The first week of September brought us some of the oldest and most famous Biggs' orcas to the area, including T63 Chainsaw (seen above) born in 1968! Species Seen This Week Across 20 tours this week, we encountered: Killer whale - Total: 39 Humpback whale - Total: 1 Minke whale - Total: 2 Individual Whales Seen This Week Killer Whale: We encountered orcas 19 times and identified 39 individuals across 10 matrilines. These included: T19s T36s T46Bs T49As T63 & T65 T65As T65Bs T

The last week of the month brought us three humpbacks, the rare booby bird, and spyhopping orcas galore! Oh, August! How we will miss you. Species Seen This Week Across 21 tours this week, we encountered: Killer whale - Total: 39 Humpback whale - Total: 3 Individual Whales Seen This Week Killer Whale: We encountered orcas times and identified 39 individuals across 11 matrilines. These included: T19s T37A1s T37A4 T46Bs T49As T60s T99s T65A5 T100s T101s T109As Humpback Whale:

What an orca-tastic week! 51 individual orcas crossed through our waters this week, and played with some unusual friends! Species Seen This Week Across 23 tours this week, we encountered: Killer whale - Total: Humpback whale - Total: Gray whale - Total: Minke whale - Total: Individual Whales Seen This Week Killer Whale: We encountered orcas 23 times and identified 51 individuals across 13 matrilines. These included: T19s T35s T36As T36A1s T37As T46s T49As T63 & T65 T65As T69

Summer is ramping up and August is flying by. This week we saw spyhopping orcas, fluking humpbacks, and calves of both species! What a week! Species Seen This Week Across 22 tours this week, we encountered: Killer whale - Total: 38 Humpback whale - Total: 3 Individual Whales Seen This Week Killer Whale: We encountered orcas 19 times and identified 38 individuals across 11 matrilines. These included: T2 T19s T35s T46Bs T49As T60s T63 & T65 T69s T73As T77s T100s Humpback Whale

What an awesome week for whale watching! Orcas, humpacks, Steller sea lions, and even a minke whale! The first week of August rocked! T77C Neftali--Photo credit: Photographer Holly Cannon Species Seen This Week Across 20 tours this week, we encountered: Killer whale - Total: 33 Humpback whale - Total: 7 Minke whale - Total: 1 Individual Whales Seen This Week Killer Whale: We encountered orcas 17 times and identified 33 individuals across 10 These included: T19s T30s T36s T46

The last week of July brought whale watching to new heights with some very unusal and exciting acivity! Eleven orcas swam under Deception Pass Bridge Tuesday morning. Included among them, were the T135 pod, visiting the Salish Sea for the first time on record, leaving their tropical southern Californian waters for some colder seas. 56-year-old orca (and great granny!) T36, Flapjack, (seen above) took to the sky, showing us age really is nothing but a number. And a gray whale

Species Seen This Week Across 24 tours this week, we encountered: Killer whale - Total: 12 Humpback whale - Total: 10 Minke whale - Total: 2 Individual Whales Seen This Week Killer Whale: We encountered orcas 15 times and identified 12 individuals across 5 matrilines. These included: T30A & T30C T38C & T38E T77C & T77E T100s T100Bs Humpback Whale: We encountered humpback whales 12 times and identified 9 out of 10 humpbacks These included: Hemlock Trident Tsuga Scratchy Stit

T65A5 Indy with a mouthful of seal Species Seen This Week Across 25 tours this week, we encountered: Killer whale - Total: 30 Humpback whale - Total: 11 Minke whale - Total: 1 Individual Whales Seen This Week Killer Whale: We encountered orcas 17 times and identified X individuals across 9 matrilines. These included: T34s T37s T37As T65As T65Bs T77s T100s T109As T123s Humpback Whale: We encountered humpback whales 9 times and identified nine out of eleven humpbacks. These i

Summer is in full swing, and the orcas are out of school and ready to play. This week saw a family reunion with the T100s and T101s, some unique play behavior with the T46B1 family, and the discovery that four-month-old T49A7 Pi is a girl! Pi is a girl! Photo credit: Naturalist Sam Wallace Fun fact: Female orcas have two black spots on their belly. Credit to naturalist Sam Wallace for capturing footage of little Pi rolling on her back and showing off her spots! If you want t

Whales in Anacortes WA: Who We Saw T123A Stanley Species Seen This Week Killer Whale - Total: 41 Humpback Whale - Total: 1 Gray Whale - Total: 1 Individual Whales Seen This Week Killer Whale: We encountered orcas 21 times and identified 41 individuals across 11 matrilines. These included: T46Bs T46B1s T46Cs T49As T49C T65Bs T75Bs T77s T100s T23s T125A & T128 Humpback Whale: We encountered Gretzky the humpback 8 times. Gray Whale: We encountered Paul the gray whale 11 times.

