Friday, November 9th

This morning, we headed out into the Strait of Juan De Fuca in search of humpback whales, orca and other wildlife. For the first stop of the tour, we traveled to Race Rocks, the spectacular ecological reserve located southwest of Victoria. Here we watched several Steller sea lions jostling for their favourite spot on the rocks and practicing their territorial fighting behaviours that no doubt serve them well on their breeding grounds which they will return to next spring. We also observed a juvenile bald eagle on the northern most rock. We journeyed west of Race Rocks and than back south of Victoria but did not find any humpback whales. We were thrilled to encounter some speedy Dall's porpoise and had an excellent encounter with these fun little cetaceans before we headed back to the harbour.