Whale Watching Report

A beautiful fall day on the Salish Sea with the Orca Whales. Stay tuned for updates from Naturalist Jami Nagel. "Sunny skies to kick off October. As we made our way around the southend of Lopez, Captain Carl took us past Colville Island where there were numerous harbor seals hauled out on the rocks. Making our way along the westside of Lopez Island we were treated to the elusive minke whale. The one today anyway was being elusive, giving us a couple good looks. We moved further north where we were in for a treat! A couple miles offshore of the westside of San Juan Island we encounter all 3 of our resident pods, we call this a super pod. The whale were very active today with breaching, spyhopping, taillobing, and even a cartwheel. We had some great looks at J26 Blackberry, L87 Onyx, J8 Spieden, and K11 Georgia to name a few. We also encountered common murres, rhinoceros aucklets, surf scoters, cormorants, harbor seals and bald eagle." -Naturalist Jami Nagel