Area Cruises
3-Day Birdwatching & Wildlife Cruise
Monday, April 7 through Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Price: $1,395.00 per person double occupancy, $1,595.00 single occupancy
Launch from: 227 Jackson St, Port Townsend (Puget Sound Express office at Point Hudson)
https://www.pugetsoundexpress.com/tours/multi-day-tours/audubon/
Join us for a three-day, two-night nature cruise to the spectacular San Juan Archipelago on the M/V Glacier Spirit with a naturalist. Sightings of Orca, Minke, and Gray and Humpback whales, porpoises, seals, sea lions, and many sea birds are possible.
We depart from Port Townsend at 10 a.m. Monday morning, April 7 on a heated whale-watching boat with comfortable seats, large windows, restrooms, and outdoor observation decks. Please check-in no later than 9:30 AM.
We’ll cross the Strait of Juan de Fuca, stay two nights at historic Roche Harbor Resort on San Juan Island; visit Sucia Island, a WA State Marine Park; and cruise through the breathtaking Deception Pass on our way home. Cruise package includes all lodging, transportation, breakfasts, and lunches. Don’t miss it!
Spring Bird Migration Cruises
Saturday, April 5, 2025 (1-4pm) and Sunday, April 6, 2025 (11am-2pm)
Price: $105
Launch from: 227 Jackson St, Port Townsend (Puget Sound Express office at Point Hudson)
https://www.pugetsoundexpress.com/bird-migration-puffin-cruises/
Just outside of Port Townsend are two iconic National Wildlife Refuges — Protection Island and Smith Island. Nearly 70 percent of the nesting seabird population of Puget Sound and the Straits nest there, including one of the largest nesting colonies of rhinoceros auklets in the world, as well as the largest nesting colony of glaucous-winged gulls in Washington.
These cruises visit either Protection Island or Smith Island, depending on sightings and weather.
Depending on the time of year, some of the more common species we see include California Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, Heermann’s Gull, Rhinoceros Auklet, Double-crested Cormorant, Common Murre, Red-necked Grebe, Pigeon Guillemot, Brandt’s Cormorant, Pelagic Cormorant, Sanderling, Black Turnstone, Surf Scooter, Ring-billed Gull, Tufted Puffin, Caspian Tern, White-winged Scoter, Harlequin Duck, Black Oystercatcher, Brant, and Red-necked Phalarope. However, we see many other types of species as well.
