Mystic Sea Charters Whale Watching

09/13/2018

Mystic Sea hosted a dinner cruise last night - and hung out with Jpod! Read our report online!

In addition to whale watching trips, Mystic Sea hosts private charters for a variety of events. This evening we departed Anacortes at 5pm for a Corporate Dinner Cruise. Passengers enjoyed...

09/04/2018

What a fantastic weekend we had! We had Resident Orcas, Transient Orcas, Minkes, and More! Read our Trip Reports online for the full scoop!!

A great treat today to have majority of J-Pod back on the West side of San Juan Island! Members of J-Pod were actively jumping, breaching and tail-slapping as we arrived...

08/27/2018

Transient Orcas on Sunday! (And Saturday!)
We're heading out soon for today's trip!

A picture perfect day for a whale watch – sunny skies, calm seas, and abundant wildlife. Captain Monte cruised us first to Colville Island, to see what appeared to be...

08/24/2018

More Orca's on Thursday! Only 6 weeks left to see the whales in 2018!

Early this morning word came that transient orcas were near Friday Harbor, traveling to the west. Captain Monte cruised the Mystic Sea that direction, and we caught up with the...

08/22/2018

Tuesday took us to Langley! Read our online report! :)

Mystic Sea left port this morning under a hazy sky with flat, calm waters. As there were no orcas or humpbacks reported anywhere in sight, he cruised our vessel through...

08/20/2018

Sunday's Trip Report is up! We spent the day with the T65As!

Sunday morning, we left port and headed towards Matia Island, where there were reports of orcas. As we made way, we stopped at Barnes & Clark Island to see harbor...

08/20/2018

Saturday morning we had reports of whales in all directions - Mystic Sea spent the day with the T2C Family!

With reports of Orcas to the south, to the west and to the north, Capt. Eric chose to go north, taking a beautiful route to the south end of Sucia...

08/17/2018

Thursday Whales took us to Deception Pass!

With smoky haze still lingering, we headed north in Rosario Strait towards whales, but heard a report of whales much closer – at Deception Pass! We turned back and found...

08/16/2018

Amazing day with the Transients yesterday!

Mystic Sea departed this morning under a hazy sky once again. Our talented Captain, Eric, drove through the haze and into the Salish Sea where visibility for watching whales was...

08/13/2018

we caught up with members of J-pod, including J50 - Scarlet! Read our online blog!

On an overcast day, we headed out towards Colville Island to check on the many harbor seals hauled out on the rocks, then had a quick rendezvous with the Steller...

08/10/2018

we spent the day with a named . Such a lovely sight! Find out who else we saw!

In bright, warm sunshine we left Cap Sante and headed northwest through beautiful Pole Pass, through the heart of the San Juan Islands. We found lovely humpback “Monarch” in...

08/08/2018

we hung out with a HB named Yogi (and pals!), we had Minke's, a Gray Whale & Deception Pass! Read our online blog for all the details!

Another foggy start from port but we were soon in beautiful sunshine, as we headed along the shores of Lopez Island, checking out the seals, some with pups, and bald...

08/03/2018

Mystic Sea hosted a Private Whale Watch for a Family Reunion! (Yep, we do that, too!)

Our passengers today were celebrating a family reunion – whale watching – what a fun event! Lots of time for visiting, great food and beautiful scenery. We headed out under...

08/03/2018

we spent the day with the T18/19 Family! Report and photos available online!

With reports of both Resident and Transient Orcas to the north, we took the beautiful route on the east side of Guemes and Orcas Islands. After a stop at Puffin...

08/01/2018

L-Pod Returned on Tuesday!

On a very foggy morning we headed towards and navigated through the San Juan Islands to Cattle Pass, checking on harbor seals and Steller sea lions on the way. The...

08/01/2018

We spent with Transient Orcas & More!

We motored out into Rosario Strait in choppy seas, and headed south with a report of some Bigg’s (Transient, meat-eating) Orcas off Victoria. First stop was at Colville Island to...

07/30/2018

We had an AMAZING weekend of ! Sunday's Trip Report is linked below - but don't miss out on previous posts!

On another amazing day, we headed towards San Juan Island after receiving reports of whales – the rest of J-pod had returned! The J16s and 17s have been in the...

07/23/2018

We had Rare Visitors on Saturday! California Orcas!

What a day! We left Anacortes hoping to see a Humpback whale not too far from port, and found a small juvenile traveling alone by the shore of Cypress Island....

07/19/2018

We spent with J27 Blackberry & L87 Onyx!

A lovely, cool summer day….and we headed up toward San Juan Island with reports of Resident (fish-eating) orcas off the west side. We caught a good look at some harbor...

07/18/2018

More time with J-Pod on Tuesday!

We’ve had some amazing weather in the Pacific Northwest recently, and today was no exception. On another sunny day with calm waters, Captain Eric cruised Mystic Sea away from Anacortes...

07/17/2018

Monday's Trip Report is online! J-pod is still in town!

What a thrilling day on Mystic Sea! Captain Monte cruised us out of Anacortes this morning for the days adventure. We headed to Barnes & Clark Islands where we made...

07/16/2018

Sunday's Trip Report is up!
Who will we see today?!

What could be better than sunshine and San Juan Islands? Sunshine, San Juan Islands and Killer Whales! Our wildlife viewing today started with Harbor Seals at Colville Island. The seals...

07/16/2018

Mystic Sea spent Saturday with our Southern Resident Killer Whales!

What a day – great weather and reports of whales! We headed out by Colville Island to see the many harbor seals hauled out during low tide. Several newborn seal...

07/13/2018

Thursdays Report is available online! Welcome Back J&K Pods!

Mystic Sea left port this morning with high hopes that reports of inbound resident orcas were true. We cruised through calm waters, first to Colville Island where we found a...

07/12/2018

Wednesday with Scratchy & Friends!

On another picture perfect day, we found a Humpback whale (Scratchy) and many Minke whales (4 or 5)!! But that’s not all, lots of harbor seals (some with newborn pups),...

07/12/2018

We spent Tuesday with Transient Orca family groups! Find out who!

On a beautiful, sunshiny day, we quickly headed up through the San Juan Islands, and caught up with the T124A and T36A families of Transient (Biggs) Killer Whales at the...

07/10/2018

We spent Sunday with whales in BC!

It was a long trip north to the Coal Docks (BC coast), but well worth it as Mystic Sea encountered two, possibly 3 groups of Transient/Biggs orca in the area....

07/10/2018

Saturday's Report is ready! Read about our day with the T124A family!

https://mysticseacharters.com/transients-orcas-killer-whales-seals-070718/

We left the marina with a report of Transient orcas up to Canada by N.Pender Island, and caught up with them after a beautiful trip through Pole Pass and Spieden...

07/07/2018

Mystic Sea is out with Whales & Wildlife right now! Check back for our full report!

07/05/2018

Our Trip Report is available online!

Happy 4th! We caught up with our humpback friend, “Scratchy” just west of Deception Pass, and followed him/her heading north. After a trip around Smith and Minor Islands to see...