August 26, 2006

This afternoon we spent time with members of J-Pod! We had an intimate encounter with one of the females from the pod, who turned around to come and check us out - who's watching who? We were also able to see one of our favourites, J1 (Ruffles) who was foraging in an area close to our boat. It was a wonderful, flat calm afternoon and we were able to see many other animals in the ocean, including Lions Mane Jellyfish. Also, to top off our afternoon we came across a small seal pup lounging on a floating log out in the middle of Juan de Fuca strait. Very cute and sat still for some very nice photo shots for our guests!

We had a beautiful evening on the 5PM Orca Spirit trip. The weather was very nice and we had a little bit of chop for the trip home, just enough to have fun in the bumps! We spent our time with members of K and L-Pod and many times during the trip we were surrounded by whales. The acoustics were awesome; sound was traveling far and we could hear the blows from great distances. We also had many opportunities to put the hydrophones down and listen to the whale chatter below the surface. There were many clicks, squeals, and whistles.