Location: Lime Kiln

November Whales! – 16/11/17

in Bigg’s (Transient), Brendon, Dall’s Porpoise, Dolphins, J Pod, Killer Whale, Porpoises, Southern Resident, Storytellers

November whales? Some of the best kind! We encountered J Pod in Haro Strait between Henry and Lime Kiln. Then had bow-riding Dall’s, followed by an amazing sighting of the T34s, T36As, T37 and T37Bs who were chasing a bird, spyhopping and rolling around near Ten Mile Pt. Word is definitely out amongst the transients…
Seeing Orca’s for the First Time! – 17/6/16

in Bigg’s (Transient), Killer Whale

So my mom and I have been obsessed with orcas for the past few years so we decided that it was time to see orcas in the wild ? We traveled from Missouri to Seattle on June 10th and rode on a ferry to the San Juan islands on the 13th. The next day we…
A Breathless First Encounter with a SRKW Superpod! – 2/8/95

in Killer Whale, Southern Resident

It was a beautiful warm, clear summer day. We were staying in the marina at Roche Harbor. Our neighbor, who was staying for the summer, was listening over her radio for reports of Orca sightings. Someone reported 3 or 4 so she invited us to go out and take a look. We had barely cleared…

November Whales! – 16/11/17