Monday, October 6th

October Humpbacks!

We had a gorgeous fall morning with no rain and not much wind. Traveling only a few miles out of the harbour, we spotted one Humpback whale in the distance and soon were right alongside three other Humpbacks. They repeatedly surprised us as they surfaced at our Stern, then tail fluked on a deep dive, then again a big blow at our Port, then a deep dive and again at our bow. Once there were three and then there were four! As the group tagged on another member the whale performed a cartwheel and some raised pectoral fins. Only a short distance away we saw the sea creatures in close detail and got a really good listen as they made elephant-trunk-like blow noises with their 20 foot high exhalations. As we ventured on to Race Rocks, we approached and had hundreds of gulls flying over our heads, and to soon realize a bald eagle had taken over the fishing rock. We also had sea lions splashing and 'porpoising' around playfully, stopping and staring back as we stared at them.