Written by NinaWestern Prince II PM: September 22, 2016 ...Happy 1st day of fall!!! And what a perfect fall day it was. We left Friday Harbor heading ...Read More
Written by NinaWestern Prince II PM: September 15, 2016 ...This afternoon we had a great encounter with a large number of Southern Resident Orcas, al ...Read More
Written by JBWestern Explorer AM: September 13, 2016 ...Wow—what a great trip we had on the Western Explorer…. Heading out west HOPING to fi ...Read More
Written by JBWestern Prince II PM: September 5, 2016 ...A nice day on the water! Here are shots from our trip with the T65As and Steller Sea Lions ...Read More
Written by AlisonWestern Prince II PM: September 7, 2016 ...The Southern Resident Killer Whales that we saw that day included L94 – Calypso, a 2 ...Read More
Written by AlisonWestern Prince II AM: September 7, 2016 ...Pictures include the Turn Point Lighthouse on Stuart Island with the Olympic Mountains in ...Read More
Written by JBWestern Explorer AM: September 6, 2016 ...We sure had an amazing encounter with those transients!! To get to see them meandering a ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Explorer AM: September 8, 2016 ...Some days just take your breath away. This mornings trip was no exception! We got to hang ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Explorer AM: September 5, 2016 ...I love spending time with the T65As and this day was no exception. Gorgeous lighting condi ...Read More
Written by JBWestern Explorer PM: August 30, 2016 ...That was a great day on the water with K Pod, and those really awesome Steller Sea Lions! ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Prince II AM: September 4, 2016 ...What a fantastic day we had with all those Transient Orcas in Rosario Channel. Especiall ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Explorer AM: August 31, 2016 ...Another exceptional day on the water today! What added to watching the Endangered Southern ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Prince II PM: August 30, 2016 ...Any day on the water with orcas is a good day in my book. The longer you are out on the wa ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Explorer AM: August 29, 2016 ...My goodness! Was this a pretty amazing encounter! We had multiple whale reports in the are ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Explorer AM: August 27, 2016 ...A beautiful morning on the water searching for whales! A Humpback whale was found that we ...Read More
Written by JBWestern Prince II AM: August 28, 2016 ...As promised, here are your photos from our trip around Speiden Island with the Transient O ...Read More
Written by JBWestern Prince II: August 27, 2016 ...Wow!! I’m still smiling from our encounter with Transients way up in the Strait of Geo ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Prince II PM: August 23, 2016 ...Very cool encounter with some of J and K pods. While watching a couple different groups of ...Read More
Written by AlisonWestern Prince II PM: August 31, 2016 ...The timing was perfect to check out the kids (harbor seals) in the pool. Approximately 2 ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Explorer AM: August 22, 2016 ...An awesome morning on the water with part of J and Kpod! The whales were being pretty acti ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Explorer AM: August 18, 2016 ...A beautiful morning on the water with Southern Resident Killer whales! We got to see a bit ...Read More
Written by NinaWestern Prince II PM: August 25, 2016 ...Today was one of the hottest days of the year and what better way to spend the day then on ...Read More
Written by JBWestern Prince II: August 12, 2016 ...A beautiful day in the Salish sea with Southern Resident Killer whales! ...Read More
Written by JBWestern Prince II PM: August 22, 2016 ...We definitely don’t get many days like the one we had on the 22nd!!! Great seals and t ...Read More
Written by JBWestern Prince II PM: August 13, 2016 ...What a fantastic day we had out on the water. Harbor seals, Stellar Sea Lions and of cou ...Read More
Written by JBWestern Prince II AM: August 20, 2016 ...What an amazing day this was with K Pod!!! On behalf of Captain Dennis, Katie, and mysel ...Read More
Written by AlisonWestern Prince II PM: August 17, 2016 ...We left the dock quickly as we knew that the whales were heading away from us and into rou ...Read More
Written by NinaWestern Prince II PM: August 18, 2016 ...Ever wonder how many whales are too many or what a Steller sea lions teeth look like? The ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Explorer PM: August 16, 2016 ...WOW! An incredible day with three species of cetaceans. We first got to see a Gray whale i ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Explorer AM: August 11, 2016 ...The Bigg’s encounters have been just amazing lately! We caught up with the T46’ ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Explorer AM: August 10, 2016 ...Another fantastic day in the Salish sea with a large group of Bigg’s Killer whales ( ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Prince II PM: August 9, 2016 ...A beautiful afternoon with Js and Ks! Fantastic conditions and foraging whales made for a ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Explorer Sunset: August 8, 2016 ...A fellow whale watch operator’s boat was having issues as they left the dock, so our ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Explorer AM: August 8, 2016 ...Such a fantastic day! We started out with a rumor of a few orcas inter-island near Friday ...Read More
