Monday, October 1st

The morning trip begin by travelling South East into the Juan de Fuca Straight. Within half an hour we were the first boat on site with a group of transient Orcas. The group was quite a large size size for transients, with close to 10 individuals. There was also a couple of juveniles in there. We stayed with the Orcas for a while and then moved to the West, where we caught a very brief glimpse of a humpback, but also saw some Stellar Sea Lions bringing salmon up out of the water and throwing them around before consuming them. We carried on West towards Race Rocks to look at the seals and sea lions hauled out on the rocks before the end of our trip. The afternoon saw us going East towards Haro Strait where the transient group from this morning were travelling North. They were quite unpredictable at times, with long dives, and a bit of what looked like hunting activity just below the surface. We then went over to Chatham and Discovery islands where we watched harbour seals, cormorants and a great blue heron. We then carried out a quick search for humpbacks before the days end.