Sunday, April 26th

On Sunday, we again ventured out into Juan De Fuca Strait. Transient orca sightings have been fairly common this season and we headed out to see what today wiould bring. After visiting the harbour seals hauled out at the Chain Iselts, we found a large number of harbour porpoise southwest of Trial Island. We watched these timid cetaceans for quite awhile before we continued our journey. Eventually making our way to Beecher Bay and ultimately to Race Rocks. On this tour, Captain Brad and I counted at least 7 bald eagles, a record for both Brad and I! Race Rocks continues to be a hotbed for pinniped sightings as we saw Elephant seals, harbour seals and both Califiornia and Steller sea lions.

Our zodiac trip Sunday afternoon was able to witness transient orcas near Race Rocks. The exciting encounter ended with the group of 5 transient orcas dispatching a harbour porpoise.