Guide Michael had a great morning sea kayak tour today. We are in the midst of a very warm spring weather pattern. Highs are forecasted to be in the low 70s through the rest of the week!

Michael and his guests departed from San Juan Outfitters' exclusive location in Roche Harbor, rounded Pearl Island, and paddled past little Posey Island. Posey Island is Washington State's smallest state park and is now also part of the new San Juan Islands National Monument!

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We are off to a great 2013 season! We've had lots of wonderful wildlife encounters on the water in the recent weeks. Guides Andrew and Jesse both got out on the water with Half-Day and Full-Day professionally guided Sea Kayak Tours.

As we are sure you've heard, the San Juan Island are now the home of the most recent National Monument! Out departure location at Roche Harbor gives us a great access point to Posey Island and Kellett Bluff, which are both now part of the San...

The past few days on the water have resulted in awesome wild life encounters. Last weekend, multi-day guides Nick & Andrew and 14 very hardy guests departed from our exclusive location in Roche Harbor for a 3 Day/2 Night Multi-Day Kayak Tour. The sun gods were not smiling on us, which translated into a soggy first two days on the water. However, Nick & Andrew reported that their guests were tough and well prepared for any kind of weather! The sun finally made an...

Captain Brian & Naturalist Aimee just returned from their afternoon whale watch tour aboard the Sea Hawk. Naturalist Aimee was SO excited about their Southern Resident Killer Whale encounters today that she could barely speak! It was all squeals! It’s one of the many reason we love having Aimee as part of our SJO staff. For her, every day on the Sea Hawk is new and exciting and Aimee shares her enthusiasm with all our guests!

The Sea Hawk departed Roche Harbor. Basically...

Where to start!? We had another amazing on the water! Sunny, low 70s, zero wind. I don’t think we could have any better weather!

Captain Brian and Naturalist Kevin had an incredible whale watch tour aboard the Sea Hawk. We had a small group today, so Kevin had a lot of one-on-one time with each guest. Captain Brian motored the Sea Hawk south out of Roche Harbor down Mosquito Pass into the open area of water commonly referred to as Open Bay. Almost immediately, Princess...

We’ve had three SUPERB days on the water! The killer whales definitely have been making their rounds in the Salish Sea. Orcas can easily travel 100 miles in 24 hours! Last week, Captain Nancy recorded the killer whales' travel speed at 11mph and they easily can have bursts of speed of up to 30mph!
On Tuesday (June 12th) Captain Brian, Naturalist Kevin, and guests on the Sea Hawk encountered members of J & K pod as they traveled south in Bellingham Channel, which is east...

The weather has been absolutely stunning the past few days! Sun is shining and it’s a warm and comfortable 65 degrees.

Libby & Katy had a very exciting Family Kayaking Tour yesterday morning. They had a close up encounter with an adult bald eagle perched on drift wood near the shore and saw many species of sea stars including a leather star, bat star, ochre sea star, and a bright orange brittle star! The most common specie of sea star, the ochre sea star, is bright...

Captain Nancy, Naturalists Kevin & Andrew and guests on the Sea Hawk had an amazing killer whale encounter. We encountered L pod as they traveled south. Earlier this week, Ls were spotted in Johnstone Strait, which is actually Northern Resident Killer Whale territory.

Captain Nancy reported that L pod was traveling along at about 11 mph! New L pod baby L119 and mother L77 were keeping up just fine with the rest the family group. L119 popped up right next to the Sea Hawk...

Photo from Road Scholar kayakers Amy L & Mark D.

Guides Nick (aka Biscuit!), Katy, Jesse, and Michael had the best time hosting guests from the Road Scholar’s Kayak Program last week! They paddled out of both Friday Harbor and Roche Harbor. We had a very interesting weather pattern that week…first it rained, then it poured, then it was sunny and almost too hot!
Guests encountered killer whales during their Friday Harbor kayak tour. Southern Resident Orcas traveled into...

Long over-due announcement! Last week ago, the first Southern Resident Killer Whales super pod of the summer season was spotted coming in from the Pacific Coast. And guess what!? There was a brand new baby killer whale with them! New baby, L119, was born approximately one month ago. Born to 25 year old L77, Matia, L119 is L77's 2nd calf.
L pod (including L77 and new calf L119) and K 40 were observed in Johnstone Strait yesterday afternoon.