Location: Salish Sea
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Biggs and Minkes! – 8/5/25
Went out with Puget Sound Express out of Edmonds on this beautiful day! We ended up near Lime Kiln Lighthouse on San Juan Island where we found the T065B’s, T124D’s and possibly more. After a visit with them while they socialized we were heading back and our Captain spotted a Minke whale! While trying to…
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Greys and Orcas – 14/4/25
I found our first whale today which turned out to be T065A5 “Indy”. He looks a little rougher than he did last year…he often travels by himself, he has caught up to his family a few times.. Our second stop was at SE Hat Island where we encountered 6 gray whales (maybe more), at least…
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Sunny Spring Day with Biggs – 15/4/25
You know what heals the soul and body? This. The orcas are T100B “Freya” (b.1997) and her two kids, T100B1 “Seidr” (b. 2010), T100B3 “Selkie” (b.2024) and Freya’s sister T100E “Tharaya.” They are part of the greater T100 matriline. I saw them early this morning at Sandy Point, then caught them again as they rounded…
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An Incredible First Trip to BC -10/23
I was out with Ocean Ecoventures, with the wonderful Gary Sutton, on a tour where we went up into the Gulf Islands. After encountering several Bigg’s killer whale groups in the Strait of Georgia, as we were heading back towards Cowichan Bay, before coming back to the Gulf Islands, we were just off the pass…
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A Hunt with the T019s and T049As – 13/3/25
The encounter began with just the T049As heading toward Active Pass. They were doing about 9 knots when our captain noticed 2 others coming south from Trincomali Channel. The T019s and T049As met up and began to head up the pass. They wasted no time and began a Steller sealion hunt! The hunt lasted a…