Cetacean Sightings – Orca – Dolphins – Humpbacks

Transient Orca are grouping up then spreading out as are some larger numbers of Pacific White Sided Dolphins. A few Humpback Whales have been seen in a few unlikely spots. Most sightings are closer to the Vancouver Island side of Georgia Strait up into some of channels just below Johnstone Strait. All the Northern Resident Orca have headed to the top of Johnstone Strait and beyond. A reminder that all sightings reports are important. Better to have the same sighting reported by more than one or two people than not at all. Please don’t assume that I know the whereabouts of all the Cetaceans out there.

9:15 am Orca spotted by Menzies Bay – Maude Island – Northbound.

September 21:

9:33 am Report of Orcas Northbound by Maude Island this morning. No further update.

8 am 4 Transient Orca are following some PWS Dolphins Southbound by Brown’s Bay

10 am 4 Transients at Steep Island hugging the Quadra Island shore. They’re reportedly the T02C’s.

12 pm & 1 pm Orca spotted Southbound by Quathiaski Cove

4:20 pm The count for the now grouped up Transient Orca was 20 and possibly more! They’re Northbound and very active spread out from Campbell River to Race Point.

5:40 pm The 20 Orca split up with one group of 9 or 10 Orca continuing Northbound while the other group headed towards Cape Mudge.

6:16 pm Some of the Orca were hunting close to the Tyee pool in front of Campbell River.

September 20:

9:15 am The Transients T02C’s Southbound in Seymour Narrows.

5:41 pm 10 Transient Orca Northbound by April Point.

PS. Sounded like the Orca turned shortly after I left them and headed South past Cape Mudge.

September 20:

Day: My photos are so far away of the Transients, but it looks like the T101/102 gang and others. I followed from shore all day, but they never came very close to the Vancouver Island side.

9 am 20 PWS Dolphins by Kanish Bay.

8:20 am 150 PWS Dolphins spread out from Race Point to Maude Island Southbound. Other than the ones reported in the 8 am Transient report.

10 am PWS Dolphins in Menzies Bay.

11:27 am Very large group of PWS Dolphins in a hurry headed into Nodales Channel. They were spread most of the way across the channel speeding, probably away from the the Transients.

11:27 am Small group of PWS Dolphins right in Brown’s Bay.

1:40 pm The large group of PWS Dolphins split up a bit with the majority headed into Frederick Arm.

September 20:

9:15 am 100 PWS Dolphins Southbound in Seymour Narrows.

September 20:

9:20am About 50 PWS Dolphins came into the Bay (Brown’s Bay) and fed for a short time and then proceeded back out to the passage, westing. It is not unusual to see gulls attending to the overflow.

9:45am Second group PWS Dolphins in Passage moving up island. Maybe 75 or so. Accompanied by gulls.

8:30 am Large group of at least 200 PWS Dolphins at Brown’s Bay.

September 19:

4:45 pm 300 PWS Dolphins spread out from Race Point to Turn Island foraging.

September 19:

5 pm PWS Dolphin mob was left at Turn Island.

11:50 am 2 Humpback Whales off Rebecca Spit, Quadra Island headed towards Viner Point, Read Island.

2:27 pm 2 Humpbacks (Mom and calf) now in Hoskyn Channel headed through Beazley Pass, Surge Narrows.

4:20 pm Mom and calf were right by the Octopus Islands slowly headed West. By 5:35 pm they headed into Okisollo Channel. This means they transited 3 sets of rapids having made it through Beazley against a 1 knot tide and passing Hole in the Wall into Upper and Lower Rapids by Owen Bay fighting a substantial current; it was 6.9 knots in Hole in the Wall at 5:30 pm.

8 am Humpback Whale in front of Campbell River, Northbound.

8:30 am Humpback Whale (probably a different one) at the mouth of Okisollo Channel.

5:44 pm Humpback Whale at Greensea Bay / Cinque Islands.

September 19:

3 pm Humpback from this morning was left Westing at Bear Bight going against the flood.