Today was a beautiful, sunny day as we left Friday Harbor with news of humpback whales! The Captain Mike and Naturalists Chelsea, Caitlin and Sarah were excited to see some large marine mammals that can be 45-50ft long. We heard that the whales were a mom and calf pair, which is expected this time of year as the whales migrate from their southern winter breeding grounds to the northern summer feeding grounds.
We spotted the whales near Sidney Island in Canadian waters and were able to spend over a half an hour with the pair as they were milling around, maybe feeding but not really traveling in one direction. We got dozen or more blows and some beautiful fluke up dives from the pair before we decided to head on and check out what other wildlife we could spot.
Before we made it back to Friday Harbor we saw 5+ bald eagles, harbor porpoise, and harbor seals. It was a great day on the water.
Naturalist Chelsea MV sea lion