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Laura C.| M/V Sea Lion | 10/27/2019 | 12:00pm Today was a glorious day out on the water with Captain Sarah! M/V Sea Lion headed north bound towards Active Pass with rumors in the atmosphere of Bigg’s killer whales! We were all surprised of how many harbor porpoises were seen along the way! As we...Read more

M/V Sea Lion | Naturalist Alexandria | Friday, October 18 th , 2019 What a fantastic day we had out on the water today! We started out our trip and we had a unconfirmed report of orcas north of us. By the time everyone had boarded and we were leaving Friday Harbor a few other boats from our area...Read more

Sarah | 10/15/2019 | M/V Sea Lion | 12:00pm We had a lovely October day out on the water, with a bit of Pacific Northwest liquid sunshine falling from the sky and amazing wildlife in the waters surrounding the San Juan Islands, today was autumnal whale watching at its best. Captain Erick and I left...Read more

Naturalist Erick | Sunday, October 13, 2019 | M/V Kestrel | Noon We couldn’t ask for better fall weather today when Capt. Pete and I took a full group out to go search for wildlife in the Salish Sea. We started out by heading east through Upright Channel and through the small passage between...Read more

M/V Sea Lion| Sunday, October 13 th , 2019 | Naturalist Alexandria What a full day we had today! With fall in full swing here on San Juan Island, it sure turned out to be the perfect fall day! The sunshine was out as we departed on our trip aboard M/V Sea Lion and we had already heard of a report...Read more

Sarah | 10/12/2019 | M/V Sea Lion | 12:00pm What an incredible day on the water! After an early morning report of a huge group of orcas moving east in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Captain Erick and I were eager to leave the dock here in Friday Harbor to go out and explore! We decided to head south...Read more

M/V Kestrel| Saturday, October 12 th , 2019 | Naturalist Alexandria We had a great day on the water today! As we headed out on M/V Kestrel the day was looking promising! What had started out as a bit of a gloomy and wet day had dried up, and there was even some sunshine peeking through the clouds!...Read more

Naturalist Erick | Wednesday, October 9, 2019 | M/V Sea Lion | Noon Today, was another sunny, fall day in the San Juan Islands. Captain Sarah and I headed out to search for some wonderful wildlife. We headed south through San Juan Channel and as we passed Turn Island we spotted a majestic Bald...Read more