Friday, June 29

Our morning trips brought us to the shoreline of San Juan Island where we found J-pod completely spread out. At first, the pod seemed to be travelling quite quickly as they porpoised out of the water, but they eventually slowed down and appeared to be feeding. At the end of our trip we observed Mike along with his mother Slick, her new born baby and a few other whales performing tail slaps and other maneuvers as they appeared to be hunting salmon in the area.

This afternoon we went straight back to San Juan, this time we met up with L-pod. The whales were spread out over a few kilometers and we had great sightings from a number of whales. Mega, one of the large male passed by and was easily identified by most passengers because of the distinct nick on his dorsal fin. Before heading back we checked out Mandarte Island to view the Cormorants and even saw a Bald Eagle fly by!