Make the Most of Your San Juan Islands Whale Watching Adventure

While there is no shortage of blockbuster films to see these days, there’s no grander spectacle than the beauty of nature itself. And when it comes to the marvels of nature, few can match the majesty of whales, the largest oceanic mammals on the planet.

Luckily, you can go whale watching all Summer long and into the Fall in San Juan Islands, a stunning island community in Washington State. It is known as one of the best places to see whales, as it is home to at least 84 orcas. (In fact, another orca was born just this summer.)

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Whale Watching in the San Juan Islands: Getting to Know the Majestic Beauties

In the San Juan Islands, massive marine mammals are studied and monitored by the Whale Museum in Friday Harbor, a museum that teaches tourists the importance of protecting the oceans and keeping the endangered orcas alive. They perform extensive research to keep track of each whale that swims through the Salish Sea.

An orca pod can contain a dozen to several dozen individual whales, and there are three active pods (J, K, and L) that can be seen often in the San Juan Islands. Interestingly enough, the locals and the nonprofit groups who work together to protect these creatures can easily identify the pods by their markings and other behaviors. As a matter of fact, they lovingly denote many of the whale with both a code number and a name. Orcas average life-span is around 50 years old. There are orcas in the pods who are less than two years old. A whale in J-pod, affectionately named “Granny” recently passed away was estimated to be over 100-years old.
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