Written by JBWestern Explorer PM: August 9, 2016 ...Wow….what a magical day. To be able to sit in flat calm water watching J Pod foraging ...Read More
Written by JBWestern Explorer AM: August 9, 2016 ...That was a great encounter with J Pod—getting to see them pass by the Turn Point Lightho ...Read More
Written by JBWestern Prince II AM: August 8, 2016 ...So great to see the T18/T19s with “Mr. Floppy Fin”. He’s still hanging around whic ...Read More
Written by JBWestern Prince II AM: August 6, 2016 ...That was a great encounter with the T75s. Getting to see them take a seal was amazing, a ...Read More
Written by JBWestern Prince II PM: August 6, 2016 ...What a fantastic day we had with the transients up in the Strait of Georgia. ...Read More
Written by JBWestern Explorer PM: August 2, 2016 ...Here are the highlights of my pictures from our trip with the T65As….we sure did have to ...Read More
Written by AlisonWestern Prince II PM: August 10, 2016 ...T19B Rocked my world today! Fabulous day on the Western Prince. We had a large group of T& ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Explorer PM: August 6, 2016 ...We left the dock knowing we had a group of Bigg’s Killer whales in the area, so to t ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Explorer AM: August 4, 2016 ...It was a very still and beautiful morning when we set out in search of whales. We went all ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Explorer PM: August 3, 2016 ...We were so fortunate that later in the afternoon J pod and part of L pod had moved just in ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Prince II PM: August 2, 2016 ...What a special treat!! For only the second time in 10 years I got to see another Gray whal ...Read More
Written by AlisonWestern Prince II PM: July 27, 2016 ...We were very lucky to have whales close by today and 2 species no less! On the way down ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Explorer AM: July 28, 2016 ...We started our morning with no sightings, which turned into Bigg’s (transient) Kille ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Explorer AM: July 27, 2016 ...It was a fantastic morning on the Western Explorer with Captain JB at the helm! We started ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Prince II PM: July 26, 2016 ...Our second departure of the day took us down to the south end of San Juan Island. Most of ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Prince II AM: July 26, 2016 ...We started out our trip heading north and watching Harbor seals and their new pups at Sent ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Explorer PM: July 25, 2016 ...Today brought unexpected delights! We first caught up with at least 2 Minke whales that we ...Read More
Written by AlisonWestern Prince II PM: July 20, 2016 ...What a great day we had with the L22’s and L12’s, two subgroups from L-pod. My pictu ...Read More
Written by JBWestern Prince II PM: July 17, 2016 ...What an amazing trip with orcas fishing and spyhopping, followed by that tremendous encoun ...Read More
Written by JBWestern Prince II AM: July 16, 2016 ...What an amazing day we had with not only those active orca whales but also the amazing hum ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Explorer AM: July 21, 2016 ...We started out checking out the many seals sunbathing on Goose island. Also on Goose islan ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Explorer PM: July 20, 2016 ...Our afternoon took us to the south end of San Juan Island where we got to watch part of L ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Prince II AM: July 20, 2016 ...A beautiful morning encounter with some of Lpod! L85 “Mystery” and L89 “ ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Prince II PM: July 19, 2016 ...On our afternoon tour, we caught back up with some of Lpod who were still socializing on t ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Prince II AM: July 19, 2016 ...We had a fantastic tour this morning! We had lots of little groups from L pod on the sout ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Explorer AM: July 18, 2016 ...We started our tour on a lovely sunny morning! We heard some of J pod and L pod were movin ...Read More
Written by AlisonWestern Prince II: July 13, 2016 ...We met up with part of J-pod as they came around Turn Point and headed South. We had the ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Explorer AM: July 13, 2016 ...Timing as they say is everything. Today that was surely the case. There has been a large g ...Read More
Written by NinaWestern Prince II AM & PM: July 10, 2016 ...A day of surprises and special encounters close to home. On our first trip of the day, we ...Read More
Written by IvanExperience Western Prince Whale & Wildlife Tours ...What’s a whale watching tour with Western Prince like? Check out our new video highl ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Explorer AM: July 13, 2016 ...What a fun adventure today! We saw some wonderful wildlife today in more flat calm conditi ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Explorer AM: July 11, 2016 ...What a wonderful trip!! We were very fortunate a Humpback whale was not far from Friday Ha ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Explorer AM: July 9, 2016 ...Beautiful conditions and lots of whales made for a fantastic Western Explorer trip! We wer ...Read More
