Monday, July 23

This morning, we travelled just south of Victoria where two humpback whales were feeding southeast of Race Rocks. It was a fantastic morning as both passengers and crew enjoyed watching one of the humpbacks engage in some spectacular feeding behaviour, in which it used its massive tail flukes to coral food before it lunged through the food at the surface. We watched in awe as one of the humpbacks did an amazing cartwheel! After watching the humpback whales, we travelled to Race Rocks where we were surprised to see a large number of Steller sea lions had already returned to the area. At least 8 were seen hauled out on the rocks. We also noticed many young harbour seal pups!

The afternoon trip was very similar to the first trip of the day. We found the humpbacks in approximately the same location and they were engaging in the same spectacular feeding behaviours. We were also able to see another cartwheel. After watching the humpback whales for almost an hour, we travelled to Race Rocks to show our guests the historic lighthouse, Steller sea lions and other fantastic marine life.