Sometimes being in the right place at the right time brings great rewards and wonderful memories. Our 3.30pm wildlife adventure provided just that. There is nothing like seeing wildlife in their natural habitat, free and totally alive. Our Capt. Scott took us to places where the wildlife demonstrated how very much alive they were, with behaviours of numerous breaches by a young Humpback Whale traveling with its mother in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.It was simply amazing to watch these huge whales hurl themselves aloft, above the surface of the choppy water. Farther east the waters were calm and we encountered many members of the Southern Resident Pods coming past Discovery Island. A family group from J Pod , the J 14's, with J 2 'Granny,' the oldest orca at 99 yrs , and 'Ruffles' J1, a 59 yr old male, in attendance. The smallest member, J 45, kept our guests enthralled with its very active behaviour of breaching. All the Orca were heading over toward San Juan Island, one of their favourite spots to forage for salmon. We left these beautiful creatures traveling east and headed back to the harbour under perfect conditions, where a young gull found flowers in the harbour to carry off. What a fantastic trip this was, and our guests were truly delighted with the adventure provided by 'Prince of Whales. '
Marie, Orca-Magic.
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