Sunday, May 3rd

The 9am trip this morning took us once again to the scenic coastline of the Olympic Peninsula to Crescent Bay to visit Barney, the resident gray whale. On our way, we stopped just south of Race Rocks for one of the most memorable harbour porpoise experiences in my 5 seasons at Orca Spirit. The normally shy cetaceans were amazing this morning. With incredibly calm seas, and no wind and, we were surrounded by puffing harbour porpoise. We went from seeing one of the world's smallest cetaceans, to one of the largest as we made it to Crescent Bay to view Barney. As the only boat on scene for several minutes, it was a great private viewing experience of the large baleen whale. Once again, we concluded our tour with a Race Rocks experience with a pinniped trifecta - Steller sea lions, northern elephant seals and harbour seals with the historic lighthouse as a backdrop. It was another magnificent morning on the Salish Sea.