Sunday, October 14

This morning we headed south from Victoria. The search for humpbacks was on! After only 20 minutes of searching a humpback whale was spotted. As we got closer we discovered there were two humpbacks surfacing in unison. There were also many Steller sea lions feeding around the boat. We stayed a while to watch the two humpbacks feeding. We left for Race Rocks to see if there were any sea lions left on the rocks or whether they were all on foraging trips as they seemed to be sea lions feeding all around. After a few minutes we came across another two humpback whales and in the distance we could see another humpback surfacing. We soon counted seven humpback whales feeding within a few miles of one another. We were glad to see once we reached Race Rocks that there were still a few Steller sea lions and Californian sea lions to greet us with a chorus of barking and growling.

In the afternoon headed south of Victoria harbour, straight towards the area where we had seen the humpbacks during the morning trip and we weren't disappointed. There were still seven humpback whales within a few miles of one another and the Steller sea lions were still feeding all around the boat. After an hour of viewing the different individual humpbacks in the area we headed for Race Rocks to view the sea lions.