June sightings
June has been full of surprises for us. We've had to cancel a few days due to high winds and some of our days have had no whale sightings. Whenever we don't encounter whales, we give our passengers free passes to come back on another trip whenever they like. Of course it's a bit of a disappointment for our passengers, but we've had some amazing encounters with porpoises (around 30 or more) that we don't often see on our whale watch tours.
Surprisingly, we still had a few encounters with sealions at the beginning of the month. In all of the years we've been whale watching, we don't remember ever having the sealions around once June arrived. We're not sure why they decided to spend so much longer here, but as always, our passengers definitely enjoyed seeing them!
For the first week of June, we had several sightings of gray whales. They were very active on some days, with lots of spyhopping and rolling behaviour at the surface. Unfortunately for us, they've now left the area and have continued on their migration. We were lucky to have them here for nearly 2 months!
On the 12th of June, captains, guides, and guests alike were all thrilled to have our first encounter with humpback whales this season. We met up with 2 whales in the Straight of Georgia where they were lunge feeding. It was amazing to watch and we had a few glimpses of tail flukes as the whales took a deep dive underwater. Humpbacks are one of the largest whales we encounter in this area (they can be longer than our boats!).
In the Pacific Northwest, we celebrate "Orca Month" in June. It's usually a great time for sightings of superpods, but this month, most of our southern resident orcas decided to take a little holiday and we didn't catch up with them until mid-June. We had a couple of encounters with K20 and her calf K38 in the second week of June. It was a bit unusual as these two whales are usually with the rest of K pod. We've only had one encounter with transient orcas this month. The rest of the residents returned on June 19th and we had our first superpod on June 21st (when all three pods are together). Our guests were so happy when they returned. When the whales form a superpod, they tend to get quite active and may breach (jump out of the water) several times in a row. It's very exciting to watch. They look like they're having a lot of fun!
Hopefully the whales don't decide to take another holiday in July.
Til next time....
Surprisingly, we still had a few encounters with sealions at the beginning of the month. In all of the years we've been whale watching, we don't remember ever having the sealions around once June arrived. We're not sure why they decided to spend so much longer here, but as always, our passengers definitely enjoyed seeing them!
For the first week of June, we had several sightings of gray whales. They were very active on some days, with lots of spyhopping and rolling behaviour at the surface. Unfortunately for us, they've now left the area and have continued on their migration. We were lucky to have them here for nearly 2 months!
On the 12th of June, captains, guides, and guests alike were all thrilled to have our first encounter with humpback whales this season. We met up with 2 whales in the Straight of Georgia where they were lunge feeding. It was amazing to watch and we had a few glimpses of tail flukes as the whales took a deep dive underwater. Humpbacks are one of the largest whales we encounter in this area (they can be longer than our boats!).
In the Pacific Northwest, we celebrate "Orca Month" in June. It's usually a great time for sightings of superpods, but this month, most of our southern resident orcas decided to take a little holiday and we didn't catch up with them until mid-June. We had a couple of encounters with K20 and her calf K38 in the second week of June. It was a bit unusual as these two whales are usually with the rest of K pod. We've only had one encounter with transient orcas this month. The rest of the residents returned on June 19th and we had our first superpod on June 21st (when all three pods are together). Our guests were so happy when they returned. When the whales form a superpod, they tend to get quite active and may breach (jump out of the water) several times in a row. It's very exciting to watch. They look like they're having a lot of fun!
Hopefully the whales don't decide to take another holiday in July.
Til next time....
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