Wednesday, June 3rd

We departed this morning at 9:00am and headed west towards Race Rocks. Many Harbour Seals were lazily basking on the rocks. California Sea Lions were scarce but a few individuals gladly barked and dove off rocks, as if to show off. The Elephant Seal, still hard at work at its annual molt lay on the top rock, it was as if he hadn’t moved since yesterday. We then swung around south and headed west down the middle of the Juan de Fuca Straight. We checked the tide lines near Discovery Island, littered with sea birds but alas we saw no whales this morning.

This afternoon, it was again beautiful with blue skies and calm waters; it really doesn’t get much better than this in the Straight of Juan De Fuca! We headed east towards Hein Bank and upon arrival we were greeted by at least two Minke Whales. They were being quite active as we were lucky enough to see a few lunges and the baleens of these whales. After drifting around for about an hour enjoying the sun, calm waters and the company of our cetacean friends we headed out to Chain Islands. At Chain, we got to see cormorants, a Bald Eagle and a few Harbour Seals. We then headed back to the Inner Harbour with a wonderful afternoon under our belts.