(Pacific White Sided dolphin)
(Harbour Porpoise)
(hybrid porpoises)
(Dalls Porpoise)
(Cappuccino K21 - large sprouter male breaching and showing mating behavior)
Well I thought it was going to be difficult to top the noon trip however we managed to match the trip. The whole day was probably the best day of the year. On this 3:30 Ocean Magic trip we saw 5 types of cetaceans; Pacific White sided dolphin (located about 1-2 miles south east of Trial Island), Dalls Porpoise, harbour porpoise, Hybrid (cross between a Dall and a harbour porpoise) as well as our killer whales by San Juan Island. Once again, the animals were still very active in their social behavior bouncing around all over Haro Strait.
During this trip, we got a very obvious view of one of the animals - (large sprouting male) Cappuccino K21 displaying mating behavior. He was sighted with Lpod's Grace L2, and Wave Walker L88 (male) engaging in very frisky behavior. Cappuccino was seen lifting Grace out of the water and on to her side - the rest is history. After their "session" they moved along each breaching out of the water one at a time. Today was one of the most epic whales watching days ever for the crew onboard!
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