Whale & Wildlife Update
Posted February 21, 2014 at 5:45 am by Tim Dustrude
Here’s Captain Hobbes with his weekly report…
Orcas – Click for larger image – Hobbes Buchanan photo
It’s been a wild & wet kind of week with high winds and bigs seas around the San Juan and Gulf Islands, making it almost impossible to safely view our resident orcas known as J pod that have been in the area along with L87 Onyx who travels by J2 Granny’s side. Transient orcas have also been seen this week along with two gray whales down in the Puget Sound. Over 200 pacific white sided dolphins were spotted by one of the BC ferries around Active Pass, and they were coming this way! Very exciting stuff… Other wildlife in the area include sea lions, seals, porpoise, eagles and tons of seabirds. Most whale & wildlife companies are getting ready for the busy season and will be starting tours in March, a few operate year round. Enjoy the quiet season and book a tour today. You can see who’s running tours by checking out the PWWA and SJIVB‘s websites. Cheers from the PWWA
Capt. Hobbes Buchanan
San Juan Island Whale & Wildlife Tours & Water Taxi Services
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