Saturday, May 23rd

This afternoon on the Orca Spirit we travelled to the serene waters of Haro Strait where we had a thrilling encounter with a few whales in the J16 matriline. We watched J16, Slick, foraging with her young calf Echo (J42), and were treated to some pretty fantastic high speed porpoising and lunges from the young calf. After we ventured further south to see who else we could find and spotted Mike (J26), an almost fully mature male. We had an absolutely spectacular experience with this young male and overall it was a fantastic encounter with this wonderful resident pod.

Our evening charter encountered J-pod near Hannah Heights on the picturesque San Juan Island. On this trip, we had a truly memorable experience with Mike (J26), but a true highlight of the trip and of this season thus far was an amazing visit with J17 (Princess Angeline) and her young calf, J44. Guests and crew alike were thrilled with our encounter with one of the newest members of J-pod.