Jul 14, 2024
On July 9, 2024 our Port Townsend and Edmonds half-day tours witnessed humpback whale “Orion” conduct a breach-fest – 42 breaches! (This video includes 20 of them). This was preceded by robust pectoral fin-slapping alongside an unidentified colleague...
Jul 8, 2024
The 2024 Independence Day holiday weekend featured stunning weather & whales – and we expect both to continue! On July 4 our Port Townsend and Edmonds tours encountered Bigg’s orca “Flapjack” and the rest of the T36s, who were then joined...
May 16, 2024
In recent days we have been seeing all four species of whales that spend time in the Salish Sea. Minke whales and humpback whales are starting to arrive from their migrations, a group of “Sounder” gray whales are still here feeding prior to resuming their...
Apr 22, 2024
Our Port Townsend-based whale watching tour on April 19, 2024, had the good fortune of spending time with our first humpback of 2024! We started the day visiting the T99 and T18 families of Bigg’s orcas on Salmon Bank. We then ventured to Gordon Head on...
Mar 14, 2024
There are at least 9 gray whales confirmed to have returned to Puget Sound so far this year and more should be arriving in the next few weeks! This week has been a good one for new arrivals including our boats documenting the first sightings of the year for CRC-2249...
Feb 29, 2024
There is a new calf in the T36 pod already this year and we’ve had some excellent chances to see it on some of our trips this month! The mom is T36B (Tattertip) and the new calf is T36B4, her fourth offspring. The calf was first documented around February 6 during a...