August 9, 2006

Today was a beautiful day on the water with the sun shining and wonderful calm waters. Unfortunately the 3 Resident Orca pods were no sighted today; however there were sightings of a Minke whale. Nicknamed the “stinky minke” the whale can quite often been smelled before seen! An amazing as it is it really has nothing to do with all the fish it eats!

There were reports of transient killer whales out west in the Straight of Juan de Fuca so we went on in search of them, however we were unsuccessful in our findings. On our way home we did have a good look at Race Rocks with all its resident pinnipeds. Many different species call the area home including Harbour and Elephant seals, California and Stellar sea lions.