It’s been a busy day so far at Roche Harbor. We had all hands on deck this morning! Basically, every single double boat we own was out on the water this morning! Dock master Chris (aka Cinder) was fluffin’ and shakin’ all morning and Taylor and Brittany are holding down the desk & reservations!

Captain Brian Goodremont and Naturalist Tiffany just got back from their morning whale watch and they saw all of JPod & KPod mingled together spread out between Pile Point and...

Captain Brian and Naturalist Tiffany called us from the Sea Hawk to report that they had whales EVERYWHERE! We first had reports of L12s milling near Salmon Bank and the rest of L Pod near the Trial Islands. Our guests on the Sea Hawk where watching the L12s when the remainder of L Pod came crusin’ around the corner and sandwiched the Sea Hawk! Captain Brian shut down the Sea Hawk’s engines and floated while whales breached, spy-hopped, and swam all around the boat...

Captain Brian and Naturalist Kevin just called from the Sea Hawk to say they saw all of Jpod and Kpod swimming together in Canadian waters. Nearly 40 killer whales were resting shoulder -to-shoulder and all surfacing together and the same time. They even got another glimpse at little baby K44, who is this first offspring of K27, Deadhead. It seems like everyone on the island is starting to refer to K44 as “Garcia” to keep his name in the Greatful Dead genre. We had a...

It is a beautiful day here in Roche Harbor! The sunshine is out, the wind is light, and we have lots of tours out on the water today! Naturalist, Kevin, has just returned from out morning Whale Watch trip happy to share that they were able to view a sub-group of the L-Pod family, L 12's. Amongst this particular group of orcas is the eldest male among our Southern Resident Community (since the presumed passing of J 1, Ruffles), Mega (L41). Captain Brian was able to...

The sun has finally broken through the clouds, shining down on captian Brian and naturalist Tiffany along with their guests as they were again fortuanate enough to see the new calf, K44, along with his family just five minutes from our Roche Harbor departure location.                                                                                                                                                                        After spending a quality amount of time...

Captain Brian and Naturalist Tiffany had an awesome whale watch yesterday. We mentioned it in our blog briefly yesterday, but Tiffany elaborated! The Sea Hawk approached Js and Ks near Kellet Bluff on Henry Island. Tiffany confirmed they got an awesome view of little K44, which is K27’s new calf. There were multiple full body breaches. Often times, one specific whale will breach multiple times in a row. Guests on the Sea Hawk saw a large male breach three times in a row...

Holy cow this weekend was busy! Remember what we said about things filling up last minute and getting busy fast? Sunday was the busiest and hottest day so far this summer! There were three half-day trips out on the water in the afternoon. And they were all full! In addition to that, we had a full morning whale-watch and an afternoon private charter.

Captain Brian and Naturalist Kevin had a real treat and were able to see 10 Minke whales! There are only about 17 known...

The sun is out and things are busy busy. Rentals have been coming and going all morning. Two teenagers took out our stand-up-paddle boards (they’re all the rage in Hawaii!) and actually went swimming off of them. The water is about 48 degrees so those guys are tough!

Captain Nancy and Naturalist Kevin had a private charter with 15 guests this morning. They confirmed that early this afternoon the Southern Resident Community split in half and went in two very opposite...

It’s been a pretty great weekend so far! It appears that the weather is definitely going to cooperate with us. The rest of the weekend is supposed to be mostly sunny, in the low 70s with only a 10% chance of rain. This means lots of trips heading out on the water with tons of last minute bookings. We come to work in the morning thinking its going to be a pretty standard day, and then WHAM! Everyone wants to participate in kayak trips, rentals, paddle boards, etc., and it...

Can you tell its been busy? Of course, the first things that always get neglected are our blog and Facebook page.

Here is a recap of our exciting adventure over the last few days:

Guests on the Sea Hawk saw some amazing wildlife in the past 4 days. Naturalist Kevin said they saw Peregrine Falcon fledglings seriously testing there flying abilities. There is a huge nest on Turn Point (Stuart Island) and the fledglings were out flying around. The Sea Hawk watched these...