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September 29- M/V Kestrel- 2:00 pm It was a beautiful day out on the water! We had some of our well-known transient orcas just North of Lopez Island. We left Friday Harbor and headed that direction. We watched as the T65A’s finished up a harbor seal meal. We even got to see them do a few spyhops!...Read more

Piper | 09/29/2018 | M/V Sea Lion | 12:00pm Today began as a blustery September Saturday on San Juan Island. Captains Gabe and Sarah and I hopped aboard the M/V Sea Lion with a great group of adventurers and off into the Salish Sea we went! We didn't have to go very far today, though, because we'd...Read more

Sarah | 09/28/2018 | M/V Sea Lion | 12:00pm September has always been my favorite month out on the water. In these seasonal transitions the ecosystem is super dynamic creating unique opportunities for wildlife viewing. On Friday we were incredibly lucky to encounter a humpback whale on our...Read more

September 27- M/V Sea Lion- 12:00 pm We had an eventful day out on the water! We got a report of some transient orcas down in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. We headed that way to hopefully get a look at them. It was a bit of a drive but well worth the travel. When we got on scene the orcas started...Read more

Sarah | 09/27/2018 | M/V Kestrel | 10:00am Charter We had a marvelous morning out on the water with a private charter. We love getting private groups out on the boats because we can tailor the trip to exactly what the group wants! On Thursday that meant whales! Captain Gabe and I loaded up our...Read more

What a day we had on M/V Kestrel! Captain Gabe and I were very excited to hit the water with our trip this beautiful Monday afternoon! We started out with confirmed reports of Resident Orcas on the West Side of San Juan Island- so we were very optimistic about it being a great trip from the get go...Read more

Captain Mike, Sarah, and myself took out a wonderful group aboard M/V Sea Lion to look for the wide array of wildlife that we have the opportunity to watch in the Salish Sea in September. We took our group south through San Juan Channel towards Cattle Pass. We made our first stop mid channel in...Read more

M/V Sea Lion- Sunday, September 23rd 2018 What a beautiful day we had out on the water today! The sun was shining, we got to enjoy the west side of San Juan Island, and best of all- J Pod made a guest star appearance! Today as we boarded M/V Sea Lion Captain Gabe, as well as Naturalists Sarah and...Read more