June 19-June 25

orca whale watching

What an amazing week of adventures in the Pacific Northwest! It was another week filled with killer whale sightings, as we saw orcas on 9 of 10 tours this week.  Perhaps the most memorable whale encounter of the week was on Thursday morning’s tour with the T085 and T046B families. No sooner did we leave […]

June 12-June 18

orca whale watching

We had a little bit of drizzly rain this week for a couple of days, but it didn’t slow us down from having some amazing whale watching adventures!  Lots of killer whales were around this week with them being sighted on 6 of our 7 tours this week. We had encounters with the T124A’s, T123’s, […]

June 5-June 11

whale watching

Our adventures continued this week. Although we had a little bit of rain for a couple of days, the whales were wonderful. We sighted all four species of whales (orca, humpback, gray, and minke) this week on our adventure tours.  Perhaps the most memorable encounter of the week was on Sunday morning’s tour, where we […]

May 29-June 4

orca whale watching

It was a great week for Anacortes whale watching! We saw killer whales on 6 of our 8 trips, and also had some great encounters with some humpback whales, a gray whale, and a great minke whale encounter!  This week’s round of trips was highlighted by an encounter on Saturday morning’s trip when we got […]

May 22-28

orca whale watching

Nothing better than spending Memorial Day Weekend out in the Salish Sea! We had lots of humpback whale sightings this weekend. It is the time of the year when a bunch of these huge whales are beginning to arrive from their winter breeding grounds around Hawaii and Mexico. We had encounters with several different humpback […]

May 15-21

whale image

Although we sighted killer whales on all 6 of our tours this week, the highlight for us was welcoming the humpback whale known as “Big Mama” back to the Salish Sea! We had a wonderful encounter with her on Friday’s tour.  Humpbacks were absent from our waters because of the whaling industry that decimated their […]

May 8-14

whale tail

It was a wonderful mothers day weekend in the salish sea! The whale sightings were good, but honestly, the highlight of the weekend was the weather! It was absolutely gorgeous as we were treated to lots of sunshine and temperatures into the 70’s all weekend.  This weekend we saw visits from several different families of […]

May 1-7

big whale

We had our first visit with the legendary killer whale known as “Chainsaw” this week! Chainsaw is a 45 year old male, who is known for his dorsal fin resembling a chainsaw because of the big notches out of it. Check out the pics below! Saturday mornings tour was highlighted by a T065 extended family […]

April 24-30

orca whale watching

Killer whales were the name of the game as we sighted them on 4 of our 5 tours this week! Thursday, in particular, was one of the best days of whale watching we’ve ever experienced. The morning consisted of the T046/T046B families celebrating after finding a harbor seal for lunch. We watched as the breached […]

April 17-23

orca whale watching

Another amazing week of whale watching! We had some great encounters with both killer whales and gray whales this week.  This week we were able to catch up with a couple different groups of killer whales on Wednesday, and Friday’s tours. The highlight was on Friday, spending time with two families of orcas – the […]