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

Aug 4 We made the quick pit stop at Viti Rocks to look at a variety of bird species and harbor seals. Soon after, we went towards Sinclair to look for a humpback that was lost about 20 minutes before. We ended up spotting it going north by Sinclair, and it turns out when we… Continue reading All four species of whales, with humpbacks breaching a few times!

  Kurt Leipold capturing humpback Uluka on 7/28/24 July 28 Today was a long run out to the Strait of Juan de Fuca to see if we could spot a humpback that was last reported by a PWWA vessel 30 mins before we arrived. We found the whale already 5 miles from its last known… Continue reading Minkes and Humpacks Appear more often as Summer Caries On

July 21 We went real far east today to Swanson Channel south of Pender Island in Canada today. We were watching the T46Bs again today, a lot farther than we saw them yesterday.   We got some great looks at their eye patches and the lighting was perfect to see their spouts. On the way,… Continue reading Far and Near, Whales Abound!

A shot from Laurie Russel on 7/16/24 July 14 We came upon three pods this day! The T49A’s were at Friday Harbor, and on the way back we saw the T75B’s and T77’s at Blakely Shoal.   July 16 We started off with seals at Viti Rocks and then quite the show from some sea… Continue reading Interesting Activity from Several Orca Sightings