Updates from aboard the Odyssey...
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The San Juan Islands have been living up to their sunny reputation lately! Today we experienced some of the lowest tides of the year, along with strong currents, which we used to our advantage, like the Killer Whales do! We had a nice trip north and west around San Juan Island to find orcas from Read the full article…
The tide was a -3.2 as we left the harbor today. It’s always amazing to see the exposed pilings as you walk down to the Odyssey on these low tides. You could see the white plumose anemones, decorator crabs, barnacles and so much more that are normally under the water, hanging on for the tide Read the full article…
When faced with the prospect of orcas in multiple places, how do you decide which group to go and see? For those of us at San Juan Excursions it can sometimes be a difficult decision to make. Do you head towards the closest group or the one that seems like it is being the most Read the full article…
Everyone has that “The One That Got Away” or the big enough to stuff and mount on the wall, but we decided to let it go instead story. Today was the perfect set up for one of those stories, but in this instance they will all be true. Our guests out on the M/V Odyssey Read the full article…
The mist gave way to partially clear skies and calm seas as we headed around San Juan Island to find family groups of J-Pod and reports of K-Pod by Kellet Bluff! The whales had been swimming at a fast pace with the flooding- incoming tide, and the Odyssey made good time as well. J-16 and Read the full article…
Before leaving the dock this morning we had reports of both residents and transients, and made the decision to go south to meet our beloved Southern Residents. Shortly after leaving the harbor we met up with some members of J pod between Cattle Point and False Bay. They were spread out and appeared to be Read the full article…
Today we experienced Transient Killer Whales (Orca) in San Juan Channel just inside of Cattle Pass! Wow, just 35 minutes on the boat, we had whales! T40 (the large adult male thought to have been born about 1962) has a unique dorsal fin, the tip has a bend in it. He traveled with 2 other Read the full article…
This morning we received reports that there were whales in Rosario Strait. It turned out to be J Pod and members of L Pod, along with some transients. The residents apparently surprised the transients and scared them off. No one saw the transients after that. We were able to find the resident orcas right outside Read the full article…
We were very excited this morning, as we had heard that J Pod, along with members of L Pod were coming back in from the Pacific Ocean. As the morning went along, we got word that the whales were close to Vancouver and out of our range. We thought that we may not be able Read the full article…
Here is the latest news from Friday Harbor. We just received a report that many Southern Resident Orcas are heading our way! What great news!!!
After a brief departure from the area, about 15-20 members of L Pod were back along the south side of San Juan Island. The weather was a little dreary, but our friends from L Pod made us forget about that. We watched a nice group of 6-7 orcas travelling south along the shoreline. They weren’t Read the full article…
As we left the dock today, we still had not heard news of any whales in the area. We set out to look for transients that had been in the area earlier. We were heading north when we got a call from a fellow captain that we should turn around. There was a group of Read the full article…
