J & L Pods have a Breachfest in Rosario Strait

On September 23 we had a particularly exciting experience with J and L pods in Rosario Strait on all our whale watching trips!  The orcas were breaching over and over again as they swam southward between Cypress Island and Blakely Island!  It was really great to see...

Transient Orcas Are Everywhere!

There have been so many transient killer whales in Puget Sound this past week that we have had a hard time keeping track of who is where and when! We’ve seen the T101s, T36 with the T36Bs and T37A1, T65As, T137s and T99s, just to name a few. Here are a few...

Transient Superpod Continued – Hunting Common Murres!!

We encountered the transient superpod again off Possession Point on our afternoon trip for Chilkat Express on September 5.  They were very spread out this time, but it didn’t take long before things got really exciting.  The T137s, T99s, T36Bs, T36, and T37A1...

Transient Superpod Swims into Puget Sound!

September 5 2017 was a very memorable day for our passengers with Puget Sound Express!  A transient superpod swam into Puget Sound from Admiralty Inlet!  The pods included the T137s, T36Bs, T99s, T36, and T37A1!  They were grouped up together very tightly, as if they...

T137A Breaches During Harbor Seal Chase!

During our encounter with the T137 pod near the northeast side of Whidbey Island on Sept 2 the transient killer whales started hunting a harbor seal.  T137A, a 15 year old male, breached 4 times in a row during the drama!  Recently he has been breaching multiple times...

Transient Killer Whales Dominate in 2017

August was a great month for transient killer whales sightings.  This year we have seen the Transient, marine mammal eating, killer whales (Bigg’s killer whales) much more than our resident, fish eating, pods.  2017 has been the most drastic shift in how often...