Lots of Orca Whales at Point Roberts

What a trip today on the MV Kittiwake. We headed north in the San Juan Channel where we found some harbor porpoises off East Point. We then continued north.

The orcas were near Point Roberts Point Roberts is a part of the United States, but you must travel through Canada or Boundary Bay to get there. There once was talk of Point Roberts seceding from United States and joining Canada, but luckily that never happened.

I was really excited; we were seeing our resident orcas. (Resident orcas are the fish eating killer whales). There were around 40 animals, but it was hard to tell since they were spread out over a few miles.

We had some great visuals. They seemed to be fishing and then playing. Some guests snapped some amazing pictures of tail slapping and spy hopping. We just watched and listened for about 30 minutes. On the way back home, it almost seemed as if the whales were following us. They trailed behind us a good portion of the way back.

What a beautiful day it was on the water in the San Juan Islands.

Naturalist Jeannette Miller

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