Erick | Tuesday, May 21, 2019 | M/V Sea Lion | 12:00 Tuesday was another beautiful day out here in the archipelago. We headed out of Friday Harbor and turned north. We headed towards Spieden Island. Just around Yellow Island we saw a Minke Whale! These are smaller baleen whales that inhabitat the...Read more
Erin | Monday, May 20, 2019 | M/V Sea Lion | 12:00 p.m. Today was incredible. It began with some sightings of harbor seals as we departed from Friday Harbor. They were swimming through the water as we cruised past them. We travelled north toward President Channel, and we saw some harbor porpoises...Read more
Erick | Sunday, May 19, 2019 | M/V Sea Lion | 5:30PM On our second trip this Sunday, Captain Gabe and I took our lovely group of folks north through San Juan Channel and towards Boundary Pass. We made our first stop at Green Point on Spieden Island. Here there were a few Steller Sea Lions enjoying...Read more
M/V Sea Lion | Friday, May 18 th | Naturalist Alexandria | 2:00 PM What a great day we had today! As we were heading out of harbor we decided we were going to head south and see what we could find. When we hit the water with no firm reports, all the captains are in constant communication with each...Read more
Erick | Tuesday, May 14, 2019 | M/V Sea Lion | 12:00 Today, we were back in our normal spring weather – so gray skies with light drizzles through out the day. I love this weather because the low-lying clouds scrap along the tree line and the mist that you walk through cools down the temperature and...Read more
M/V Sea Lion | May 11, 2019 | Naturalist Alexandria What a great day we had today out on the water! Captain Pete, Erick and myself all hit the water with no firm reports of whales, but as we headed north up San Juan Channel we heard of some Humpbacks that had been seen up in Boundary Pass! We were...Read more
Erick | Wednesday, May 8, 2019 | M/V Sea Lion | 12:00 Today we were lucky enough to get another warm sunny day in the San Juan Islands. Captain Gabe and I took out a group of lovely folks to go search for some local wildlife. We started by going south through San Juan Channel and then east towards...Read more
Piper | 05/07/2019 | M/V Sea Lion | 12:00 Even though it's still early season, the sun shone today like a warm summer afternoon and the skies were so clear we could even see Mt Rainier as Captain Gabe and I led the M/V Sea Lion out of the marina, where we had an early bald eagle sighting, and south...Read more
