Allen Marine Tours 2014

Well the 2014 season is under way and I can't tell you all how much I am enjoying working this summer. Everyday is a new adventure and each tour that I do is new and exciting. Never know what we are going to see out there but no one has been disappointed yet! I have seen some amazing things and getting to talk to different people on each tour is so much fun. One couple was from Kauai where we vacationed over Christmas in Hawaii. Small world. We saw a couple of Sea Otters on Wednesday and after watching them for a few minutes our Captain came on and says, well, seems we have come across some love struck Otters. The passengers burst out laughing. I watched them and wondered what are they doing? OOhhhhhhh...I get it! ..LOL
We left them to be alone. heehee
Have gone different places in the Sound from looking at Eagles around Makhnati Island to finding a whale in Redoubt Bay. Went up to Saint Lazaria Island and saw Puffins and Murres that nest on this National Wildlife Refuge.Can't always go out there because of the Ocean swells but I have gotten to see it twice! Amazing!

Mama and baby humpback whales

Came across some Orka whales, rare here in Sitka

Humpback Whale

Tail just about up

Humpback Whale feeding on the surface

Raft of Sea Otters

Redoubt water fall where sockeye salmon run for about a week

Sea Otters just hanging out

Came across a Grey Whale. They don't come up to the surface very high and are bottom feeders. They are shy. 

Amazing!