We had fantastic weather and wildlife viewing today aboard our afternoon M/V Sea Lion trip. We found our resident orcas, humpbacks, minkes, stellar sea lions, and even a tufted puffin! We headed to Salmon Bank and found J pod cruising the waters looking for food and were even lucky enough to witness some mating behaviors, and followed them along the west side of San Juan Island. After an incredible show from J pod we came across a mom and calf humpback whale, and the calf was extremely playful. We had repeated spyhops from the little calf as it played with the kelp patties!!! Quite a treat. On our way in we spotted several stellar sea lions sunning themselves in the warm mid afternoon sun. While watching the sea lions we even had a surprise minke visit. Then we started cruising back, and just when we didn't think we could possibly spot anything more exciting we spotted a tufted puffin, perched beside in the San Juan channel. What a trip!!
Caitlin, Naturalist
San Juan Safaris, M/V Sea Lion