Written by JBWestern Prince II: June 26, 2016 ...Another fantastic day on the water in the Salish Sea! We had an encounter with Bigg’ ...Read More
Written by AlisonWestern Prince II: July 6, 2016 ...Boiling reef was boiling yesterday afternoon. Crazy water – just lovin’ these ...Read More
Written by JBWestern Explorer PM: July 5, 2016 ...WOW WOW WOW!! While it’s always great out on the water every day, our trip on Tuesday ...Read More
Written by JBWestern Explorer AM: July 5, 2016 ...Such a wonderful adventure today! Our suits might have been dampened, but it was pretty ...Read More
Written by JBWestern Prince II: July 4, 2016 ...So cool to see L87 Onyx (the big guy in the photo below) hanging out with J2 Granny (105 y ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Explorer: July 6, 2016 ...We had a wonderful day out on the water with several groups of Bigg’s Killer whales, ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Prince II: July 5, 2016 ...Our day started off with a little drizzle and overcast skies with a report of orcas a bit ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Explorer: July 4, 2016 ...We left the dock knowing there were several groups of Killer whales spotted! What a terrif ...Read More
Written by AlisonWestern Prince II: June 29, 2016 ...What a great day we had with these two adult male Biggs (Transient) Killer Whales. They ...Read More
Written by NinaWestern Prince II: June 30, 2016 ...It was a long and beautiful boat ride deep into Canadian waters…and it was more than wor ...Read More
Written by AlisonWestern Prince II: June 22, 2016 ...It was a spectacular day with an amazing encounter with “Biggs” Transient Killer Whale ...Read More
Written by KatieWestern Prince II: June 24, 2016 ...What a wonderful day of whale watching in the San Juan Islands! We had the T75B’s an ...Read More
Written by JBWestern Prince II: June 18, 2016: Morning Whale Watching Tou ...There is nothing quite like leaving the dock here in Friday Harbor with absolutely no whal ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Prince II Whale Watching: June 17, 2016 San Juan Isl ...I decided to ride along on my day off as I heard there were some whales in the area. Katie ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Explorer Whale Watching: June 15, 2016 ...We headed north from Friday Harbor into the Canadian Gulf Islands to catch up a family of ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Explorer Whale Watching: June 14, 2016 ...It was a beautiful day on the water with a group of Bigg’s (transient) Killer whales ...Read More
Written by AlisonWestern Prince II: June 15, 2016 ...To start off the day with no reports, and end up with an amazing “Biggs” Transient Kil ...Read More
Written by NinaWestern Prince II: June 4, 2016 ...What a perfect day on the water, sunshine, calm waters and lots of wildlife! We got to enj ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Explorer: May 26, 2016 Big Momma and her calf! ...It was a pretty breezy day on the water in some spots, but we got word that 2 Humpbacks wh ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Prince: May 24, 2016 ...Today we saw lots of wonderful wildlife including Harbor seals, Steller sea lions, Bald ea ...Read More
Written by IvanMay 28, 2016 : Bigg’s Killer whales in the Canadian Gu ...Despite it being a bit windy in the San Juan Islands today, all our whale watching guests ...Read More
Written by IvanWESTERN PRINCE EARNS 2016 TRIPADVISOR CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLE ...WESTERN PRINCE WHALE & WILDLIFE TOURS EARNS 2016 TRIPADVISOR CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE ...Read More
Written by JBWestern Prince II Whale Watching: May 23, 2016 Transient Or ...Here are some highlight photos from our whale watching tour on the Western Prince on Mond ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Prince II: May 20, 2016 ...What an incredible encounter we had today! There has been a large group of Bigg’s (t ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Explorer: May 18, 2016 ...We started our day with a report of Bigg’s (transient) Killer whales north of San Ju ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Prince II: May 10, 2016 ...It was such a beautiful day as we left the dock in Friday Harbor. We did not have any whal ...Read More
Written by AlisonWestern Prince II: May 11, 2016 ...Life in the Salish Sea is Humpback rich right now! A morning charter on the Western Pri ...Read More
Written by JBMother’s Day on the Western Prince II: May 8, 2016 ... It was a beautiful Mother’s day with the J16’s and the other amazing wi ...Read More
Written by AlisonWestern Prince II: May 4, 2016 ...Another great day on the water with Captain Nancy! We enjoyed Steller Sea Lions hauled ou ...Read More
Written by JBWestern Prince II: May 1, 2016 ...A beautiful day on the water with a Humpback whale named “Big Momma” who broug ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Explorer: April 29, 2016 ...It started out as a beautiful sunny day in the San Juan Island with a brisk wind. No repor ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Prince II: April 27, 2016 ...We left the dock with a rumor of whales to the south of San Juan Island and headed that wa ...Read More
Written by TraciWestern Prince II: April 24, 2016 ...What a delight to catch up with a larger group of Bigg’s Killer whales. (transients) ...Read More