We were excited to depart Friday Harbor with sun, glass waters and a boat full of passengers who’ve never seen whales in the wild before. We headed north into Canadian waters where the orcas were last sited. After viewing harbor seals hauled out on the rocks, we continued into the Strait of Georgia. It took us over an hour to get there, but at last, killer whales!
There were many orcas, perhaps two pods, spread out over a large distance. We stayed to the outside of the group and observed a trio with an individual lob tailing and even saw a three spy hops! Our passengers then realized that there was another group of six or seven whales about 400 hundred yards off the other side of our boat. A beautiful and exciting day!
Kirsten, naturalist
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