Island Adventures Whale Report

Follow our adventures from wherever you are! Our whale reports include detailed accounts and highlight photos from every excursion. Check out our latest tours or deep dive into our reports that date back to 2007!

Island Adventures 5/17/25 Island Adventures 5/17/25

May 17, 2025

Bigg's Killer Whales (T123s)
Humpback Whale (BCY0458 "Raptor")
Steller Sea Lions
Harbor Seals
Bald Eagles
Mouflon Sheep

Island Adventures 5/16/25 Island Adventures 5/16/25

May 16, 2025

Bigg's Killer Whales (T49As)
Harbor Porpoises
Sea Lions
Bald Eagles
Harbor Seals
Brown Pelicans
125 Nautical Miles

Island Adventures 5/15/25 Island Adventures 5/15/25

May 15, 2025

Minke Whales
Harbor Porpoises
Sea Lions
Bald Eagles
Harbor Seals

Island Adventures 5/13/25 Island Adventures 5/13/25

May 13, 2025

Two Gray Whales (CRC-2557 & CRC-2383)
Harbor Seals
Sea Lions
Harbor Seals
Bald Eagles
Harbor Porpoise

Island Adventures 5/11/25 Island Adventures 5/11/25

May 11, 2025

Bigg's Killer Whales (T124A2s & T87)
Humpback Whales ( CRC-19235 "Scuba" & BCX-1416 "Phi")
Harbor Seals
Bald Eagles

Island Adventures 5/10/25 Island Adventures 5/10/25

May 10, 2025

Three Gray Whales
Bigg's Killer Whales (T65As)
Harbor Seals
Steller Sea Lions
Bald Eagles
Sea Otter
Puffins!

Island Adventures 5/9/25 Island Adventures 5/9/25

May 9, 2025

Humpback Whale
Steller Sea Lions
California Sea Lions
Bald Eagles
Harbor Porpoise

Island Adventures 5/7/25 Island Adventures 5/7/25

May 7, 2025

Humpback Whales (Dalmation & Divot)
Sea Lion
Bald Eagles

Island Adventures 5/4/25 Island Adventures 5/4/25

May 4, 2025

Sea Otter
Bald Eagles
Harbor Seals
Steller Sea Lions
Harbor Porpoises

Island Adventures 5/3/25 Island Adventures 5/3/25

"Schooner" The Remarkable Whale With a Partial Tail

On May 3rd, Island Adventures 10 AM whale watching tour came across a humpback whale near Anacortes, WA. We were shocked the first time the whale fluked to see that it had a partial tail! Island Adventures Naturalist Tyson Reed identified the humpback as CRC-19888 "Schooner", a whale that unfortunately lost its left tail fluke as the likely result of a ship strike in 2024, and who was also seen off the coast of Maui this winter by former Island Adventures Naturalist Lexi Jeffers.