Whale Watching Report

The day started out with a couple of harbor seals swimming just outside the marina. There were some harbor porpoise in Rosario Strait. We found some harbor seals hauled out on the south side of Colville Island. We made our way west toward Canada. We found two minke whales swimming in the vicinity of Salmon Bank. They gave us some great looks, but we had to move on because there were orcas heading our direction. The first whales we were on scene with were Racer, Nigel, Fluke, Nugget, Kasatka, Lapis, Takoda, Surprise!, Pooka, L112, Marina, Muncher, Moonlight, Midnight and Marina's newest calf (born earlier this month!) L115! Surprise!, Pooka and L112 gave us an amazing "swim-by!" They were absolutely amazing! Then we spent a little time with Baba and her grandson Crewser. They led us toward the west side of San Juan Island. Pretty soon, we had to head back toward home. On our way back, we did a slow down through the south end of Lopez Island and Castle Rock. We saw a few harbor seals as well as a couple of marbled murrelets! It was simply an awesome day spent with L-pod whales and two minkes!