Upper Left: Chainsaw approaching us on 7/2 by Allen Nichols Upper Center: Flapjack spy hopping on 7/2 by Lincoln Humphry Upper Right: Cerulean and BCY1157 traveling together on 7/2 by Lincoln Humphry Bottom Left and Center: T36 Biggs pod right off shore in Bellingham Bay on July 4th by David Abraham Bottom Right: T36 Biggs… Continue reading So Many Orcas – Near & Far!

Top Row: A humpback with Mount Rainier, and T75B’s, both south of Cattle Pass on 5/23. By Lincoln Humphry Bottom Row: Big Mama the humpback and her new 8th calf showing some pectoral fin on 5/25. By Kurt Leipold   5/23 Standard Viti rocks start, with double crested cormorants, glaucous winged gulls, pigeon guillemots and… Continue reading Daily Orcas & Big Mama and Her New Calf!

First 5 shots are from Saturday May 10th with a gray pair traveling together.  PC: Lincoln Humphry The last 4 are from Mothers Day Sunday, with the T124A2s and T87.  PC: Kurt Leipold May 9th We went through the middle of the Islands, and through Spieden Channel to watch a humpback on the west side… Continue reading All the Species in One Weekend!

Gorgeous Bird Sightings from Kurt Leipold on the 4/27 La Conner Cruise Screenshots of Naturalist Emily’s Videos of Chainsaw and fellow T60’s as well as Schooner the Humpback All naturalist notes from Emily Lekburg Friday, May 2nd  Today is the first whale watch of the 2025 season!! We have all been looking forward to hanging… Continue reading Inaugural Whale Watch Weekend of 2025

Some excellent shots from Jim Bachman on 9/21 and 9/29, our final tour of the season. Sept 15 We didn’t see any whales today, but we saw lots of other wildlife.   On our way south we got to see lots of harbor porpoise. It was also low tide at Viti, and there were so… Continue reading That’s a Wrap! What a Season.

We lucked out with some amazing action from the T37’s on Sept 12. Sept 8 We rushed the middle of the islands for an early report of orcas heading south from Friday Harbor. The hope was to catch them before they headed into rough seas in the strait. When we arrived, we lucked out with… Continue reading Plenty of Pods of Transients & A Lucky Ferry

Sept 1 Today was a great day. We decided to go see the T36B’s and T137s and it’s a good thing as we got to see the T36B baby still orange. The calf was born this year. And was very playful. We saw it jump out of the water multiple times! All the whales were… Continue reading Orcas and Humpbacks All Week, Some in the Same Day!

Top Row: Leo Soloman’s photos from the 8/27/24 transient orca T-Party. Bottom Row: Kurt Leipold’s shots of humpbacks Valiant and Scuttle on 8/25/24. Aug 25   What. A. Day. We started off watching the T75Bs, who were heading north in San Juan Channel. They were swimming close together, giving glimpses of their eye patches and… Continue reading Another T-Party and lots of Other Orca Sightings!

Shots from Helen Nickerson on 8/18/24 of the T49A’s near Waldron Island Aug 18 Rough reports today after our out of season August rain storm, with a lot of fog in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Haro Strait. These are usually easy locations for us to get early whale sightings. Today was a… Continue reading So many pods! T49A’s twice, and the tail end of T-Party!

The T60’s cruising past Anacortes back toward Bellingham with us. 8/12/24 Aug 11 Sealions gave us a pretty good show this morning. They were all trying to get up onto the marker, but also taking turns and playing in the water. We saw a few surfacings of a lone female (T002B). Lone females are super… Continue reading Lots of T60’s and some T49’s