The Ocean Magic 2 left the harbour at 12.15pm Saturday under sunny skies and choppy seas. Capt Scott was in the wheele house and Casey, Michaela, and Liz were our expert crew for this wildlife adventure. We headed east to Oak Bay where we encountered the Gray Whale, a Baleen whale that feeds primarily on bottom dwelling, small crustaceans found in the mud. This animal has been seen for 2 weeks in this vicinity. It was busy foraging as usual and thrilled the guests on board with a close pass. Once near the brink of extinction, they are now protected. One could see all the orange, yellow and white patches of crusted barnacles covering its head. Following this encounter we traveled further east toward San Juan Island where we met up with members of the Southern Resident community of Orca, the fish eaters. Because the waters were very textured it was hard to identify many of the whales that swam by. It appeared that members of J Pod were traveling with some of L Pod whales. With plenty of wind in our hair we returned to Victoria. This was another exciting trip with ' Prince of Whales 'Marie, Orca-Magic.
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