San Juan Island whale watch wildlife report
Success! Nancy and I headed out from Roche Harbor and headed north in search of some members of K pod that had been spotted earlier that day. Whales in K pod are members of the Southern Resident Community, resident killer whales that spend their summers here in the Salish Sea as they hunt the salmon that pass through on their way to spawn upriver.
After a long boat ride (cruising with the current at 18 knts) we encountered the whales just a few miles south of Point...