Whale Watching Report

We finally saw J-pod after a long absence today. We had word that J-pod was heading north before we left the dock today so we cruised as fast as we could toward Point Roberts in hope of catching up with them. Along the way we spotted hundreds of harbor porpoises in Georgia Strait. We ended up in Canada when we finally reached J-pod orcas. They were spread out over a few miles. First mate, Liam, was the hero by spotting the trailing orcas in the group, allowing us to spend more time with them than we had expected. Rhapsody, J32, gave us our first great looks as she swam very close to us, and appeared to be chasing some salmon. Next another small group approached including Polaris, J28, who breached for us! Next we saw Blackberry, J27, coming close so we spent our last minutes watching him. He made the day for our passengers when he swam up toward the bow and did a huge spyhop. Everybody cheered! On the way back home we spent a few minutes watching a pair of bald eagles, and their chick at the nest on Puffin Island. It was so great to see J-pod again!! Naturalist Bart Rulon