May 29-June 4
It was a great week for Anacortes whale watching! We saw killer whales on 6 of our 8 trips, and also had some great encounters with some humpback whales, a gray whale, and a great minke whale encounter! This week’s round of trips was highlighted by an encounter on Saturday morning’s trip when we got […]
May 22-28
Nothing better than spending Memorial Day Weekend out in the Salish Sea! We had lots of humpback whale sightings this weekend. It is the time of the year when a bunch of these huge whales are beginning to arrive from their winter breeding grounds around Hawaii and Mexico. We had encounters with several different humpback […]
May 15-21
Although we sighted killer whales on all 6 of our tours this week, the highlight for us was welcoming the humpback whale known as “Big Mama” back to the Salish Sea! We had a wonderful encounter with her on Friday’s tour. Humpbacks were absent from our waters because of the whaling industry that decimated their […]
May 8-14
It was a wonderful mothers day weekend in the salish sea! The whale sightings were good, but honestly, the highlight of the weekend was the weather! It was absolutely gorgeous as we were treated to lots of sunshine and temperatures into the 70’s all weekend. This weekend we saw visits from several different families of […]
May 1-7
We had our first visit with the legendary killer whale known as “Chainsaw” this week! Chainsaw is a 45 year old male, who is known for his dorsal fin resembling a chainsaw because of the big notches out of it. Check out the pics below! Saturday mornings tour was highlighted by a T065 extended family […]
April 24-30
Killer whales were the name of the game as we sighted them on 4 of our 5 tours this week! Thursday, in particular, was one of the best days of whale watching we’ve ever experienced. The morning consisted of the T046/T046B families celebrating after finding a harbor seal for lunch. We watched as the breached […]
April 17-23
Another amazing week of whale watching! We had some great encounters with both killer whales and gray whales this week. This week we were able to catch up with a couple different groups of killer whales on Wednesday, and Friday’s tours. The highlight was on Friday, spending time with two families of orcas – the […]
April 10-16
We had a wonderful couple of whale watch adventures this week! On friday, just 10 minutes from our dock, we caught up with 2 humpback whales named “Raptor” and “Heather.” These two humpback whales are regulars in our waters so it was nice to see them back in the Salish Sea. We also found a […]
March 27-April 2
This weekend, we received a report of some Killer Whales on the north side of Orcas Island traveling east. We headed in that direction and it wasn’t long before we spotted the orcas! It was T049C and T049A2, the same two males that have been hanging around the San Juan Islands the last couple of […]
March 20-26
Saturday started off quite rainy in the morning but by the time we departed on our whale watching adventure, the sunshine found us quickly! We were able to catch up with 2 Bigg’s Killer whales, T049C and T049A2, two males who have been hanging out together for the last couple of weeks. These buddies made […]
