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Lauren | M/V Sea Lion | 6/14/2022 |12:30PM Captain Erick and I left the dock with a smaller group today. It’s always refreshing to have a boat with only a few folks, as it gives you the perfect opportunity to better connect with your guests. With only 8 passengers aboard, M/V Sea Lion cruised out...Read more

Elle | M/V Osprey | July 14, 2022 |12:30PM Today our passengers soaked up the sun as we followed the ferry route throuh the San Juan Islands towards a report of some orca whales. We passed between islands and admired the contstruction work of a pair of bald eagles as we passed by a nest on Lopez...Read more

Lauren | M/V Osprey | 6/13/2022 |12:30PM M/V Osprey left the dock with sunny skies this Wednesday afternoon. We took a right out of Friday Harbor and headed south towards Cattle Pass. We slowed to view a bald eagle and some harbor seals before cruising over to Whale Rocks to see some Steller’s Sea...Read more

Haleigh | M/V Kestrel | July 10, 2022 | 10:00am & 2:00pm 10:00am As we departed from Friday Harbor on today’s adventure tour, we reviewed the many possibilities of wildlife we could spot and some of the tips and tricks in identifying each individual. We memorized the 15-20 foot spout of a...Read more

7/9/2022 Helena MV Kestrel 2pm The adventure tour this afternoon went north up San Juan Channel , through Speiden Channel and off the western coast of Stuart Island where we encountered not one but two Humpback Whales ! This duo was actually a mother and her calf and the two were taking long (10-...Read more

Haleigh | M/V Osprey | July 9, 2022 | 12:30 pm This summer is proving to be a successful time to view wildlife, and today we were able to see two of our largest marine mammals found in the Salish Sea! As we departed from Friday Harbor, we first headed south to begin our search. Making our way...Read more

​Helena 7/10/2022 MV Kestrel 10am MV Kestrel had a jam packed Saturday with wildlife everywhere we looked! We began our adventure heading south as we received some reports from other vessels south of Lopez Island in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. With the Olympics peeking out behind the clouds, we...Read more

July 8 th , 2022 Abby Dahl 2pm Kestrel Captain Gabe and I zipped out of the harbor with hopes of seeing some Biggs killer whales spotted in Boundary Pass; the same group we saw that morning. They were the T065A’s, my favorite matriline in all the Salish Sea, quite possibly my favorite whales in the...Read more