orca

On May 11th we celebrated Mother’s Day with some special guests! In the morning we had a wonderful encounter with a female Humpback known as BCX1057 ‘Divot’ 🙂 We encountered Divot near Middle Bank heading towards San Juan Island. In the afternoon we first encountered two Humpbacks east of Race. The Humpback were ID as…

Here are a few images from our encounter with T63 ‘Chainsaw’ and friends on April 30th😍 T63 was travelling with T65 and T87, they are among the Superstars of Biggs Killer Whales🥰 You can see more images from this tour on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=5starwhales&set=a.1240228011437476 #orca #wearepwwa

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…

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…

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

Happy #WorldWhaleDay Today is International World Whale Day, a celebration of these incredible marine mammals. In the Salish Sea we are lucky to encounter Orcas, Humpbacks, Minke & Grey Whales Learn how you can protect these incredible whales at https://www.5starwhales.com/research-conservation/

Happy Saturday and 1st day of February😀 We are counting down to the start of our regular season on April 1st, only 2 months away, as demonstrated by the pectoral fins of this Humpback Whale🥰 2025 marks our 40th year in Business🥳

Happy New Year! If you would like to check out some of our favourite images from 2024, click on the following link to our Instagram page: Five Star Instagram