July 18, 2006

Today we were watching K and J-Pod as they made their way up Swanson Channel and up towards Active Pass. We were able to watch very active groups of whales and even saw a few whales breaching close into the shoreline. As well, when the hydrophone was placed in the water we were able to dive into the world of the dolphins! Communicating amongst themselves the pods were extremely chatty with one another … music to our ears! We also saw a couple of groups of whales pass by porpoising in groups of 4 and 5 - creating quite a splash!

At the end of our afternoon tour we came through Discovery and Chatham Islands and we were lucky enough to spot many female Harbour seals with their pups. Adorable! As well, we saw a couple of immature Bald Eagles and California sea lions at Race Rocks.

For the evening tour we headed out west in search of L-Pod and Humpback whales. Unfortunately our search found us no whales however we did see Bald Eagles, Harbour and Elephant seals and California sea lions.