Friday, June 26th

This morning we headed out in search of our resident orca off the southern coast of San Juan Island. When all hopes were looking dim, we headed out to the ever exciting Hein Bank where we saw 3 or more Minke whales lunge feeding through schools of fish. Along the way we saw many harbour porpoises and harbour seals. Near the end of our Minke encounter our captain took off with a purpose because he had heard some reports of orca north! We had fantastic sightings of some of our residents with a thrilling pass from Comet and Spock (K38 & K20). This was a wonderfully well-rounded trip with many different sightings and beautiful calm seas.

Our afternoon tour aboard the Orca Spirit travelled near Salmon Bank where we found members of K-pod foraging in the nutrient rich waters. We had a great pass with Seqium (K12) and some other K-pod whales, before travelling to Hein Bank for an awesome minke encounter. After the minke show, we travelled back towards Victoria abd were able to spend some time with Gaia (L78), a large bull killer whale.