out quite a ways yesterday, up towards the Canadian Gulf Island, in search of Orcas. One group of resident Orcas, J-pod, has been fairly easy to find recently, but we were also able to see part… Continue reading San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 6/26
