Captain Carli’s Charters

They had overbooked our trip and bumped us to the next trip which I didn’t love, hence the –1 star. However he gave us a discount, and we ended up having a sunny, beautiful trip. And we saw whales (the earlier trip did not). Captain bill did a nice job Showing us unique spots full of eagles, seals, secluded coves. Loved it!

Captain Carli («Call me Bill. We’re casual.») runs a small boat for whale watching out of Friday Harbor. Bill knew exactly where to find whales, had plenty of binoculars for us to use, and made us all feel at home. He only accepts 6 people on his boat, but that is what makes it great! There is plenty of room both in and out of the cabin to relax and no crowding to see the whales.
Bill also knows the history of the San Juan Islands and pointed out many features to us as we circumnavigated all of San Juan Island. He also made a point of checking what time we had to be back, so he gave us a little extra time to see whales (and there were so many!!!) but had us back in time for the ferry out.
After seeing some of the people in the large, open air boats shivering miserably in the cool Pacific Northwest breeze, I was extra glad we had booked with Captain Carli’s Charter’s. He even found a spare snack for a guest who had missed lunch.