The Story

Apologies, this story is more Attenborough than Melville

The Salish Sea is grand and dynamic. It has wide open straits, tight passes, deeply carved trenches and sloping shallow banks. Within every nook and cranny of this large inland sea there is life. These nutrient rich waters support a large diversity of invertebrates, fishes, and marine mammals as well as a few rapidly growing human metropolises. Every day we go out we have the opportunity to see seals, sea lions, and a...

AMAZING views of transient orcas today! Captain Mike, myself, and the passengers aboard our sunset tour were rewarded with a multitude of spectacular sightings right outside Friday Harbor. It didn't take us long to meet up with the same transients we left during our 1:30 trip since they had moved further north in our absence.

With the sun setting at our backs, we were able to coast alongside the transients as they went about their foraging behavior. Transient orcas are marine mammal...