Jul 29, 2016
July of 2016 will go down in history as being one of the most memorable whale watching months we’ve ever seen in the Pacific Northwest. In addition to transient and resident orcas, we’ve had a group of nearly 20 humpbacks in the Salish Sea – and they...
Jul 18, 2016
in 2015, Puget Sound Express was the first whale watching company in the Pacific Northwest to sight a rare fin whale in the Salish Sea. Luck was on our side again last week when we once again made initial contact with a second, larger fin whale (the first of 2016)!...
Jul 13, 2016
Much has been made in the last few years of the “Humpback Comeback” in the Salish Sea, the return of North Pacific humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) to these inland waters after once being decimated by commercial whaling. Well, not only have they come back;...
Jul 8, 2016
Jul 5, 2016
Beginning in late June 2016, we’ve been encountering some newcomers to the Salish Sea – short-beaked common dolphins! These super-fast swimmers are normally found in lower latitudes – in short-beaked common dolphins are tropical or temperate animals...
Jul 5, 2016
Humpbacks feeding and diving together off Shilshole Marina recently! We found them again on our afternoon trip and they were already far south of Seattle! We are seeing a lot of humpback whales this year – a welcome sight in the Salish Sea.
