orca whale watching by seattle

We love days that start off with great sighting reports. The first sighting of the day- killer whales at Race Rocks, near Victoria, heading northeast. This was good news. We loaded the boat, motored out of Friday Harbor and headed south toward Cattle Pass. We had some fun sea conditions- small...Read more

Welcome to the Pacific Northwest! We went from a sunny hot 4th of July weekend to a cool overcast/drizzly 60 degrees in a matter of days! After the weekend I forgot that I should always have my fleece hat with me. It's been a rainy and cool couple of days, but no wind. And the wind is all I care...Read more

Orca Super pod Southern Resident Killer Whales everywhere today… We saw a super pod all three pods: J,K and L, right off of Henry Island. It was amazing. At first they were a little spread out, and appeared to be fishing. Some orcas were very close to shore; some were slapping their flukes, maybe...Read more

Just goes to show you that whales are wild animals. This is not a marine park nor an aquarium. The San Juan islands and their waterways are the home to many wildlife, all of which are constantly in flux trying to survive while evading predators and hunting for prey....and might Orca Whales and...Read more

What a great 4th of July! Friday Harbor is celebrating it's 100th Anniversary and we had a fabulous 4th of July parade to start the morning off! It was a hot sunny day....honestly I can't believe how warm it was...I almost could have jumped in our cool waters (temps in the low 50s) just to cool off...Read more

L-Pod Orca Whales with Calf near False Bay Today we traveled east out of Friday Harbor, then South and then up the west side… We got word that there were some resident orcas near False Bay on the west side of the island. We encountered some of L-pod, the largest pod of the Southern Resident...Read more

Thought I'd take a moment to share with you all a little about our trip last night (Thursday 7/2). It was one of those perfect evenings that we in the whale watching world dream about! It was unbelievably calm...glassy seas, extremely clear skies and lots of whales! The Southern Residents (killer...Read more

The whales were proving that they are the dominant marine species today. While we were rocking and rolling through the waves and being whipped by the wind, the orcas were effortlessly swimming along through the Canadian Gulf Islands. After we took the MV Sea Lion out of the dock today we headed for...Read more