Whale Watching Report

Our day started off with some harbor porpoise in Rosario Strait. We did a slow down through the south end of Lopez Island and Castle Rock. We found a bald eagle perched in a tree and a turkey vulture flew right over him. Then we found some harbor seals hauled out and some purple sea stars clinging to the rocks. We also saw a belted kingfisher. At Swirl Rocks, we saw a lot of harbor seals hauled out. At Iceberg Point, we got a quick look at a minke whale. He slowed up though, so we continued west. Soon, we found some orca whales! The first whales we got on scene with were Lobo, Lea, Yoda and Deadhead. Lea even gave us two great spyhops in a row! We got some great looks as they swam around in different directions fishing. Lea and Yoda gave us a great little "swim-by." Then they grouped up a little bit, and a minke whale started swimming around with them! Then Samish and her newest calf, Se-Yi'chn came over too! We had some amazing looks at the mom and her little youngster. We also caught up with Riptide, Samish's oldest son. There were whales absolutely everywhere you looked! We were in whale soup. It was such a wonderful day on the water with members of both J and K pods!