Humpback and Transient Orca Sightings

Wednesday, September 23rd

Another beautiful morning on the water. The strait was like a sheet of glass as we traveled south of Victoria, where we came across two separate pairs of humpbacks. The first pair consisted of a mother and her calf, where the second group were two males, one known to staff as "split fin". We also enjoyed seals and sea lions hauled out on the shores of Race Rocks.

In the afternoon the seas built slightly but the wildlife did not mind. We enjoyed not only humpbacks, seals and sea lions but also two transient Orcas identified as T87 (46 year old male) and T88 (47 year old female). We even had the opportunity to watch as the orcas 'played' with a 2000 pound Stellar sea lion as they traveled past it. Wow!