Whale Watching Report

Gray Whales and calm seas made for a great day for our guests on the water. We sighted 2-3 whales today and we have had reports of about 7 in the area. Stay tuned to the whale report for details from Naturalists Bart Rulon and Kate Janes and click here to see the location of the whales from space.
Captain Carl spotted our first gray whale of the day before we left the dock this morning, while he was drinking a cup of coffee. After leaving the dock we slowed down to check out three California Sea lions on a channel marker. Next we cruised over to look for the gray whale Carl spotted. He was in shallow water in the river delta not far from a bald eagle perched on a channel marker. It was too shallow for us to get a close up view of this whale so we decided to look for other whales in deeper water. Our plan worked perfectly because we found one of our favorite gray whales, #383, at the south end of Camano Island. He was raising his tail flukes on almost every other dive! After watching 383 for about half an hour we started looking for more whales. We found Patch, #49, swimming not far from Hat Island. Other wildlife spotted today included western grebes, brant, and harbor seals. We had a little bit of rain today, but nobody seemed to mind because the whales were so cooperative. Naturalist Bart Rulon