Sunday, April 19th

It was another beautiful spring day as we headed out aboard the Orca Spirit this afternoon in search of marine wildlife. We travelled to the Chain Islets to start our trip to view the many harbour seals that use the many rocky islets as a haul out area to rest and warm up. Our tour took us south and west into Juan de Fuca Strait in search of orcas and other cetaceans. A few porpoise were spotted although these shy animals were being very elusive. We travelled into Beecher Bay, east of Sooke. Touring the rocky islets, we found a mature bald eagle and watched a California sea lion out foraging. The highlight of the tour was once again Race Rocks, where we saw several elephant seals and Steller sea lions. With sunny skies and calm seas, it doesn't get much better.