Whale Watching Report

Captain Carl from the Island Explorer 3 reports sightings of a humpback whale just across the Canadian border this afternoon.  Stay tuned to the whale report for further updates from Naturalist Brooke McKinley. What a gorgeous day to be on the water! We made our way through the inner islands on today's trip.  We found a humpback whale off of Kellett Bluff on San Juan Island. On the first surfacing, the whale showed us his fluke! He made its way across Haro Strait in to Canadian waters. We got some great looks as he swam past our boat. As we departed the scene, he gave us quite the farewell; he threw his tail out of the water, known as a caudal peduncle throw! We made our way back home passing through the inner islands. On our trip today, we also spotted bald eagles, pigeon guillemots, a great blue heron, cormorants, rhinoceros auklets, harbor seals and a plethora of harbor porpoise. Naturalist Brooke McKinley