Orca Whales in Sight!
The guests on board the Island Explorer 3 are watching K and J Pod Orca Whales! Stay tuned to the Whale Report for an update from Naturalist Bart Rulon and click on this link to see the
Island Explorer 3 from space! We had orcas in the ideal spot for leaving from Anacortes today. When we found them they were located between Lummi Island and Barnes and Clark Islands. They were heading south and pretty well spread out over several miles. First we saw members of K-pod Cappuccino, K21, Raggedy, K40, and Lobo, K26 were all swimming together. Next we saw Oreo, J22, Double Stuff, J34, and Cookie. Soon the K-pod trio started to gather in close with more members of K-pod as they swam south. As this group got closer one of the K-pod males (K21 or K26) breached for us three times!! Later we spotted Ruffles, J1, swimming with his mom, Granny, J2, all by themselves. We parallel viewed them for about 15 minutes as they surfaced side by side the whole way. The orcas were swimming south through Rosario Straits which was taking us gradually back toward Anacortes so it was the ideal situation allowing us optimal time with the orcas. After leaving Ruffles and Granny we headed back over to look at our K-pod whales again then Slick, J16, Mike, J26, and J42 showed up swimming in a tight knit group. J42 was coming high out of the water for us. After about 2 and a half hours of watching the orcas we decided to peel off to look for some other wildlife. We found some harbor seals off some rocks on the south east side of Cypress Island, Then we circumnavigated Strawberry Island to look at lots of pigeon guillemots in the water and a bald eagle in the trees. What a perfect day!! Naturalist Bart Rulon
posted by Island Adventures Whale Report @ 2:54 PM
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