Saturday, June 13th

On our 1 pm Orca Spirit trip we headed east into Haro Strait stopping first to view some harbour seals on the east side of Discovery Island. We crossed Haro Strait and travelled towards Salmon Bank. Along the way, we had an interesting encounter with some porpoising porpoises. At least one of them was a hybrid between a Dall's porpoise and a harbour porpoise. Hybrid porpoises are relatively common in these waters, but it is a bit of a novelty in the cetacean world and it was great to be able to see one. Our next stop was Whale Rocks where we found a mature bald eagle on a nearby island and several more harbour porpoises. After scanning the waters of Salmon Bank we headed north towards False Bay, where we were surprised by a minke whale! We had a brief but enjoyable encounter and headed back across the strait. However, we had one last amazing cetacean encounter with a couple of Dall's porpoises who took a few minutes to surf our wake and thrill our guests with their amazing speed.