Whale Watching Report

We searched for Orca Whales on our morning tour in the area where we thought they would be but they were elusive! We were able to show our guests Minke Whales, Sea Lions, and Bald Eagles! We continued our search on the 3:30PM departure and at the South end of Hein Bank, Orca Whales! With some rain and a little fog forming, we were still able to eventually find the Orca Whales and we are the only American boat on-scene! Stay tuned for a full report from Naturalist Jami Nagel. "We had 2 minke whales at Salmon Bank on our 9:30 am trip! We had some great looks several as one of the minke's feeding in a rather large bait ball amongst the birds!! We also had a great look at Swirl rocks of a bald eagle, several harbor seals, 2 black oystercatchers and 4 harlequin ducks.
We set out in search for whales on our 3:30 pm trip and ended with Transient orcas (the T100's) at Hein Bank! We had an amazing show with lots of surface activity. Lots of breaching, taillobbing and spyhopping! We also wittnessed a sprouter male smacking a common murre out of the water with his fluke! They appeared to be teaching one of the calfs how to hunt. The calf came up and grabbed the bird at one point. This was my best Transient orca sighting in all the years I've been watching whales!!!!!"-Naturalist Jami Nagel