Sunday, July 8
Today’s tours allowed us to view several of our Southern Resident pods throughout the day. This time of year is so great because all three of our residents (J, K and L pods) are in the area. In the morning we went to San Juan Island to find K-pod. The whales were found swimming along the northern edge of San Juan and Henry Island. We had some nice views of the entire pod and even had a chance to see the new born baby! In the afternoon we left the harbour and were pleasantly surprised to see L-pod. The entire pod was coming back after a trip out west. We managed to see most of the pod including a number of their mature males and the female Surprise! with her one year old calf Pooka. We had plenty time after visiting the whales to check out Race Rocks where we saw a number of Harbour Seals and even a Stellar Sea Lion swimming in the water.
Our group of passengers went out to San Juan Island for the evening tour to catch up with L-pod who had managed to cross the Haro Street and go south to Lopez Island between our afternoon and evening trip. The water was calm and we managed to see a number of members of L-pod including a nice pass by Faith and Canuck, who are often spotted together. Further offshore from the island we watched 3 orcas playing which included rolling on their side, going on top of each other and spy hopping, what a great way to end the day.
Today’s tours allowed us to view several of our Southern Resident pods throughout the day. This time of year is so great because all three of our residents (J, K and L pods) are in the area. In the morning we went to San Juan Island to find K-pod. The whales were found swimming along the northern edge of San Juan and Henry Island. We had some nice views of the entire pod and even had a chance to see the new born baby! In the afternoon we left the harbour and were pleasantly surprised to see L-pod. The entire pod was coming back after a trip out west. We managed to see most of the pod including a number of their mature males and the female Surprise! with her one year old calf Pooka. We had plenty time after visiting the whales to check out Race Rocks where we saw a number of Harbour Seals and even a Stellar Sea Lion swimming in the water.
Our group of passengers went out to San Juan Island for the evening tour to catch up with L-pod who had managed to cross the Haro Street and go south to Lopez Island between our afternoon and evening trip. The water was calm and we managed to see a number of members of L-pod including a nice pass by Faith and Canuck, who are often spotted together. Further offshore from the island we watched 3 orcas playing which included rolling on their side, going on top of each other and spy hopping, what a great way to end the day.
