Touring the Islands with the whales!
There's nothing like being onboard a boat with the sun shining and a cool breeze blowing while circling all of San Juan Island and watching the Orcas travel along the entire west side of the island! We had a very peaceful and relaxing day on the water.
Met the members of K-pod out on the southwest side off of False Bay and got some great looks at that cute little baby again! Little K-42 (first spotted in just the beginning of June) was moving quickly, porpoising out of the water, trying to keep pace with the grown-ups!
The Orcas hugged the island's coastline the whole way, with onlookers from shore and kayakers getting great views too! The guests onboard were really impressed that we do stick to the whale-watching regulations and maintain the required 1/4 mile between ourselves and shore to give the Orcas their space. The pods were spread out traveling the whole time....a few occasional breaches and tail slaps and a wave of a flipper from a male! Moving offshore we sped up (we move away from the Orcas when we speed up as not to disturb them with extra engine noise) and caught up to a few of the trailing members of J-pod.
Once the whales passed we made our way around the north end of San Juan Island, past Roche Harbor took a look at a few harbor seals and soaring eagles near Speiden Island. Rounding to the east side of the island we felt a warm breeze blowing and checked out one last bald eagle perching at the top of a tree before arriving back in Friday Harbor. :)
Met the members of K-pod out on the southwest side off of False Bay and got some great looks at that cute little baby again! Little K-42 (first spotted in just the beginning of June) was moving quickly, porpoising out of the water, trying to keep pace with the grown-ups!
The Orcas hugged the island's coastline the whole way, with onlookers from shore and kayakers getting great views too! The guests onboard were really impressed that we do stick to the whale-watching regulations and maintain the required 1/4 mile between ourselves and shore to give the Orcas their space. The pods were spread out traveling the whole time....a few occasional breaches and tail slaps and a wave of a flipper from a male! Moving offshore we sped up (we move away from the Orcas when we speed up as not to disturb them with extra engine noise) and caught up to a few of the trailing members of J-pod.
Once the whales passed we made our way around the north end of San Juan Island, past Roche Harbor took a look at a few harbor seals and soaring eagles near Speiden Island. Rounding to the east side of the island we felt a warm breeze blowing and checked out one last bald eagle perching at the top of a tree before arriving back in Friday Harbor. :)
Labels: Baby orca whale, Bald Eagles, Harbor Seals, Orcas
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