June 25, 2006

Today’s tours were spent with J and L-Pod off Henry Island. With a strong ebb tide the whales were traveling fairly slowly between the morning and afternoon tours, however they were quite active throughout the day. During our time with the whales we saw quite a few spy hops as well as about 7 breaches! In the distance we watched a group of 3 whales alternating between tail slaps and pectoral slaps. Everyone was amazed at how loud the pectoral slaps actually were! After leaving the whales we carried on to find other wildlife including Cormorants on Mandarte Island, 2 mature Bald Eagles on Sidney Island and a group of Harbour seals hauled on the rocks at the Great Chain Islands. Everyone enjoys a little suntan!