We are currently offering our San Juan Adventure cruise Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, so we didn’t have any tours over the last few days. It was great to get back out there yesterday though – amazing weather and two pods of resident Orca whales (J & K pods), spotted in the southwest corner of the… Continue reading San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 9/9
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San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 9/3
We’ve seen lots of wildlife over the past few days – porpoises, Stellar sea lions, Minke whales and bald eagles. The highlight though was yesterday, when we were able to see all 3 resident pods of Orca whales, up by Turn Point in the NW corner of the islands. We’re out on a private charter… Continue reading San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 9/3
San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 8/28
The resident Orca whale pods were just outside our range today, but we were able to find a group of 5 transient Orca whales, up in the Canadian Gulf Islands (near Saturna). This group were fun to watch and we had a good amount of time with them, before we continued our journey on to… Continue reading San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 8/28
San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 8/27
It was an Orca whale double-header on Saturday (8/27) – we found members of K and L pods on our way out to the San Juan Islands, then after our two hour visit in Friday Harbor, we saw them again just a few minutes after departure.
San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 8/25
On Thursday (8/25) we were able to see all three pods of resident Orca whales (J, K and L pods), up in the NW corner of the San Juan Islands. The warm weather is expected to continue all the way through the weekend – a great time to cool off and enjoy some great scenery… Continue reading San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 8/25
San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 8/23
Another great day of whale watching yesterday (Tuesday). This time it wasn’t Orca whales, it was Humpbacks! We found a pair of them just off Clark Island on our way out to the islands, then after our stop in Friday Harbor we saw them again near Peavine Pass. It’s pretty rare to see Humpbacks this… Continue reading San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 8/23
San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 8/22
Unfortunately, we’ve got a temporary break in summer today, with cooler temps and rain. However, rain doesn’t affect the whales one bit and we found a group of transient Orcas today, just off the east side of Orcas Island. We happened to catch them having a bit of lunch, a real Animal Planet style experience… Continue reading San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 8/22
San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 8/19 & 8/20
Our San Juan Islands/Whale Watching tours could not have been any better the last couple of days. We didn’t just see whales, we saw all 3 resident pods of Orcas – over 80 of them in all! They were spotted up in the NW corner of the San Juan Archipelago. With sun and temperatures just… Continue reading San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 8/19 & 8/20
San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 8/18
Once again we found J & K pods, up near Turn Point in the NW corner of the San Juan Archipelago. We were able to spend quite a bit of time with this group. Looking forward to a great weekend of sun, and whales!
San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 8/15-8/17
We’ve had lots of whales this week to go along with some outstanding weather. We saw members of L pod on Tuesday, then yesterday we saw J & K pods near Jones Island. Sounds like we’ll be seeing them today as well. Our cruise this coming Sunday is currently sold out, but we still have… Continue reading San Juan Cruises / Whales & Wildlife Report – 8/15-8/17
