Whale Watching Report

We had beautiful, sunny weather for today's trip. Our wildlife viewing started with a bald eagle flying toward Jetty Island right as we got off the dock. Next we stopped to look at three California sea lions lounging around on a channel marker. We cruised northward, and eventually found a gray whale near Hat Island. It was #531 and he was swimming amongst many fisherman participating in a salmon tournament. 531 showed us his tail flukes on many occasions. Eventually we had him lined up perfectly with Mount Baker in the background. Later as we cruised back toward the dock we had a bald eagle fly overhead, and we visited with some California sea lions. Other wildlife we spotted today included harbor seals, western grebes, red-necked grebes, double-crested cormorants, pigeon guillemots, and American wigeon. Naturalist Bart Rulon