Thursday, May 17th

Our morning tours began as we headed east to the American group of San Juan Islands. After 2 days of the same behaviour, we were pleased to meet back up with J-pod, who were on their way north up the coast of San Juan Island. The whales were spread out and feeding on the salmon.
We enjoyed the group as they passed by, allowing us to get a great view of each whales' saddle patch. The guests were eager and helpful when identifying each individual whale. We were pleased to see Slick (J16), her new female calf (J42), Ruffles (J1), Granny (J2) and Mike (J26) and Blackberry (J27), two sprouting males.

The afternoon tours were filled with a lot of excitement. J-pod, although feeding, was displaying their playful side. We were able to see many breaches, spyhoping and tail lobbing, as the group headed north to turn point. On the way back to our dock, we stopped at Discovery Island and The Chain Islands to view the many Harbour seals hauled out on the rocks. We also saw many Cormorants in their large community nest, Pigeon Guillemots on the water surface and enough seagulls to repopulate the earth. Another wonderful day on the waters surrounding Victoria and Vancouver Island.