Sunday, May 10th
Our wildlife adventure started with a viewing of what appeared to be literally hundred's of harbour porpoise south of Trial Island We travelled east into Haro Strait, and made our way to San Juan Island in foggy, but absolutely flat calm conditions in the hopes of finding J-pod. They were not to be found this morning, but we were awestruck by an absolutely magnificent encounter with a huge group of Dall's porpoise. Dall's porpoise can be distinguished from their smaller cousins, the harbour porpoise by their black and white colouration and shocking speed. Today, they seemed to be enjoying our boat and were riding our wake and bowriding. We travelled next to Chatham Island, where we viewed some harbour seals, and were amazed by a great encounter with a massive Steller sea lion near Discovery Island lighthouse. We concluded our morning tour with a fantastic minke whale experience just south of Discovery Island.
Our wildlife adventure started with a viewing of what appeared to be literally hundred's of harbour porpoise south of Trial Island We travelled east into Haro Strait, and made our way to San Juan Island in foggy, but absolutely flat calm conditions in the hopes of finding J-pod. They were not to be found this morning, but we were awestruck by an absolutely magnificent encounter with a huge group of Dall's porpoise. Dall's porpoise can be distinguished from their smaller cousins, the harbour porpoise by their black and white colouration and shocking speed. Today, they seemed to be enjoying our boat and were riding our wake and bowriding. We travelled next to Chatham Island, where we viewed some harbour seals, and were amazed by a great encounter with a massive Steller sea lion near Discovery Island lighthouse. We concluded our morning tour with a fantastic minke whale experience just south of Discovery Island.
