Whale Watching Report

We left the dock and headed through the inner islands where we saw a few turkey vultures flying over the tops of Blakely and Orcas Islands. We also had a bald eagle fly right off the stern of the boat. We made our way toward Canada, but the whales we were catching up to stayed in US waters! The first group of whales we visited with was Sequim, Sekiu, Rainshadow, Tika and K43. They gave us some great looks as they swam right on by. We also saw Spieden and Oynx came over too. At Turn Point on Stuart Island, we watched some J-pod whales swim by the lighthouse. We had Ruffles, Granny, Riptide, Samish, Se-Yi'chn and Mike. We saw some breaches and cartwheels as they played around in the current lines. We also saw Canuck and Lulu. Then Riptide, Samish and Se-Yi'chn gave us a great look as we headed on home. We passed by Safari Island and found all three species of exotic animals roaming the hillside: mouflon sheep, fallow deer and sika deer. We found another couple of bald eagles, one in the tree and one soaring over Spieden Island. It was such a beautiful day full of sunshine, whales from all three pods and other wildlife!

Riptide