Tuesday, July 14th

Our tour left this morning heading northeast not knowing the exact location of the whales that were sighted. We started our scans at False Bay on San Juan Island. When we got Pender Island, the action really started. Members of both J and L pod were foraging, spread out as individuals or small groups. Comet was excited and porpoising out of the water with Spock in tow. Skana, Echo, Slick and Mike trailed behind, travelling close to shore. Someone was breaching in the distance on either side of the boat and a delightful pectoral flipper was spotted from a male right on the bow.

This afternoon, we headed towards Hein Bank. On the way, we stopped at Trial to check out our pinniped pals, the harbour seals. Once we got to Hein bank we were informed that the one Minke in the area was being elusive, but after a few minutes of watching, he became less shy. After some great viewings of the Minke we decided to wave goodbye and head for Trial Island. We saw more seals and got a closer look at the cormorants and oyster catchers.