Thursday, July 12

In the morning we were fortunate enough to see a number of different species. Our trip brought us towards San Juan Island where we observed 3 Minke whales surfacing and diving in the waters. A number of bird species were scene on the surface collecting any food that the Minkes didn’t manage to swallow. Throughout the trip we observed a number of Harbour Seals swimming in the water. Our trip ended perfectly with a nice viewing of orcas.

In the afternoon we caught up with K-pod and had some nice passes by its members and then went over to visit J-pod who were a little bit further north. J-pod appeared to be resting and most of the whales were found close to the shoreline. In the evening we went and visited J-pod again. The pod was now awake from their resting and appeared to be hunting. Our hydrophone detected a lot of echolocation and talking among the whales which is always fantastic to hear. We had great passes from a number of whales including some of the sprouting males within the pod.