Orca - Killer Whale

On April 24th 2025, with the T90’s on the west side of San Juan Island😍 We 1st caught up with the Orcas near Andrews Bay and watched as they hugged the shore line looking for Seals, travelling south past Lime Kiln State Park🥰 #orca You can see more images and videos from this tour at https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=5starwhales&set=a.1233867218740222

Here are a few images from our encounter on Earth Day with 16 Orcas including the T19’s, T49A’s, T65B’s T100’s😍 We encountered the Orcas by Waldron Island just as the two groups met up. The T49A’s had been by Spieden Island earlier but as they heard the other orcas near Waldron they took off quickly…

Happy #EarthDay At Five Star, celebrating the beauty and wonder of this world is important to us. It’s what we do everyday! We also feel a call to recognize and protect the diverse and critical ecosystems around the world that ourselves, and wildlife, depend on. We can all do our part to protect this wonderful…

Happy Wildlife Monday😊 Here is summary of the wildlife we have encountered during our tours in April😍 We have seen Orcas, Porpoise, Seals, Sea Lions and a large amount of marine birds including Bald Eagles🥰 Join one of our tours and experienced the Wonders of the Salish Sea! #wildlifemondays #salishsea

Happy Easter to you and your loved ones from the Five Star Whale Watching team😍🐰🐣 #happyeaster🐰 #eastersunday

Here are a couple of  images from our encounter yesterday, April 13th, with the T49A’s😍 They were just finishing off a meal as we arrived and then became playful🥰 We witnessed breaching, tail slaps, tail flukes, lunging, a couple of spyhops and more. On our way home we stopped at Green Point to checkout some…

Here are a few images from our encounter on April 12th with over a dozen Orcas! Our encounter started with the T124A’s & T87 North of Gooch Is😍 T87 is one of the oldest male Orcas we know of and was estimated to have been born in 1962! On our way home we also found…

Great news from the Center for Whale Research, Jpod has a new baby You can read more  about this exciting news at the Center for Whale Research  

On April 5th 2025, we encountered Orcas near Friday Harbour! The Orcas were the T46B’s, including the new calf (seen in the  image above) T46B3A, who is just a few weeks old🥰 You can see more images from this encounter at our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1215915007202110&type=3

On March 29th 2025, we encountered our 1st whales of the season! We encountered Orcas, identified as T36A’s & T99B near Goose Island (SJI). You can see more images and details from this tour on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1214582724002005&type=3