from $89* per person	1 Days	Year-round
Basic accommodations		Exertion level: 3
Operator: Sea Quest Expeditions		12 people max

Our afternoon / one day sea kayak tours are our most popular trips that don't involve camping overnight. This is certainly due to our success in kayaking with orca whales. The route we use is the best waterway for seeing orcas - killer whales - anywhere in the United States! In May, June and July we see orca whales on over 50% of these tours. Whale watching eventually tapers off into October. That's amazingly great success when you consider two things: these wild animals swim up to 100 miles each day and we have only a few hours to find them. Lot's of other wildlife is encountered on the full day trips, too, including minke whales, Dall's and harbor porpoise, sea lions, harbor seals, and river otters. Three active bald eagle nests and a peregrine falcon nest guarantee observations of magnificent birds. Other fascinating birds of the area are the great blue heron, black oystercatcher, rhinoceros auklet, and pigeon guillemot.

Afternoon / 1-day sea kayaking trips feature fantastic views of Washington's Olympic Mountains and British Columbia's Vancouver Island. As we paddle along the scenic "West Side" of San Juan Island, we enjoy the beauty of storm-sculpted evergreens and rocky balds covered in grasses and wildflowers. Dense kelp forests of sway in the currents and the steep cliff shores are sprinkled with purple seastars and barnacles. Several beaches offer landings for lunch, the same used by smugglers in past eras. The unique human history of the area is revealed by Native American pictograms and relics of turn-of-the-century mining operations.