Sunday, October 12

Today we went out for a trip to remember. We were lucky to have lots of sun on the flat sea heading just south of Victoria. It was not long before Captain Brad spotted Orcas straight ahead. Fortunate enough, he spotted Humpback blows not too distant in the other direction. We drove out to meet the Orcas first. A group of five transients, all female and calves. As we arrived, they displayed repeated tail lobbing and very playful behavior. Unusual for these 'discrete' predators, along with socializing, they were also vocalizing. We had repeated surprise breaches very close; had we been closer, we would have been soaked. Soon we had another full group of mother and calve transients meeting this group. After the visual greeting, we decided those Humpback whale must not be too far away. We met up with three giants moving extremely slowly with beautiful tail slaps and graceful dives. An amazing October day.