Dolphins, Transient Orca and Harbour Porpoises

June 4:
8:45 pm Around 60 or more Pacific White Sided Dolphins were in a foraging / feeding pattern with the occasional leap thrown in at the top end of Texada. They headed into the Strait noses pointed towards Comox.
Thanks to the heads up from Steve G.

June 4:
7:40 pm 10 to 20 Pacific White Sided Dolphins in front of Westview, Powell River. Why couldn’t they have shown themselves when I was actually on the water? I had run between Savary and Powell River, looking, but only saw them once I was ashore – figures!
Susan MacKay, Whales and Dolphins BC

June 4:
Around 7 pm One lone Harbour Porpoise appeared and quickly disappeared, as they usually do with boats around was between Mystery Reef, off Savary Island and Harwood Island.
Susan MacKay, Whales and Dolphins BC

June 4:
3:45 pm 60 Pacific White Sided Dolphins at the South end of Mittlenatch Island in a foraging / feeding pattern.
Garry, Aboriginal Journeys

June 4:
1:50 pm Garry found the 5 Transient Orca who seem to have a preference for staying in and around that area. They were found by Viner Point, Read Island heading slowly towards Quadra Island across Sutil Channel. At 3:30 pm they were last reported close to the Cape Mudge Lightstation.
Garry, Aboriginal Journeys

June 4:
11:45 am 5 Orca in Sutil Channel around Penn Islands. from Commercial Fish Boat
information forwarded by Garry, Aboriginal Journeys

June 4:
8 am Around 60 Pacific White Sided Dolphins were spotted between Horseshoe Bay and Langdale from the ferry.
Robin H.

June 3:
Around 8 pm Approx. 40 Pacific White Sided Dolphins between Texada and Vivian Islands. Seen from the Comox ferry.
Brian & Midge D.

June 3:
7:25 pm Two groups of Pacific White Sided Dolphins in front of Powell River, Westview area slowly working Northward. One group was around 20 animals the other was larger – maybe 60 or so.
Susan MacKay, Whales and Dolphins BC

June 3:
6 pm Large number of Pacific White Sided Dolphins in four distinct groups off the top of Texada Island. The majority stayed out on the Strait side of Texada but between 20 to 30 headed towards Grief Pt. moving relatively quickly southward.
Susan MacKay, Whales and Dolphins BC

June 3:
Around 3:15 pm Dolphins spotted from ferry in the Strait off Texada Island towards Comox – no numbers.
Brian and Midge D.

June 3:
11:30 am 5 Orca in Whale Pass by Sutil Channel from a boat, possibly commercial, over the radio. The tours tried to locate these whales, but only found Dalls Porpoises.

June 3:
9:30 am Large group of Pacific White Sided Dolphins spread out from Chatham Pt. to East Thurlow Island in Johnstone Strait.
Jeff, Fog Horn, Painter’s Lodge