September 24, 2006

This morning, we headed south of Victoria on the search for some transient orcas that were found by our spotter earlier in the morning. On the way, we watched some Stellar sea lions foraging east of Race Rocks while keeping our eyes peeled for the transients that for the time being had given us the slip. After a long search, we encountered the transient orcas just west of Trial Island where we found T20 and the T100's traveling east towards Discovery Island. The large group included two males (T20 and T102A) and a female with a calf. We had a spectacular pass from the 2 males that included a fantastic spyhop from one of the big guys! The morning trip concluded with a tour of Trial Island and Great Chain Island where we watched many Harbour seals that were resting comfortably despite the presence of their most formidable predators only a short distance away.