San Juan Island Adventures

Every summer, Savor Seattle Food Tours and San Juan Outfitters partner to offer a  3 Day/2 Night Gourmet Kayak Expedition in the San Juan Islands. 2014 will be no different!

Instead of typical camping fare, our guides prepare gourmet meals using recipes developed by Savor Seattle’s founder, Angela Shen. Fascinating sea life and spectacular sunsets are complemented by entrees like braised short ribs, desserts like raspberry white chocolate cheesecake, and Happy Hour treats...

Here are a few of our 2013 season highlights!

Sunset from Stuart Island, WA. Captured during a spring Multi-Day kayak tour. By Alex Tande.

San Juan Outfitters offers professionally guided Multi-Day Sea Kayak Tours to many different island near San Juan Island. Our two exclusive departure locations (both Friday Harbor and Roche Harbor) gives us a great advantage to paddle in waters seldom paddled by others. The sunset photo above was taken by kayak guide Alex Tande...

Killer whales all over the world have been catching a lot of main stream news this past week. Killer whales, also known as Orcas, and some of the most widely recognized cetaceans in the world, and are found in all the earth's oceans. Just last week, an Orca pod was sighted near Kona, Hawaii! Researchers from Cascadia Research Collective reported that this is only the third time in 14 years of research that they've sighted Orcas in Hawaiian waters. More on their ongoing...

Members of our Southern Resident Community of Killer Whales made an appearance in Seattle a few days ago. This is very common for October, November, and December. As the Chinook salmon runs finish for the summer season, the SRKW community expands their travel territory throughout the Puget Sound. Eventually, the Orcas will follow their food source out the Strait of Juan de Fuca and to the outer coast.

Until that happens, our Resident Orcas may pop up anywhere! Still keep...

We have been very fortunate with great weather the past few days! Summer is here with blue skies, warm weather, and lots of wildlife.

Kayak guide Amy R. had a very fun family kayak tour this morning. Amy and her guests paddled to Posey Island, which is now part of the San Juan Islands National Monument. Posey Island is Washington State's smallest state park at high tide and is a favorite stop for guides & guests. Amy and her young guests were very eager to explore the...

Guides Jesse, Amy and Tyler just got back from a 5-hour kayak trip around Henry Island. Conditions were clear and beautiful- another great summer day in the San Juans! As they paddled, a baby harbor porpoise swam by; something new for all three guides. They also saw a purple sea urchin way up in the rocks which was unusual as urchins tend to be found down deeper underneath the water. Other wildlife such as jellyfish and bald eagles graced their trip. With temperatures...

Kayak guides Jesse and Ami enjoyed a sun and fun filled 5 hour tour today around Henry Island! With a stripped sun star, urchins, and a close encounter with a flying bald eagle it was a wonderful trip! Ami, Jesse, and their guest also spotted some raccoons scavenging in the intertidal zone for crabs and other good eats. After a calm paddle, an excellent lunch, and a lot of wildlife, everyone walked away with a smile!

Kayak guides Michael and Tyler had two great 3 hour...

What started out as a grey San Juan day, turned into an excellent day of sunshine and fun on the water! Naturalist Andrew and Captains Nancy and Chris encountered members Jpod and Lpod today off of the North West coast of San Juan Island. While traveling with the whales whale watch guests saw lots of spy hops and breaching. A young orca in the group was very active and got a lot of air while breaching! The orcas were swimming very close to shore around Kellett Bluff on...

Another beautiful June day on San Juan Island. After pouring rain early morning, the storm blew off and temperatures got near 70 degrees again!

Our whale watch boat, the Seahawk, went out on the water today and encountered both J-Pod and L-Pod near the Lime Kiln Lighthouse! J-pod was showing some impressive feeding behavior with spy-hops and breaches all around. One whale even soared through the air with a salmon in its mouth!

Guides Nick and Brenden just got off the...

Today was an incredible day on the water! With temperatures nearing 70 degrees and blue skies all around, our guides and guests had a taste of summer in the beginning of June!

Several of our guides took part in a 3-Day Overnight Training. The paddled out to Stuart Island and used that as a base camp for two nights while they explored the area, both on the water and on land. Highlights included hiking to Tip-Top and the cemetery on Stuart Island as well as multiple...