Whales in Anacortes WA: Who We Saw Species Seen This Week Killer Whale - Total: 50 Humpback Whale - Total: 1 Gray Whale - Total: 1 Individual Whales Seen This Week Killer Whale: We encountered orcas 24 times and identified 50 individuals across 15 matrilines. These included: T2Cs T34s T37s T46C2 T49As T49Bs T50D T65As T65Bs T75Bs T77s T100s T123s T124A2s 125A + 128 Humpback Whale: We encountered humpback whales twice this week. Both time the humpback was identified as Gretzk

Whales in Anacortes WA: Who We Saw Species Seen This Week Killer Whale - Total: 42 Humpback Whale - Total: 37 Gray Whale - Total: 1 Individual Whales Seen This Week Killer Whale: We encountered orcas 18 times and identified 42 individuals across 11 matrilines. These included: T46Bs T49C T64Bs T65As T86As T99s T100s T123s T124A2s T124A4s T125As Humpback Whale: We encountered humpback whales 7 times and saw 37 individuals. Of those identified, these included: Gretzky Kiara Kel

Whales in Anacortes WA: Who We Saw Summer has arrived, and the first week of June did not disappoint! Across fourteen tours in one week, guests saw every species of whale that regularly frequent this area, including a rare T-party of 45 Biggs Transient orcas! Species Seen This Week Killer Whale - Total: 123 Humpback Whale - Total: 9 Gray Whale - Total: 6 Minke Whale - Total: 1 Individual Whales Seen This Week Killer Whale: We encountered orcas 12 times and identified 72 indi

The 123s and 124A4s traveling together Sunday, May 31st. Photo credit: Naturalist Megan MacGregor Whales in Anacortes WA: Who We Saw The last week of May brought us all the orcas, humpbacks, and grays Species Seen This Week Killer Whale - Total: 56 Humpback Whale - Total: 11 Gray Whale - Total: 4 Individual Whales Seen This Week T123A Stanley. Photo credit: Naturalist Megan MacGregor Killer Whale: We encountered orcas 8 times and identified 14 individuals across 4 matrilines

T123, Sidney, chasing a seal. Photo credit: Naturalist Megan MacGregor Whales in Anacortes WA: Who We Saw Summer has officially arrived! Memorial Day weekend brought all the orcas, multiple humpbacks, and new gray whales to the Salish Sea. Species Seen This Week Killer Whale - Total: 137 Humpback Whale - Total: 5 Gray Whale - Total: 10 Individual Whales Seen This Week A spyhopping Biggs orca. Photo credit: Naturalist Megan MacGregor Killer Whale: We encountered orcas 20 time

A new calf swimming alongside T124A1, Bonapartes. Photo Credit: Naturalist Sam Wallace Whales in Anacortes WA: Who We Saw New calf alert! T124A1, Bonapartes, appeared Sunday with a very young calf sidled up beside her. Time will tell if this new baby is indeed Bonapartes calf, as multiple sightings are required to confirm maternity, but either way--look at all that cuteness. But, wait--there's more! Big Mama fluking her tail in front of Patos lighthouse. Photo credit: Natura

A Stellar sea lion attempting to flee from pursuing orcas on Mother's Day. Photo Credit: Naturalist Megan MacGregor Whales in Anacortes WA: Who We Saw The second week of March delivered a full house--humpbacks, orcas, grays, and minkes all made an appearance! We wrapped the week on Mother's Day, where T46B1 Tread showed her six month old calf, T46B1D Tasha, how momma kills the sea lions. Species Seen This Week Killer Whale - To

Talk about a week! Spring is in full swing and the whales of the Pacific Northwest have heard that the Salish Sea is the place to be.

Across nine tours in the third week of April, guests encountered fan favorites, popular regulars, and rare whales in the San Juan Islands.

Talk about an orca-tastic week! Not only did we spot orcas on every tour, the third week of April brought a wide diversity of matrilines with the highest number of individual orcas seen yet this season!