Transient Super Pod is Back! A few Dolphins and Porpoise Too

WOW – Super Pod of Transient Bigg’s Killer Whales back in the Powell River Sunshine Coast area! First only a few were seen, then their numbers kept increasing… They headed down towards Jervis Inlet or maybe as far down as Sechelt, so please remember to report your sightings. Some others even popped up by Big Bay/Sonora Lodge area. Pacific White Sided Dolphins and a couple of Harbour Porpoise complete today’s report.

This is also a good time to remind boaters of the Canadian whale watching guidelines. For details click here or go to the Links Page on the main Web site.

Have you seen a whale, dolphin or porpoise?

Call 1-877-323-9776or Emailyour report.

Every sighting report is valuable!

7:54 am 4 Orca Southbound by Lund.

10 am I kept an eye out in front of Powell River and all the way up towards Lund, waiting for the Orca to show up. Then I spotted some animals, but couldn’t tell for sure if they were Orca heading North-West towards Vivian Island. They must have come up by Texada.

11:13 am 7 to 8 Orca on the South-West side of Savary Island chowing down.

11:18 am There’s another group so more Orca – haven’t seen that many together around here before.

11:54 am One group had 9 Orca, another had 4 Orca, another had 5 Orca and another had two or three and there may have been more.

11:28 am 4 groups of Orca there’s at least 20 whales! Just out in front of our place (SW side of Savary). Some are heading towards Harwood and some angling towards Grant’s Reef.

2:30 pm Garry just found the Orca still heading South approximately 1 nautical mile North of Grief Point…right in front of Powell River. Wow is T02C1 ever getting big! What a trip this afternoon! Over to Malaspina Strait area, Grief Point for a large gang of Transients. I believe we had the 002C’s, 18-19’s, 63, 100’s, 101’s 102, 123’s and possibly more!

2:51 pm 2 pods of whales off Grief Point, Powell River – one pod has about 7 whales in it.

3:29 pm 25 Orca Southbound by Myrtle Rocks, South Powell River. There’s 2 big groups mid-channel T101’s, 102’s, T123’s, T063 (Chainsaw), T19B and gang. Some headed closer to Texada and T19B was closer to Myrtle Rocks earlier. There were between 25 and 30 of them!

2:45 pm 2-4 Killer Whales heading North up Lewis Channel (not far up from Lund). From brother-in-law on tug. They’re everywhere!

7:30 pm 6 Orca including 2 calves Northbound by Sonora Lodge. Did not see them myself.

11:45 am Large group of PWS Dolphins, guessing around 100, at the mouth of Raza Passage, just above Desolation Sound. There was also a similar group in lower Bute yesterday (May 14) evening.

4 pm 150 PWS Dolphins by Fawn Bluff, Bute Inlet. They’re just milling back and forth.

2:30 pm 2 Harbour Porpoise foraging in Nodales Channel as we went through.

Have you seen a whale, dolphin or porpoise? Call 1-877-323-9776 or Emailyour report. Every sighting report is valuable!