Monday, August 13

Today was an absolutely beautiful day with a bright sun shining and the water extremely calm out in the Juan de Fuca Strait. We left the harbour and went west where we discovered a Humpback which appeared to be in a resting state since he stayed close to the surface during our entire observation. We had a few nice views of his fluke and finally headed in search of other wildlife. Not too far away we found another Humpback that appeared to be a little more active as he did some deeper dives, probably in search of some food. After our whale viewings, we stopped at Race Rocks where we actually saw an Elephant Seal, the largest species of carnivore, moving its massive body up the boat ramp on the main Race Rock Island; it was quite a site to see!

For our evening trip the waters remained calm and we again had some beautiful views from the two Humpback Whales. We then proceeded to check out Race Rocks and were pleasantly surprised to have two Gray Whales swim by. The two whales, perhaps a mother and calf were traveling very close together and continuously came to the surface for fresh breaths of air. After their encounter we viewed all the amazing wildlife at Race Rocks and headed home to finish off our fantastic day.