July 6-July 12
We rode the waves, the wind, the rain, the fog, and the sunshine this past week as we adventured all around the central Salish Sea. It’s a good thing that whales and wildlife don’t mind the weather turns–in fact, sometimes wind waves seem to make them a bit more playful as they surface higher to […]
June 29-July 5
We had another adventurous week on the water, sometimes really going the distance (literally 109 miles round trip on 7.3.25!) and other times pulling right out of the marina to find whales not far from us (Rosario Strait, Guemes Channel, Samish Bay). Part of the excitement of a whale and wildlife tour is knowing each […]
June 22-June 28
Another exciting week with Bigg’s killer whale sightings still reigning supreme amongst our tours! This past week we spent some more time with families T65Bs and the T99s, but each of these families had some temporary traveling partners with them on some of our encounters. The T65Bs traveled with T49A1 “Noah” for a bit, and it […]
Bigg’s Killer Whale Family Features: Meet the T46Cs!
Introducing the T46Cs: Just this past week (6.22-6.27.2025), whale watchers around the region had encounters with the “uncommon-to-our-area” Bigg’s killer whale family group, the T46Cs. First spotted in the Strait of Juan de Fuca in the company of the T75Cs (three unrelated Bigg’s), this mixed social group traveled into the reaches of the central Salish […]
June 15-June 21
Over the last 7 days, Bigg’s killer whale sightings have kept pace with those that we have seen in the last two weeks prior. While we have had several family groups making their rounds around the central Salish Sea, we welcomed in some “first of the year” sightings to our Blue Kingdom crew. This week, […]
June 8-June 14
This week’s whale sightings, from June 9th through June 14th, were definitely dominated by the Bigg’s killer whales! During the last seven days, guests spent quality time with many different family groups in this community: the T34 & T37 matrilines, two members of the T38s, the T46Bs, T60s, T65As, T73As, T75Bs and the T123s – […]
June 2-June 8
It’s feeling more and more like summer with the influx of unique individual humpbacks arriving and with some warming temperatures in our area (couple days with highs in the mid 80s this week!). Here’s this week’s recap of whale sightings from June 2nd to June 8th: Within this time frame, guests spent time with several […]
May 26-June 1
Here’s our recap of whale sightings for this past week. We are enjoying the longer days that the end of spring brings as well as warming temperatures. Between May 26th and June 1st, guests spent time with several different family groups of Bigg’s killer whales: the T46Bs, T65As, T68 and T75Bs, T73As, T85s, T100s, T117A […]
May 19 – May 25
Another week on the water resulted in a full gamut of weather and quite the diversity of wildlife! Between May 19th and May 25th, guests spent time with several different family groups of Bigg’s killer whales: the T19s, T49A2, T68 with the T75Bs, T100s, T123s, T124A2s, T124Ds – roughly 23 different individuals spread across the […]
May 12 – May 18
Another week on the water led to more whale sightings and some fickle spring weather. It turned chilly, a little rainy, and overcast, but that did not stop us from venturing out to “see what we could see.” We headed to Canada quite a bit, into the beautiful but far reaches of Saanich Inlet and […]
