Pacific Whale Watch Association

We headed north for our afternoon trip with word of a superpod near East Point. The group we had in the morning was closer, but we thought the opportunity to show our passengers more orcas would be well worth the extra distance. Our decision paid off in a big way. Today's whale show was nothing short of spectacular. We found 70 plus orcas in J, K, and L pods just reaching East Point when we arrived. The only whales missing from the group were the L-pod orcas we saw in the morning. From the beginning to the end our our visit the orcas were putting on a phenomenal show.

On our way out to visit orcas today we stopped along Colville Island to watch about fifty harbor seals hauled out on the rocks. Moments later we realized that there was also a bald eagle picking at something on the rocky shoreline behind the seals. Next the eagle took flight and landed on the rocks just above the seals. Eventually we reached the orcas north of lime Kiln State Park, and it was obvious very quickly that we had a superpod including J, K, and L pods! J27, Blackberry, L12, Alexis, and L85, Mystery were the first three orcas we saw close-up as they swam right next to each other.

"The inner islands beckoned the Island Explorer 3 into its magical waters as we ventured toward Canadian waters where the Southern Resident Orcas were. Along the way our guests enjoyed Harbor Seals swimming and lounging atop small islands, Pigeon Guillemots, Rhinoceros Auklets, a Great Blue Heron fishing on the shoreline, a fast moving Belted Kingfisher, Harbor Porpoise and a dozen Bald Eagles perched atop Flattop Island! Entering in Haro Strait we saw in the distance Orcas spread out over miles of flat calm water and under a blue sky!